Diary

Development and Learning in Organizations

ISSN: 1477-7282

Article publication date: 1 May 2006

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Citation

(2006), "Diary", Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 20 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/dlo.2006.08120cac.001

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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Diary

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Topics to be addressed:

  • What CEOs need from leadership development to achieve business success.

  • Growing the “new leader”: what high-performing companies are doing differently.

  • ROI: six disciplines that turn learning into business results.

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  • From command and control to creative debate, influencing and collaboration.

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4-8 June 2006, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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  1. 1.

    Career planning and talent management.

  2. 2.

    Designing and delivering learning.

  3. 3.

    E-learning.

  4. 4.

    Facilitating organizational change.

  5. 5.

    Leadership and management development.

  6. 6.

    Learning as a business strategy.

  7. 7.

    Measurement, evaluation and ROI.

  8. 8.

    Performance improvement.

  9. 9.

    Personal and professional effectiveness.

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