Corporate Learning Proven and Practical Guidelines for Building a Sustainable Learning Strategy

by Dulworth, Michael; Bordonaro, Frank

• ISBN13: 9780787974299
• ISBN10: 0787974293
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-06-28
• Publisher: Pfeiffer

Summary

In Corporate Learning, Mike Dulworth and Frank Bordonaro offer down-to-earth information and advice for increasing organizational performance. The book shares useful insights about building leadership talent, as researched and presented by a top-notch cadre of contributors. Corporate Learning also outlines a five-step, field-tested learning strategy that organizations can use to increase the capacities of their leaders. In addition Corporate Learning contains a handy "Fitness Quiz" and illustrative real-life stories from Frank Bordonaro's stellar career as head of learning for three major corporations.

Author Biography

Mike Dulworth is the managing director of Executive Development Associates. Formerly he was vice president at The Concours Group, responsible for the firm's learning services practices and chairman and CEO of Learning Technologies Group, Inc. Dulworth has also held senior positions at Insync Corporation, The Conference Board, Sirota & Alper Associates, and the U.S. General Accounting Office.

Frank Bordonaro is an internationally-recognized expert in corporate learning strategy, design of corporate learning organizations, large-scale change initiatives, executive assessment and development, and global talent management. He headed up learning and leadership development for S.C. Johnson and was Chief Learning Officer for McDonnell Douglas and Prudential Financial.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Getting the Most from This Resource	ix
Part One: What to Know
Issue 1. Closing the alignment gap between learning and business strategy...
1. Creating a Learning Organization That Is Linked to Business Strategy and Drives Business Outcomes	3	(20)
Michael Dulworth
Issue 2. Filling the leadership pipeline...
2. Executive Education Best Practices	23	(30)
Scott Saslow
3. Critical Trends in Executive Development: What Lies Ahead?	53	(18)
Michael Dulworth, Jim Bolt, and John Koriath
Issue 3. Mobilizing others, the leader's lever for change...
4. An Action Learning Approach to Changing Organizational Culture-Rethinking the Balance Between Action and Learning	71	(20)
Daniel R. Denison and Bryan Adkins
5. Follow-Through: The Missing Link	91	(16)
Cal Wick and Roy Pollock
6. Achieving the Developmental Value of Peer-to-Peer Networks	107	(18)
Michael Dulworth and Joe Forcillo
Part Two: What to Do
Frank Bordonaro
Introduction to Part Two	125	(12)
Step One: Hear the Rallying Cry	137	(16)
Step Two: Put Stakes in the Ground	153	(16)
Step Three: Put Learning Where the Work Is	169	(20)
Step Four: Divvy Up the Work	189	(18)
Step Five: Measure, Modify, and Keep It Moving	207	(24)
Conclusion to Part Two: What to Do	231	(2)
Conclusion	233	(2)
Index	235	(6)
About the Authors	241