Louise Axon, Author at Harvard Business Publishing

Reflecting on eLearning Guild’s DevLearn 2018

Louise Axon — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 19:02:45 +0000

My colleague, Jen, and I recently attended DevLearn 2018, eLearning Guild’s massive two and a half day-long learning conference. With over 3,800 attendees and more than 200 learning sessions, the event was incredibly active and covered a variety of topics and interests – all technology focused to some degree. The two keynotes, Julie Snyder, co-creator and executive producer of the viral podcast, Serial, and Lynda Barry, artist, educator, and author (What It Is), both offered uniquely interesting perspectives you normally wouldn’t associate with tech: storytelling and creativity. As learning designers, I found a few of their main points to be […]

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What Do Midlevel Leaders Need For Development? Learning That Meets Leaders Where They Are

Louise Axon — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 20:36:26 +0000

This is the final in a series of four posts co-written by Louise and Jennifer Long, Senior Manager of Programs at Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning, on how companies can design and deliver development programs that meet midlevel leaders’ needs. In our previous post, What Do Midlevel Leaders Need for Development? Learning That’s Immediately Actionable, we talked about the importance of seamlessly integrating learning with managers’ real work. Creating learning experiences that are immediately actionable is one way to do what we call meeting leaders where they are—meaning that managers can put new knowledge and skills into action directly in their day-to-day […]

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What Do Midlevel Leaders Need For Successful Development? Programs With Three Key Characteristics

Louise Axon — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 20:32:49 +0000

This is the first in a series of four posts co-written by Louise and Jennifer Long, Senior Manager of Programs at Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning, on how companies can design and deliver development programs that meet midlevel leaders’ needs. In a business landscape marked by ever-increasing volatility and uncertainty, organizations need skilled midlevel leaders more than ever. Why? These managers stand at a critical crossroads in their company. As strategies and priorities change more frequently, and as organizations become flatter and more dispersed, midlevel leaders become the connective glue that makes strategy work. They are key to facilitating high […]

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