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CHIEF LEARNING OFFICER Volume 7 GROUP PUBLISHER Issue 2 ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER & ADVERTISING DIRECTOR PRINT DESIGNER Februar y 2008 BUSINESS MANAGER John R. Taggart jrtag@clomedia.com EDITOR IN CHIEF James R. Yeakel jyeakel@clomedia.com EASTERN ADVERTISING MANAGER Cassandra Schmutz cassandra@clomedia.com WEB MANAGER Vince Czarnowski vince@clomedia.com CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Norman B. Kamikow norm@clomedia.com VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS Chris Patterson cpatterson@clomedia.com DESIGNER Cindy Cardinal ccardinal@clomedia.com LIST MANAGER Clifford P. 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Kamikow PRESIDENT Mark Jankiewicz mjankiewicz@clomedia.com Josh Bersin Jay Cross Tony DiRomualdo Michael E. Echols, Ph.D. William A. Gray, Ph.D. John Higgins Susan Lee Algis Leveckis Jeannie C. Meister Chris Moore Michael Rosenberg Dan Smith Thomas W. Smith Brian Summerfield Robin Tapp Nick van Dam Carl S. Vieth Kellye Whitney Lindsay Edmonds Wickman Patricia Pierce CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER webinar Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008 11AM PDT/2PM EDT Competencies: Gateway to Integrated Talent Management Competencies play a foundational role for all aspects of talent management. In this complimentary Chief Learning Officer magazine Webinar, sponsored by TEDS, Kim Lamoureux of Bersin & Associates will explore the role competencies have in recruiting, performance management, succession planning and learning and development. She will define the different types of competencies, discuss how each type is used and address the key aspects for selecting and defining those most important to your organization. Lamoureux will present best practices for implementation of competency initiatives and review research findings that demonstrate how competency processes can improve business performance. MediaTec Publishing Inc John R. Taggart EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Philip S. Wolin GENERAL COUNSEL Chief Learning Officer Editorial Advisory Board Cushing Anderson, Program Director, Learning Services, IDC Frank J. Anderson Jr., President, Defense Acquisition University Cedric Coco, Vice President, Learning and Organizational Effectiveness, Lowe’s Companies Inc. 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Chief Learning Officer - February 2008 Editor's Letter Table of Contents Business Impact Trends Best Practices Effectiveness Guest Editorial Learning Solutions Home Depot: Building Better Associates CLO Profile Environment Realizing the Vision of “One Philips” Tactics Sun Microsystems’ Next-Generation Worker Video Game Recruiting Tool Productivity The Regence Group: Blended Measurement Human Capital NASA: A Case Study in Technical Leadership Development Case Study Business Intelligence Advertisers' Index Editorial Resources In Conclusion

Chief Learning Officer - February 2008

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