I attended a great presentation by Jodee Kozlak, the Head of HR for Target Corporation. She was speaking at the First Tuesday series sponsored by the Carlson School, Wells Fargo, Twin Cities Business, and Northmarq. The speaker series, open to the public, is held the first Tuesday of each month at the University of Minnesota’s McNamara Center [...]
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About a year ago I participated in a panel discussion on Talent Management where the central question was, “What can we do differently to develop talent in a down economy?” It was a great topic then, and it has become an even more relevant one over the last twelve months as the economic environment has [...]
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Our new Momentum Series short courses got a little press coverage the other day at Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal. The article, titled “Beating the Recession 101″ mentions that Carlson Executive Education is offering 4- and 8-hour courses for $495 and $995 this spring. Our timing for this set of offerings has turned out to be pretty good, [...]
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The Minnesota Daily ran a story today on the impact of the economy on executive education (see the story here). I was quoted in a few places describing the Carlson School’s response to the downturn. As I noted in the article, we are introducing a new set of short, “bite-sized” courses this spring. This is [...]
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In the interest of truth in advertising, I have to preface any conversation about competencies by acknowledging that I worked at the Hay Group some years ago. It was over ten years ago now, but my short time there had a profound influence on my views about competencies. Are Competencies a Failed Talent Development Tool? [...]
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I was at a meeting yesterday with a group of educators in which the discussion turned to precisely this topic. The definitions ranged from “all adult learning focused on employees in the workplace” to short courses focused on the needs of business executives. Wikipedia provides the following definition: “Executive Education is the term used for programs [...]
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This is one of my favorite competencies. Some of the most effective leaders that I have seen are incredible at seeing patterns in complex situations that others don’t pick up on. The videos below are from an e-learning program I put together for a client some years ago. We are constantly bombarded with information. At [...]
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