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ing up leadership development and delivering more standardized training programs that span the organization. With regard to the ﬁrst concern, Tanner has emphasized development throughout the department — vertically, as well as horizontally. “I think that’s our No. 1 area because we need to grow our leaders for the future. We’re literally creating entry-level to senior-level leadership programs. Most federal organizations — especially outside the Department of Defense — have their leadership development programs targeted at the more senior levels. I’d really like to follow a model where leadership development doesn’t start near the apex of your career, but rather begins when you enter the organization. And we’re doing just that in the department.” For the second priority, one of the goals is to cut costs, Tanner said. “One of the things that Congress and the Ofﬁce of Management and Budget are looking for cabinet-level departments and ofﬁces to do is save money. In our department, we have to offer a number of mandatory training courses, and there’s no reason those can’t be standardized across the department. That’s what we’re moving toward: By the end of this ﬁscal year, we should have most of those standardized. That means that we don’t have to have our components, ofﬁces or program areas creating their own courses using federal employees and contractor dollars.” Another objective is to get more development opportunities to more DHS employees. So far, Tanner has been successful in this respect. “The demand from our components for the products we’re putting out continues to increase on a monthly basis,” he said. “I think that is a good metric for demonstrating that we are adding value to our components. We’ve been offering courses for about the past 12 months or so, and we’ve tracked that there has been an increase of users every month.” Fortunately, a lot of the learning needed already exists in one form or another in one or more of the agencies that make up the department. For Tanner, much of the job involves ﬁnding relevant programs, standardizing them and making them accessible to the entire workforce. In this respect, he’s doing what DHS was created to do: share knowledge and resources among federal agencies for the common purpose of national security. “We’re linking and leveraging the components, ofﬁces and program areas within the department,” he said. “In many ways, I’m not looking to create new programs or courses. I’m looking to leverage the best practices within DHS’ components and existing courses and programs that should be deployed enterprise-wide.” CLO SOLUTIONS FOR TODAY STRATEGIES FOR TOMORROW Chief Learning Officer magazine presents Video, Podcasts, White Papers and More Enriching the Corporate Learning Community Infozone is a collection of microsites that offers podcasts, videos, white papers and additional resources from our partners in the enterprise education community. These resources offer chief learning officers and other learning and development professionals a one-stop go-to guide to learn more about the practices and strategies at work in the most successful learning organizations across a variety of industries. Visit infozone.clomedia.com Information and resources provided by our partners: http://infozone.clomedia.com http://infozone.clomedia.com

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Chief Learning Officer - August 2008 Editor's Letter Contents Connections Business Impact Trends Best Practices Effectiveness High-Octane Leadership Development Leadership and Personality CLO Profile Discussion Groups: Harvesting Value from Real-World Experiences Kimpton 2.0: Discussion on the Web Learning Olympics: Development Through Competition Bypassing the Obstacles to Change Listen Up: A How-To-Guide for Podcasting University of Toyota: A Success Story in Podcast Implementation What Stinks About Webinars? Webinars for Learning Professionals Case Study Business Intelligence Advertisers' Index Editorial Resources In Conclusion

Chief Learning Officer - August 2008

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