Learning and Development is evolving, and it’s not just about developing skills and competencies anymore. In today’s ever-changing business climate, it’s now also about accelerating execution of critical strategic change for your organization. You know you must become a strategic resource to those you serve, but you may not know quite how to get there. The question most often asked is how to cross over to an elevated status.
We will show you how in this 3-part webinar series. Shed the fights for recognition and budget dollars and become sought after as a vital cog in your organization’s ability to execute.
Webinar #1: How To Create Stickiness to Generate Bottom Line Impact
Learn how to become a sought-after strategic resource to effect change in your organization by employing a new framework that creates High Impact Learning.
Held February 22, 2013 – Replay available here!
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Webinar #1:
How To Create Stickiness to Generate Bottom Line Impact
Join Robert Brinkerhoff, Ed.D., and Amy Kahn, Advantage Performance Partner, for this session and get a framework for creating the ultimate stickiness with your initiatives. Learn how to banish learning “events” and how to halt the pleading that often ensues from managers to “reinforce.” Become a sought-after strategic resource to effect change in your organization by employing a new framework to create High Impact Learning™. In this session, Rob and Amy will discuss the continuing paradigm shift of L/D organizations and the new imperative of becoming more strategically relevant to helping your organization reach its objectives through use of the tools and methodologies of the Advantage Way(sm).
Join this webinar if you’re asking any of the following questions:
- How can we get managers to bolster L/D efforts without begging them do so?
- Why are budget dollars always seen as optional in our ability to impact the organization’s goals?
- What can I do to secure a permanent position at the executive table?
- How can I get the rest of my organization to understand the value of what we provide?
- How can L/D gain status in the organization to become a sought-after strategic resource?
Replay available here!
Robert Brinkerhoff
AUTHOR, THE SUCCESS CASE METHOD, HIGH IMPACT LEARNING, AND COURAGEOUS TRAINING
Robert O. Brinkerhoff, Ed.D., is an internationally recognized expert in evaluation and training effectiveness, and winner of the ASTD 2007 Exceptional Contribution to Workplace Learning and Performance award and the 2008 Neon Elephant award for creative contributions to workplace learning. Brinkerhoff is creator of the innovative Success Case Method for evaluation of training ROI and author of 16 books on evaluation and training. He has been a keynote speaker and presenter at hundreds of conferences and institutes worldwide. Scores of leading corporations and agencies ranging from Dell Computer and Nike to the World Bank and Central Intelligence Agency have adopted his methods and tools for training effectiveness and evaluation.
Amy Kahn
PARTNER, ADVANTAGE WAY PRACTICE, ADVANTAGE
Advantage Performance Group partner Amy Kahn with more than 20 years of experience, specializes in driving business results in the areas of leadership, change management, sales, customer service, performance management, and business literacy. Amy serves clients as both a strategic consultant and learning designer/facilitator. She helps individuals at all levels improve performance and brings particular expertise in the areas of work group and team development, coaching, skill development, career planning, and learning evaluation.
Webinar #2: Secrets of World-Class Learning Organizations
Join our guests from Cargill and Kroger to hear their experiences on what it takes to make the journey to world-class status.
Held March 22, 2013 – Replay available here!
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Webinar #2:
Secrets of World-Class Learning Organizations
Have you ever wondered how world-class organizations achieved their rank as such? Join us for this session and get the straight scoop from leaders who have done it: Julie Dervin, Director of Learning & Development at Cargill, Veronica Nester, Regional Talent Manager at Kroger, and learning measurement guru Robert Brinkerhoff, Ed.D., as they offer their experiences on what it takes to make the journey to world-class status. You’ll gain a firsthand account of how Cargill and Kroger manage the business of learning to garner the large budgets they need in order to continue to impact the greater organization.
Key take-aways from the webinar:
- Preparation for battle to garner the maximum budget dollars
- Top 5 things you must do to shift the L/D paradigm from transactional to strategic
- The keys to ensuring line management engagement
- Tools that enable you to gain a seat at the executive table
Replay available here!
Julie Dervin
Director of Learning & Development, CARGILL
Julie Dervin is a Director of L&D with Cargill, an international producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services. Cargill employs 142,000 people in 65 countries. Julie is responsible for leading their L&D Business Partnerships and Virtual Learning Technology teams. Since joining Cargill in 2008, Julie has led the adoption and implementation of high impact learning practices resulting in greater alignment between learning and the business from where they were 4 years ago as an L&D function. In addition, Julie has been leading Cargill’s transformation in the adoption of virtual and technology enabled learning in order to make learning resources more accessible to their global workforce while ensuring cost effective, scalable solutions for the businesses they support around the globe. Prior to joining Cargill, she was the Vice President of Learning & Development for Insight, Enterprises, a global Fortune 500 technology company, headquartered in Tempe, AZ. Julie has a BA in Psychology from University of Cincinnati, and a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership from Norwich University.
