Building Trust In A Virtual Environment

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by Jen Sprague | February 20, 2018

In the delivery of our senior leadership development programs, the moderator plays a key role. A moderator facilitates sessions and typically acts as a guide throughout a program’s duration. The moderator’s role is especially critical when it comes to building trust when learning happens outside of a face-to-face environment. Carole Carlson, in this First-Person Perspectives video, draws her experiences as a highly-effective program moderator. Carole begins by talking about the importance of getting to know the individual learners within a cohort  – their learning styles and needs. She then addresses how technology enables virtual learning, and shares some tricks of […]

The Power Of Leader-As-Teacher

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by Jen Sprague | February 13, 2018

At Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning, we’re firm believers in the value of having leaders play a teaching role. When leaders take part in employee development programs, they provide the all-important context for learning, demonstrating how and why learning matters to the organization. Leader-as-teacher also helps increase employee enthusiasm and engagement. Global Delivery Director Chris Gritt is passionate about the importance of leaders playing a key role in senior leadership development programs. In this brief video, part of our First Person Perspectives series, Chris shares his passion and insights about the power of leader-as-teacher. Chris isn’t alone in his belief […]

Elements Of A Best-In-Class Leadership Development Module

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by Jen Sprague | February 7, 2018

We’re often asked just what goes into our senior leadership development programs. Based on a needs assessment, we determine the capabilities – like fostering innovation or inspiring engagement – that will help meet an organization’s business objectives. We then design a module to address each capability. In this edition of First-Person Perspectives, program moderator Carole Carlson describes three of the highly-interactive sessions generally included in each module – context setting; a world-class faculty presentation on the latest thinking on a topic; and a case discussion. Modules typically culminate with an application exercise, a proven formula for successful leadership development. Join […]

Introducing First-Person Perspectives

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by Jen Sprague | January 31, 2018

Today we’re introducing a new video series, First-Person Perspectives. In each vlog, a member – or two – of the Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning family will share their insights on how we work with our clients. Each brief video illustrates how we put theory into practice to create and deliver best-in-class leadership development programs. First up, Global Delivery Directors Chris Gritt and Jill Baumeister discuss why and how virtual learning really works. Chris and Jill have worked with many clients, and they’ve seen up close and personal how valuable virtual learning can be. In this inaugural First-Person Perspectives video […]

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

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by Louise Axon | January 11, 2018

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 […]