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Category: Change Leadership

Performance Support: Just Gimme Three Clicks!

April 1, 2016
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| Categories: 70:20:10, AGILE, Change Leadership, EPS readiness assessment, EPSS, Learning Ecosystems, MOOCs, Performance readiness assessment, Performance Support, Performer Support, Sustained Capability

We see many articles these days lamenting the shortfall of employee engagement in the best efforts to develop and deliver compelling options to learn. L&D responds with shorter learning events. We gamify, and we “MOOC-ify”, and we mobilize, and there’s nothing wrong with any of these attempts to engage our learners in learning. Could it be we’re chasing the wrong rabbit? Or maybe we’re chasing the right rabbit but there is a more effective way? (more…)

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Free Agent – Hurled Through the Window of Opportunity

March 6, 2016
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| Categories: Change Leadership, Continuous Learning, Data Analytics, Discovery & Consulting, EPS readiness assessment, EPSS, Learning Ecosystems, Learning Readiness Assessment, Performance analytics, Performance readiness assessment, Performance Support, Sustained Capability, Technology, xAPI

Boss: “I have some unfortunate news.” Me: (thinking to myself) ‘Here we go…again…’ Boss: “Your position has been eliminated effective a week from Friday.” Me: “Hmmm, something tells me this is not a joke.” Boss: “I’m sorry. This is no joke.” Bah-dump-tssshhh! (Not sure that’s the correct spelling for a rim shot, but that’s the audio clip that played in my head.) (more…)

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Readiness – Set – Go: Pursuing a Sustainable EPS Strategy

March 4, 2016
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| Categories: 70:20:10, Change Leadership, Continuous Learning, Data Analytics, Discovery & Consulting, EPS readiness assessment, EPSS, Learning Ecosystems, Performance Support, Performer Support, Technology, xAPI

The path to shifting a long-held training paradigm to a holistic learning and performance paradigm is not a task for the faint-of-heart. Trust me on this…I have the scars to prove it. The greatest challenge I encountered in my own journey reveals there is more Change Leadership related implications than anything else. To compound that challenge, defining a “how to” road map is a tough nut to crack because every single deployment…then implementation…then fully enabling sustained adoption… is unique to the organization making the climb to the summit. So…do we…

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EPS Readiness: Are you there yet?

April 17, 2014
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| Categories: AGILE, Change Leadership, Discovery & Consulting, EPSS, Learning Ecosystems, Learning Readiness Assessment, PDR Learning Continuum, Performer Support, Social Learning, Sustained Capability

At the recent Learning Solutions 2014 conference in Orlando, the Guild added another concurrent conference to the venue – Ecosystems 2014. Amazingly, at an additional cost there were over 200 participants attend the extra breakout sessions. While there were more questions surface than answers, it was clear that the concept of addressing the Learning & Performance environment as an ecosystem was a hit...and more questions than answers. (more…)

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Governance: Who Should Come to the Party?

March 4, 2011
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| Categories: Change Leadership

I fell into a discussion on the Chief Learning Officer network early this morning that asked, “What is the most effective governance model?” The second part of the question was, “How do you ensure the governance meets your performance objectives?” Having been up to my hocks in forming and storming through the birthing pains of several governance efforts, I had to shake off the tremors before I could offer a suggestion. It was actually the second part of the question that pulled my trigger. Granted, I did not [do not]…

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Selling Change to Training – Please! Hurry!

January 26, 2011
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| Categories: Change Leadership, Performer Support, Rants & Ramblings, Technology

This post comes from a recent experience involving the cycles of selling Change [as in new technology] to a Change Agent [known as the Training Department]. The outcome of this effort ultimately facilitated successful deployment; however, the circuitous route taken to reach that destination involved selling Change to a different client – the operational side of the business. I suspect this phenomenon had a lot to do with the solution [electronic performance support system – EPSS] not normally recognized as a “training tool” and technically, I agree that it is…

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In Pursuit of Successful Innovation & Change

August 16, 2010
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| Categories: Change Leadership, Continuous Learning

This September 27-29, I have the privilege of speaking at the Talent Management Summit in Las Vegas on the topic of Change Leadership. This term, "Change Leadership" (CL), may be new to some, while for others, is interchangeable with the more familiar term "Change Management" (CM). To clarify, CM is not interchangeable with CL. CM is, in fact, actually included within the tenets of CL. With another spin offered to explain, CM equips people to DO, whereas CL prepares PEOPLE to do. (more…)

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IQPC Interview on Change Leadership – Talent Management Summit Preview

June 28, 2010
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| Categories: Change Leadership, Continuous Learning

This coming September, IQPC holds their next Talent Management Summit in Las Vegas, and I am honored to be a guest speaker on the topic "Change Leadership: When Change Management is Not Enough". Late last week, Katherine Mehr of IPQC, interviewed me for a podcast related to this breakout session that will post later in July. Of all the postings on my blog, the Change Leadership posting has proven to be one of the more frequently visited, so I thought posting the interview dialogue may also be of interest. Following…

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Change Leadership: When Change Management Is Not Enough

September 11, 2009
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| Categories: Change Leadership

Ask any IT professional if they have a repeatable process for Change Management (CM) and you can expect an unequivocal “Yes we do!” as the response, and likely suffer a sideways glance wondering what motivated such a ridiculous question. Actually, they have no other choice when we consider the nature of Change in the scope of their IT world. Systems constantly change to meet new business demands, and/or software applications need frequent additions or modifications. Rigorous testing procedures, validation, and documentation are required. Timelines and project management accountabilities assigned, synchronized,…

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