Autorentext

Jason Wingard, Ph.D., is Managing Director and Chief Learning Officer at Goldman Sachs, where he is responsible for the strategy and implementation of learning and leadership development solutions for the firm's global workforce and select clients. He is also President and CEO of The Education Board, Inc., a management consulting firm specializing in organizational strategy, executive coaching, and facilitation. He was previously Vice Dean of Executive Education and Adjunct Professor of Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Klappentext

"The only constant is change." That saying has never been as true for business as it is today. Companies need to continually assess where they need to go in relation to where they are now - and use training to bridge the gap. Learning to Succeed helps you become a learning organization - one that will survive in a fast-evolving business landscape.

Zusammenfassung

Learn why rethinking corporate education in a world of constant change is crucial to establishing a foundation for long-term business success.

Frequent market shifts...The rapid pace of technological change...We're all familiar with the old saying, "the only constant is change," but this has never been as true for business as it is today--nor have the penalties for companies who fail to learn and adapt been as high.

Learning to Succeed insists that an integrated model for corporate education--one that links development programs with strategic goals--is critical to building agile and resilient learning organizations that will survive in our fast-evolving business landscape. Companies need to:

• continually assess where they need to go in relation to where they are now
• use educational training to bridge the gap
• work on strategic plans and action projects tied to key objectives
• design new education initiatives to advance concrete corporate goals Learning is reinforced and ROI is optimized. For companies ready to embrace what it means to be a learning organization, to welcome the CLO to the C-Suite, to weave strategy and learning tightly and continuously into the fabric of their businesses, the opportunities are limitless. Complete with practical guidelines and illuminating case studies, Learning to Succeed puts them on the path to long-term success.