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tactics ance and adjust tactics and strategies accordingly. Giving a worker e-learning or putting him or her in a training class may not be the right way to train the next-generation worker, for example. “The way that they obtain knowledge, the way that they apply and leverage knowledge to get their work and their daily tasks done is different,” Coco said. “There’s a natural evolution with that.” As social engineers, CLOs develop a workplace environment that incorporates the components of intellectual capital — the human, structural and social — to engineer results for the organization. “The CLO’s role is to build an ecosystem that enables the employee and the company to deliver to the fullest of its capability,” Coco said. “So the whole thing is about, ‘How do I maximize the competitive advantage that any company has, which is its people, through enhancing and optimizing the capability of the workforce to satisfy customer needs and desires?’” Knowledge is power, and today’s learning executives have a significant role to play in leveraging the power of that knowledge to deliver on the organization’s goals. It’s a role that requires a wide-ranging set of technical and social skills, an ability to adapt to a continually changing business climate and the ability to adjust to an ever-evolving set of responsibilities. “The role that the CLO has is amazing to me because every time we turn around, there’s something new that’s added,” Elkeles said. “Part of that is the uniqueness of people in the learning role. Those people have tremendous capability to take on more and to do different and to add value to the organization as organizations continue to grow and change. I don’t think every function, every role has that. I think it’s a great time to be a CLO.” — Mike Prokopeak, mikep@clomedia.com Set your Sites on affordable training. Learner Friendly Fully Hosted Rapid Adoption Introducing Blackboard ProSites™, an affordably priced and hosted e-Learning solution for organizations s of any size. Whether it’s your ﬁrst foray into e-Learning, or you’re looking for an easy and fast way to deploy y online training in the workplace at the departmental level, Blackboard ProSites is the solution for you. If your company is evaluating another solution, but it’s held up in “the process”, why not give Blackboard ProSites a try. At just $9,500 annually, it’s a fast, simple, effective way to avoid delays and get started training your employees today! Visit www.blackboardprosites.com to learn more. © 2007 Blackboard Inc. Blackboard ProSites is a trademark of Blackboard Inc. http://www.blackboardprosites.com http://www.blackboardprosites.com http://www.blackboardprosites.com

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Chief Learning Officer - March 2008 Editor's Letter Table of Contents Imperatives Selling Up, Selling Down Strategies Take Five Learning Solutions The Treasury Board of Saskatchewan: Training the Trainers With Experiential Learning Clo Profile Environment Xerox: Creating a Learning Masterpiece Tactics Capturing the Knowledge of the Workforce Productivity Succession Planning Tips from the U.S. GAO Human Capital Influencing Competency Management Case Study Case Study Business Intelligence Advertisers' Index Editorial Resources In Conclusion

Chief Learning Officer - March 2008

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