Veronica Nester
REGIONAL TALENT MANAGER, KROGER
For 12 years, Veronica Nester has served as Regional Talent Manager for The Kroger Co. As an internal consultant for the company’s Midwest region, she partners with Human Resources and senior division leadership to develop, coordinate, lead, and evaluate division-specific and enterprise-wide learning programs. Veronica is a certified Master Trainer specializing in leadership development, and is committed to fostering a culture of individual and organizational accountability. She is an alumnus of Radford University.
Robert Brinkerhoff
AUTHOR, THE SUCCESS CASE METHOD, HIGH IMPACT LEARNING, AND COURAGEOUS TRAINING
Robert O. Brinkerhoff, Ed.D., is an internationally recognized expert in evaluation and training effectiveness, and winner of the ASTD 2007 Exceptional Contribution to Workplace Learning and Performance award and the 2008 Neon Elephant award for creative contributions to workplace learning. Brinkerhoff is creator of the innovative Success Case Method for evaluation of training ROI and author of 16 books on evaluation and training. He has been a keynote speaker and presenter at hundreds of conferences and institutes worldwide. Scores of leading corporations and agencies ranging from Dell Computer and Nike to the World Bank and Central Intelligence Agency have adopted his methods and tools for training effectiveness and evaluation.
Webinar #3: Strategic Development of Your Most Precious Resource – Talent
Learn how to attract, retain, and develop your talent pool to increase business results with Kristen Krebs from Teva Phamaceuticals.
New date to be announced. (previously scheduled for May 3, 2013)
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Webinar #3:
Strategic Development of Your Most Precious Resource – Talent
The war for talent is heating up. Warding off attrition of your best and brightest is top priority. Keeping talent in your organization’s pasture, rather than leaving the gate open to a seemingly greener one, is paramount. The odds of hiring your way to success are less than desirable. In this webinar, you’ll hear first-hand accounts of how to attract, retain and develop the best talent and generate measurable business results.
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Join Kristen Krebs, Director, Talent Management & Development at Teva Pharmaceuticals, and Advantage Partner Jeff Tucker for this session and gets a hands-on account of successful resource strategy. Hear directly from Kristen on her experiences in acting with strategic intent to develop her organization’s talent via the use of High Impact Learning. She’ll show examples of Teva’s process and share how they evolved to meet the challenges of:
- Serious questioning of the ROI on L/D investments
- Unwanted turnover
- Lack of career path progression
- Increasing pressure to show direct impact to the business results
- Lack of ability to attract and retain the best
Join us for this complimentary webinar if you’re asking any of the following questions:
- How do I progressively build the skills of a new hire through the first 3-5 years of their career?
- How can we create deeper levels of engagement to avert unwanted turnover?
- What should a career path progression and associated development look like for the specific roles within my organization?
- With such a wide swath of skill development requests, how can I best prioritize our use of resources (both time and budget)?
Jeff Tucker
PARTNER, SALESOPTIMIZATION PRACTICE, ADVANTAGE
Jeff brings 20 years of experience consulting with clients in a broad range of industries. He specializes in creating business results in the areas of sales and sales management, and organizational change. Prior to joining Advantage, Jeff was an executive with The Forum Corporation. His career also includes sales and sales management positions for organizations based in the Midwest. Jeff’s responsibility at Advantage is to partner with clients to design and implement the strategic SalesOptimization initiatives that will enable them to achieve specific sales goals and sustain maximum business impact.
Kristen Krebs
DIRECTOR, TALENT MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT, TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS
Dr. Krebs has enjoyed more than 14 years of award-winning results successfully creating business value through organizational and talent development initiatives. She currently heads the talent management and development practice at Teva Pharmaceuticals, a Top 15 global pharmaceutical company with 46,000 employees in 60 countries, where her responsibilities include leadership and employee development, performance management, and succession planning for the Americas operation (approximately 14,000 employees). Her extensive career includes serving as Associate Director, Sales Development & Effectiveness at Cephalon, Inc., where she built a leadership development program from the ground up for their US Commercial organization. She also held a variety of senior management positions in both Human Resources and Sales Training at Takeda, Inc. (formerly TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc.). Dr. Krebs holds a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from DePaul University, where she also served as an Adjunct Instructor.
Amy Kahn
PARTNER, ADVANTAGE WAY PRACTICE, ADVANTAGE
Advantage Performance Group partner Amy Kahn with more than 20 years of experience, specializes in driving business results in the areas of leadership, change management, sales, customer service, performance management, and business literacy. Amy serves clients as both a strategic consultant and learning designer/facilitator. She helps individuals at all levels improve performance and brings particular expertise in the areas of work group and team development, coaching, skill development, career planning, and learning evaluation.
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