Learning & Development staff are not valued by most C-Level executives. At least that is what Jacob McNulty concludes from a close reading of the executive summary of the CLO Intelligence Report on the learning industry. The full report is $495, but the summary is free. Jacob’s review is extensive. He says:
“A common lament in the L&D world is how to get a ’seat at the table’ – in other words how can the L&D function be seen as being strategic enough to warrant participation in the C-level strategy interactions that determine the direction and operation of the organization. Based on what I read in this summary it’s not surprising that the ‘tables’ out there don’t have many name tents with ‘L&D’ on them.”
What is the cause of this state of affairs? Jacob offers this insight:
“ Organizations that commit most of their L&D resources to prescribing, designing and delivering everything that their workforce needs to know rather than reallocating those resources to help support and facilitate the exchange of the collective intelligence that already exists are missing a key competitive advantage in the information society.”
Read Jacob’s full review, and either the executive summary or the full report to draw your own conclusions. (GW)
2009 CLO Intelligence Report - No Seat at the Table with this Data | Orbital RPM | Jacob McNulty | 18 February 2009
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Thanks for reading and for the post reference Gary.
My main message is that if L&D practitioners are not incorporating methods and analytics that reflect our transition to a knowledge-based economy they risk being left behind by organizations that are looking for competitive advantages in this new era. While I feel this certainly translates to Executive perceptions, that was intended as an underlying theme to the post.
I echo your suggestion to your readers that they read my entire post as well as the Executive Summary to draw their own conclusions.
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