> Best Practices: Building a Learning Culture
What exactly is a learning culture? How do you know if your company has such a culture? And perhaps most importantly, how can you create one?
By Josh Bersin
CLO Magazine

> The ROI of e-Learning
Online learning can earn companies a positive return on investment (ROI), and it can do that quickly. Smart companies provide employees with learning opportunities to keep skills and knowledge razor-sharp so employees produce quality work.
By Claire Schooley
KMWorld.com

> It’s Time Training Pros Face Up to the ROI Challenge
Many training professionals, including training managers, consultants and coaches, are in a state of denial about return on investment. ROI, as it relates to learning or development, is the analysis of how much training costs and whether the organization has received benefit of equal or greater value.
By Garry Platt
PersonnelToday.com

> Measuring Training ROI
Measuring the return on investment of training is one of learning and development's holy grails. The good news for unbelievers and ROI laggards is that it's probably a waste of time.
By Kirstie Redford
PersonnelToday.com

> Learning C-Speak: The Language of Executives
To successfully get a training initiative up and running, you need to convince a lot of people that your ideas are worth pursuing. Ultimately, you will need to focus on convincing the "C-level" executives in your organization. You will need to learn to speak their language – "C-speak" – and to tailor your message directly to the organization's business needs.
Published by Brandon Hall Research

> Recession-Proof Your Training Organization
When times turn tough, your colleagues in the C-suite have two things on their mind. The first is creating top-line revenue. The second is driving down costs. Everything else is tertiary. Unfortunately, that’s where they typically lump training.
By Charlie Gilette
CLO Magazine

> The Manager's Role in Learning & Performance - 115KB pdf file
Almost every learning and development (L&D) professional complains about the lack of management support. The topic will move to the top of most lists of persistent problems in the learning and development field.
By Jack Phillips
ROI Institute

> Learning Outsourcing—In This Market You Get What You Pay For
The training outsourcing market is very fragmented and comprises thousands of content developers, content providers, consultants and technology firms. Most large organizations do not select service providers based on size. Rather, they seek solution providers that "understand our business problems" and "fit with our corporate culture."
By Josh Bersin
CLO Magazine

> From Trainer to Learning Consultant: An Evolution - 127KB pdf file
How can learning consultants use evaluation intelligently? Evaluation has caused the training profession so much anguish and self-doubt over the years that a mature approach is now called for. Learning consultants need to take a fresh and decisive perspective on the whole thorny subject.
By Paul Kearns
TrainingJournal.com

> Sales Training: What Makes it Work? - 240KB pdf file
Here’s a hint: Money and metrics play their part. Companies are inventing and using creative practices to enable their sales forces to be more effective, but they rarely share their learning or create solutions that could help collectively. Regardless, companies all deal with the same questions: How do salespeople learn best?
By Daniel Blair & Reza Sisakhti
T+D Magazine