Corporate Learning

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.

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 Michael Dulworth Issue 2. Filling the leadership pipeline ... 2. Executive Education Best Practices 23 Scott Saslow 3. Critical Trends in Executive Development: What Lies Ahead? 53 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 Daniel R. Denison and Bryan Adkins 5. Follow-Through: The Missing Link 91 Cal Wick and Roy Pollock 6. Achieving the Developmental Value of Peer-to-Peer Networks 107 Michael Dulworth and Joe Forcillo Part Two: What to Do Frank Bordonaro Introduction to Part Two 125 Step One: Hear the Rallying Cry 137 Step Two: Put Stakes in the Ground 153 Step Three: Put Learning Where the Work Is 169 Step Four: Divvy Up the Work 189 Step Five: Measure, Modify, and Keep It Moving 207 Conclusion to Part Two: What to Do 231 Conclusion 233 Index 235 About the Author 241