Learning to Succeed: Rethinking Corporate Education in a World of Unrelenting Change

by Jason Wingard Narrated by Sean Pratt

Overview

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--and use training to bridge the gap. As these new education initiatives are designed to advance concrete corporate goals, participants become active learners. Instead of merely listening to lectures--they work on strategic plans and action projects tied to key objectives. 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 tightly and continuously weave strategy and learning into the fabric of their businesses, the opportunities are limitless. Complete with practical guidelines and illuminating case studies, this pioneering book puts them on the path to long-term success.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

For companies ready to embrace what it means to be a learning organization…this pioneering book puts them on the path to long-term success.” —New Equipment Digest

“…explains that companies need experts to collect, process, analyze and disseminate information through training, events, social media and ‘learning portals.’… getAbstract recommends Wingard’s valuable eye-opener on learning to executives, CLOs, managers, start-ups, entrepreneurs and business students.”—getAbstract

“Although the concepts in Learning to Succeed seem abstract, Wingard includes vignettes and detailed case studies that illustrate their application in the real world. This book gives trainers a sense of pride in what they do and helps them consider themselves as strategic contributors to their organizations' success.” —TD Magazine

"Read this book and pass it on the other leaders in your company and then get to work on your own Learning to Succeed program." —PCB007

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169970531
Publisher:	Ascent Audio
Publication date:	05/01/2015
Edition description:	Unabridged

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PREFACE

Learning to Succeed explores the specific intersection among and interdependence of corporate strategy a operational planning, and human capital development.

Now, more than at any other point in history, learning is critical for fiscal survival and is the core catalyst for competitive advantage in the dynamic global marketplace.

My motivation for writing on this topic stems from my career, which includes cross-sector and cross-industry experiences that all focused on people as an organization's

most significant asset for excellence, change, growth, and sustainability. My executive roles in higher education a management consulting, corporations, start-ups, notfor-profits, and governing boards exposed me to a myriad of contexts that illustrated both success and failure and provided a breadth and depth of experience that focused especially on maximizing performance and succeeding through the power of learning.

In addition to my professional experiences and active participation as a session instructor/facilitator, executive coach, and P&L manager, I conducted research for this book specifically over the last four years—the period im-mediately following the global financial crisis. Data was cumulatively sourced through:

• Interviews and focus groups with more than 250 global

CEOs, CLOs and other C-Suite executives.

• Surveys and questionnaires from over 400 global division heads and business unit managers from large and small companies.

• Personal observations of over 500 board and strategic planning meetings, learning and development sessions a and active work environments featuring more than

5000 managers and employees.

• Discussions with dozens of academics and thought leaders both to solicit additional insight as well as to validate and collectively analyze data.

The themes that emerged from the data helped set the theoretical construct and provide the framework, tools, and recommendations for implementation of a Continuous

Integration of Learning and Strategy (CILS) model.

Throughout the book, a series of vignettes and case studies are used to demonstrate key points and illustrate the application of strategic approaches. In most cases a pseudonyms are used to disguise the identity of, and protect a featured individuals, organizations, and situations.

The vignettes, however, represent actual episodes that have taken place in organizations around the world. In addition a actual cases and interviews are also profiled and labeled with the affiliated executive and organization.

In my current role as Chief Learning Officer of Goldman

Sachs, I work with senior leadership and managers across the firm to develop and enhance innovative learning initiatives that are aligned with strategic priorities and position the organization for best-in-class product innovation a precision execution, and client service. As with other organizations, Goldman Sachs will consider the best practice recommendations in this book and apply them a as appropriate based, on circumstances and unique needs.

Ultimately, the objective for all organizations is to leverage the benchmarked practices to create customized strategies that result in success.

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