There is an App for That! (Or is There?)
We are all experiencing a great transformation in our personal and consumer lives with the onslaught of amazing social platforms and functional utilities on our mobile devices. We see it every day,...
View ArticleKnowledge Shelf Life, Knowledge Sharing, and Lateral Moves
Recently I’ve attended two business conferences and two smaller gatherings of learning leaders. I’ve spoken with individuals who are initiative stakeholders, technical team leaders, and training...
View ArticleChange Is An Act of Leadership: But Where Do You Start?
One frequent question I hear is “What is your favorite (or what is the best) book on Change Management”? This question surfaces in conversations, in Linked-In forums, and in desperate hopes for a magic...
View ArticleStrategic Intent: Mastering Vision, Accountability and Execution to Cross the...
I know a young lady who intended to run her first marathon. She was active and did a lot of rock climbing, bike riding and ran some 5K races, but she never ran more than 7 or 8 miles at a time. She...
View ArticleOrganizational Change Management: A Personal History
Organizational Change Management (OCM) is not new. I know because I was there when it started. The first change management model was developed by McKinsey’s Julien Phillips and published in 1982 in...
View ArticleSeven Learning Prompts for Global Supply Chain Management
The ever-evolving business model is based on the orchestration of information and human capital—this harmonious combination must be delivered in a clear, concise format. More so, the barrage of...
View ArticlePerformance Readiness Video: Enabling Frontline Workers
Debbie Ung, Senior Vice President at GP Strategies (NYSE:GPX), discusses performance readiness and the importance of enabling frontline workers.
View ArticleVideo: Performance Readiness – Preparing the Changing Workforce
Debbie Ung, Senior Vice President at GP Strategies (NYSE:GPX), discusses performance readiness within organizations.
View ArticleVideo: Agile Learning
Agile Learning – Leveraging the adaptive, iterative nature of social, mobile and micro learning techniques to streamline the development and delivery of outcome-based learning....
View ArticleVideo: Knowledge Transfer as It Applies to Pharmaceutical Sales Training
Rick Contel, Director of Strategic Consulting at GP Strategies, discusses the transformation from traditional sales training to a performance-based learning program that transcends basic new-hire...
View ArticleVideo: How do CLOs Partner with Businesses to Accelerate Business Initiatives?
A strategy cannot be successful until the people on the front line have changed the way they do their work. Greg Long, VP Organizational Excellence at GP Strategies, discusses how CLOs can partner with...
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Video: State of the Learning Industry | Workforce Development
Doug Sharp, President, and Debbie Ung, Senior Vice President at GP Strategies Corporation discuss the competitive advantage that companies are beginning to realize regarding workforce development and...
View ArticleWhiteboard Animation: A New Learning Paradigm
This whiteboard animation helps explain a new learning paradigm that is focused on blending role-based learning and collaborative learning to give employees the information and skills they need, when...
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Learning Leaders: Are you a firelighter or a firefighter?
Businesses are transforming. People across the enterprise need to change their behavior. Execution needs to happen in the trenches. Wasteful spending needs to stop. Learning leaders see how these...
View ArticleCrossing the Chasm Between Sales and the Learning Function
In the course of my work across the human capital enablement landscape, I talk with a lot of learning leaders about their challenges in building a bridge to the lines of business. Some have become...
View ArticleLearning As a Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Organizations struggle to find sustainable competitive product advantages. The pace of change in today’s business environment has resulted in significantly shorter product cycles. In her new book The...
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What’s the Business Purpose of New Hire Sales Training?
In today’s “Do more with less” economy, senior executives are taking a step back and looking at many of their programs and asking their teams, “What’s the business impact?” From sales kickoff...
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It’s Not Too Late For Summertime Enrichment
August marks the countdown before a new school year, even if it’s been years since your K12 or college days. Now’s a great time to reflect on what has or has not been accomplished during the summer....
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Sales Enablement: Overcoming inefficiencies in complex and changing business...
Every once in a while in your professional career, you get to witness something new and exciting that could change the landscape of how you will work going forward. It’s happening right now in the...
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Broaden Perspective; Change the Game: Lessons for Sales Enablement Leaders
Many client-facing, revenue-generating employees in sales and service organizations struggle to communicate the value of their products and services to their customers. In many of our client companies,...
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