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Aligning Corporate Learning With Strategy

September 1, 2015 | Shlomo Ben-Hur, Bernard Jaworski, David Gray | Strategy

Too many corporate learning and development programs focus on the wrong things. “The word 'learning,' which has largely replaced 'training' in the corporate lexicon, suggests 'knowledge for its own sake,'" write the authors. "However, to justify its existence, corporate learning needs to serve the organization's stated goals.” Understanding the strategic agenda of the CEO should be a top focus of learning leaders, who can then developing an agenda that is reflective of the CEO's priorities.

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