Every manager is conflicted when facing a decision to meet short-term financial objectives or send her best talent off for development opportunities. Sue Todd, CorpU President & CEO, discusses 3 ways that leading companies are addressing the critical need to meet performance goals and develop future leaders.

To build their talent pipeline, The Schwan Food Company puts out a request to the managers to recommend people for the leadership academy. This avoids the search for senior leaders outside the company.

The success of a training organization is directly tied to a measured, positive impact on the company’s operations, and The Schwan Food Company acknowledges the necessity of alignment to achieve the measurable results desired. Learn how Schwan’s University is poised to increase their impact on overall business performance, and how they saved over $16 million in the promotion and hiring of internal qualified candidates.

Organizations within Sunrise Community's industry have a high turnover rate and though Sunrise has a low turnover rate, they believe there is still room for improvement. Michael Hart, Chief Learning Officer, discusses the company's objective to decrease direct support staff turnover.

E-learning has come a long way from its simplistic roots. Increased interactivity, virtual classrooms and simulations are fast becoming the norm, while software and authoring tools are becoming more sophisticated and easier to use on a daily basis. Read more about CorpU research that shows there are many different criteria that can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of e-learning courseware.

When people talk about using technology in learning, they feel they need to have a deep understanding of that technology. Ray Stevens, DIrector of Staples University and Learning Technology, discusses the use of learning technologies at Staples.

At a time when many companies were trying to make their corporate universities “lean and wall-less”, Tenaris built a brick and mortar structure. Director of TenarisUniversity Fabio Tonolini discusses how, as a worldwide company, they saw great value in bringing they employees together at the company headquarters in Argentina, helping Tenaris create a unified global culture.

Based on today’s competitive marketplace and shortage of talented employees, companies are wise to learn how to manage their talent effectively. In his article, How to Tackle Talent Management, Paul Loftus discusses the importance for companies to develop their talent to retain competitive edge and stay at the top of their industry.

Ed Trolley, author of Running Training Like a Business, recognized that businesses were having trouble interacting with training organizations because the language, behaviors and measures of success were drastically different. His proposed solution is simple: run training like any other business.