Human Capital Lab NewsWire

Making Tuition Reimbursement More Strategic in Today's Economy - Video

Mon, 15 Jun 2009

While industry reports indicate that corporate tuition assistance programs have not experienced major cuts despite the uncertain economy, John Zappa, Senior Vice President of Learning Services at the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL), encourages learning leaders to take action now. Zappa provides steps to ways to optimize your current program, and position tuition reimbursement as a part of your overall talent strategy.

Benign Neglect: The (Still) Untapped Potential of Tuition Assistance

Wed, 03 Jun 2009

Bersin & Associates estimates that 2008 training expenditures were 11 percent below 2007 levels. Although funds to develop future leaders are shrinking, tuition assistance continues to be funded, but is managed under “benign neglect.” While most organizations are struggling to make tuition assistance a strategic investment, a few, such as Verizon Wireless and The Home Depot, have gone beyond best practices to true breakthrough. – Chief Learning Officer, June 2009

Leadership, Performance Evaluations, and All the Usual Suspects

Wed, 03 Jun 2009

The relationship of performance evaluations to employee advancement within an organization is critical, but are there differences in employee performance ratings across racial and ethnic groupings? This exploratory study, published in Personnel Review, evaluates if racial demographics impact job performance.

Exploring Human Capital Investment as the New ROI

Fri, 29 May 2009

It’s no secret that corporations’ investment in human capital is a key indicator of their success. Yet, the value of that investment and how it is shown, resourced, and leveraged remains a mystery for many training professionals. Jennifer A. Murnane, Ph.D., Assistant Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Bellevue University and Nancy Maresh, Founder of Brains at Work make the case for new methods and measurements, tactics, and strategies for leveraging value in a global knowledge economy at Training magazine’s Training Leadership Summit. The presentation is capped off with metrics on how well this learning mode works at Verizon Wireless.

Making Tuition Reimbursement More Strategic in Today's Economy - Presentation

Tue, 28 Apr 2009

Managing Alliances: Networks as a Way Forward

Tue, 21 Apr 2009

Developing mutually beneficial working relationships is a wise strategy for HR departments. Read how to leverage alliances with universities to supplement your employee learning interventions, to increase the talent, skills, and knowledge of your workforce.

Leveraging University Partnerships for Maximum Impact

Wed, 08 Apr 2009

The strategic utilization of existing organizational resources is critical to achieve overall business objectives. Discover how two Fortune 500 organizations are utilizing existing budgets and external education partnerships to maximize and measure the impact on their strategic objectives. Learn new ways to focus your organizational objectives into a measurable action plan. The presentation was given at the CLO Spring Symposium in April.

Maximizing the Tuition Assistance Investment

Fri, 27 Mar 2009

Learn how companies can spend less on tuition assistance while gaining more business impact; how tuition assistance programs influence employee retention; how to measure effectiveness; and how to align programs with corporate talent strategies. Bersin & Associates, in partnership with The Human Capital Lab, developed the research report: Tuition Assistance Programs: Best Practices for Maximizing a Key Talent Investment. View the report's executive summary.

Measuring the Impact of Training: A Focus on Sales Readiness

Thu, 26 Mar 2009

The ability to measure the impact of training is the Holy Grail for learning organizations. Yet learning leaders lack confidence in their ability to attribute key sales and performance indicators to specific learning programs.

Training experts share their insights on the use and measurement of sales readiness initiatives, based upon the findings from studies administered across a number of industries including technology, manufacturing, healthcare, finance, and construction. Armed with this information, experts explain why gaining knowledge from measurement and analysis can create confidence when reporting to senior executives on the comparison of learning to outcomes.

Tuition Assistance Programs: Best Practices for Maximizing a Key Talent Investment

Tue, 24 Mar 2009

Transfer the knowledge you'll gain from Bersin & Associates' comprehensive study of how to deploy cost-effective approaches that enhance the value of your organizations' tuition assistance programs. Purchase full report at www.bersin.com.