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Articles by Patricia Schaeffer
Gender’s influence on top leadership challenges during COVID - and what it means for L&D
The Center for Creative Leadership regularly asks leaders around the world, “What are your three biggest leadership challenges?” Beginning in 2020, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were changes in the way men and women reported their challenges. In some areas, the pandemic has magnified the differences between the genders. But, perhaps surprisingly, it has narrowed the differences in others.
Silo-busting networking: How organizations can break down barriers to belonging and retain exceptional talent
You, as a leader in learning and development, can break down barriers. It’s a matter of curiosity, connection and purpose. by Patricia Schaeffer May 20, 2022 In many organizations, there are structural barriers that keep people siloed from one another. Employees isolated in roles, functional areas and hierarchical tiers can lack a sense of belonging and inclusion. They don’t know the “who, what, why and how” of the organization, much less how they fit into it.
Bringing a growth mindset to the learning function
Despite advances in learning delivery through digital transformation and content libraries, learning functions often are one of the least innovative parts of the business. The mandates that organizational leaders hand down to learning functions, and the acceptance of those mandates, is the heart of the problem. by James Fulton, Todd M. Warner May 3, 2021 Carol Dweck’s work on “growth mindset” has caught the fancy of organizations the world over, and why wouldn’t it?
Are in-person workshops dead? How virtual learning can be as good as the real thing
The future of online learning seems bright, according to LinkedIn’s 2020 Workplace Learning Report. After years of being underfunded and underappreciated, there is a projected uptick in the size of learning and development budgets. Given the rise in the number of people working from home as a result of the pandemic, these budget dollars are naturally being shifted from in-person instructor-led training to live virtual instructor-led training, or VILT.
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