Janice Miller, Author at Harvard Business Publishing

Why Engagement is Critical in the Workplace of the Future

Janice Miller — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 14:31:46 +0000

We’re hearing a lot these days about the future of work, and how the nature of the workplace is changing. While the exact nature the future workplace is still evolving, there’s one thing that we can be certain of: smart technologies will impact work in new ways every day, and in ways we can’t yet know. What will work look like in the future? As AI, robots, and machine learning become embedded in business operations, many of the tasks now taken care of by humans will be automated. And the pace of technological change will continue to accelerate at a […]

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Why Large-Scale Learning Matters

Janice Miller — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 12:58:11 +0000

As organizations continue to grapple with the digital revolution—a revolution that has upended so many traditional ways of doing business—L&D teams find themselves driven by the need to accelerate the impact of their leadership development initiatives. They’re also driven by the growing recognition that they have to expand their focus beyond their senior executives and high-potential future leaders. Their programs must reach leaders throughout the organization. At the confluence of this “need for speed” and the need to empower leaders at all levels, large-scale learning programs can accelerate learning across the enterprise. Reaching leaders at all levels: It matters. A […]

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What Defines Best In Class? The Ability To Measure The Impact Of Learning On The Business

Janice Miller — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 19:25:13 +0000

This post is the last in a series on developing best-in-class senior leadership development programs. In our prior post, we explored the vital role of executive leader engagement in the success of any senior leadership development program. But organizations with best-in-class programs also place a high priority on outcomes that are tied to the company’s strategy and goals. And these best-in-class programs are strategic in their own right. After all, they’re responsible for making sure that their organizations have leaders in place with the skills and capabilities to execute their strategy. Our research finds that companies with best-in-class leadership development […]

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What Defines Best In Class? Executives Who Are Deeply Engaged

Janice Miller — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 19:22:20 +0000

This post is fifth in a series on developing best-in-class senior leadership development programs. In our prior post, we discussed how blended delivery models can provide stronger opportunities for interaction among learners, which leads to learning that sticks more effectively. But when we think about best-in-class leadership development initiatives, one hallmark characteristic is inevitably the deep engagement of an organization’s most senior executives. Executive involvement brings with it a broad continuum of benefits, from helping to set learning objectives that tie to the company strategy, to contributing to the learning cohort’s collective wisdom by sharing their insights and experiences, to […]

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What Defines Best In Class? Innovative Delivery Models

Janice Miller — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 19:21:14 +0000

This post is fourth in a series on developing best-in-class senior leadership development programs. In our prior post we discussed how effective learning design builds on itself, reinforcing the learning experience and connecting it to participants’ work. In this post, we’ll explore innovative methods for delivery. Some of the most impactful learning happens when people learn from each other. In fact, a recent Bersin study found that learning with and from peers and via social networks is one of the biggest drivers of business and leadership outcomes. Cohort-based leadership development is a highly effective way to foster interaction among leaders and […]

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What Defines Best In Class? Innovative Program Design

Janice Miller — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 19:19:51 +0000

This post is third in a series on developing best-in-class senior leadership development programs. In our prior post we explored the importance of providing learning that’s highly relevant to the challenges each business faces. But best-in-class senior leadership development programs also rely on principles that represent learning innovation. That means learning in context, learning by doing and reflecting, learning over time, learning with others, learning by teaching, and learning through engagement. Good program design brings these principles together in a thoughtful and deliberate way to yield the type of impactful learning that today’s organizations demand: learning that matters and that can be […]

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What Defines Best In Class? Learning That’s Relevant To The Business

Janice Miller — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 19:18:55 +0000

This post is second in a series on developing best-in-class senior leadership development programs. From 10,000 feet, it may look like organizations face the same challenges: Competition is fierce. Yesterday’s certainties aren’t so certain any more. Things are complex. It’s complicated. And that’s all true. There isn’t an organization that isn’t coping with an atmosphere of complexity and constant change while attempting to stay calm, focused, and productive. Yet despite these similarities, how each organization goes about addressing today’s fast-paced business environment will be unique. The particulars of history, culture, market, product, structure, and leadership intertwine to create one-of-a-kind situations […]

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Best-In-Class Senior Leadership Development Programs: Four Critical Elements

Janice Miller — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 19:18:12 +0000

This post is first in a series on developing best-in-class senior leadership development programs. It’s no secret: today’s business environment is more complex than ever. Increasingly, winning companies are those that have figured out how to exploit complexity to create competitive advantage – and they recognize that senior leadership development programs that help build the capable of leaders can do precisely that. Yet many L&D organizations struggle to develop programs that can demonstrate business impact. Here at Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning, we partner with organizations that have a strong commitment to offering what we term best-in-class senior leadership development programs. One […]

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