Chief Learning Officer - June 2008 - (Page 45) 5. Vary the assignments. For some organizations, this may be counterintuitive: “We invested in this woman’s development, and now that she’s over the learning curve, we want to give her similar assignments to extract value for the business.” Yet, assignments must not only be complex, they should vary from type of business challenge to type of crossborder challenge. 6. Integrate the learning explicitly and periodically. A great deal of value can be realized at the end of every assignment or project by focusing the leader on the deliberate application of learning to other situations. Too often, organizations that work hard to get Nos. 4 and 5 in place fail to establish this integrative mechanism. There are many specific recommendations for each characteristic in this model. However, as a rule of thumb, if you ensure developmental efforts incorporate a level of complexity and require leaders to stretch their current capacities, you’re on the right track. Finally, to be clear: High performance today means being globally skilled. To be globally skilled requires leaders to have a deeper, more sophisticated global mindset than leaders of the past. A multi-domestic presence with leaders who are culturally aware is far short of what is required today. The good news is, along with vexing challenges, globalization has and will open new growth and profit opportunities for organizations and new avenues for building organizational capability. The ability of an organization and its senior management to recognize, embrace and nurture global mindset will be directly related to its success. As learning leaders, our understanding of the importance of global mindset to success, as well as how it develops in our leaders, gives us the wisdom to help our organizations excel. CLO Schon Beechler is Duke Corporate Education’s academic director. Dennis Baltzley is Duke Corporate Education’s head of signature solutions. They can be reached at editor@clomedia.com. A More Productive Estate of Mind Clear communication, enhanced retention and inspiring surroundings lead to better productivity. With a dedicated learning environment, free from distraction and engineered for effective exchange, training becomes more valuable and rewarding. Discover how Tarrytown House Estate & Conference Center can put your group in a more productive Estate of Mind. 866.389.2805 | tarrytownmeetings.com 49 East Sunnyside Lane, Tarrytown, NY 10591 Chain Code: DN http://tarrytownmeetings.com http://tarrytownmeetings.com
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