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What’s the strategy behind the tech giant’s expanding portfolio of certificate programs and partnerships? Lisa Gevelber, founder of Grow with Google, on boosting prospects for workers with and without college degrees, coordinating with employers to address the skills... View Details

25 Sep 2019
Podcast

"Been” there, learned that: Immersive workplace training with virtual reality

What do sales clerks have in common with NFL quarterbacks? Apart from a competitive nature, both can benefit from VR training. Former Stanford football player Derek Belch drew on his athletic background and a Master’s in VR to deliver the virtual goods via STRIVR, the... View Details

April 2012
Article

Addressing the Leadership Gap in Medicine: Residents' Need for Systematic Leadership Development Training

By: Daniel Mark Blumenthal, Kenneth Richard Lee Bernard, Jordan David Bohnen and Richard Bohmer

All clinicians take on leadership responsibilities when delivering care. Evidence suggests that effective clinical leadership yields superior clinical outcomes. However, few residency programs systematically teach all residents how to lead, and many clinicians are... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Service Delivery; Leadership Development; Training; Programs; Practice

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2016
Working Paper

Junior Achievement: Training Teenagers for Business Careers after World War II

By: Walter A. Friedman

This article traces the growing popularity of Junior Achievement's "Company Program" in the two decades after World War II. The program provided high school students with the opportunity to form teams and start mini-corporations that would last for most of the school... View Details

Keywords: Management; Human Capital; Age; Training; United States

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08 Aug 2024
News

How to Train an Ai-Enabled Workforce—And Why You Need To

31 Oct 2023
News

Podcast: How Job Training Must Change in the AI Age

30 Jan 2015
News

The Ethical Slide, Train Tickets, and Helping the Next Generation of Corporate Leaders to Choose Differently

January 2014
Teaching Note

Dumb Ways To Die: Advertising Train Safety (A), (B) & (C)

By: John Quelch

Keywords: Advertising Media; Viral Advertising; Viral Marketing; Public Safety; Advertising; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Internet and the Web; Digital Marketing; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Public Administration Industry; Oceania; Europe

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31 May 2023
Video

The Case for a New Climate Workforce and New Training Methods

April 2023
Article

Learning Down to Train Up: Mentors Are More Effective When They Value Insights from Below

By: Ting Zhang, Dan Wang and Adam D. Galinsky

Although mentorship is vital for individual success, potential mentors often view it as a costly burden. To understand what motivates mentors to overcome this barrier and more fully engage with their mentees, we introduce a new construct, learning direction, which... View Details

Keywords: Mentoring; Learning Direction; Interpersonal Communication; Learning; Leadership Development

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This study provides a comprehensive model of an agent’s behavior in response to multiple sales management instruments, including compensation, recruiting/termination, and training. The model takes into account many of the key elements that constitute a realistic... View Details

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Skills engine: An update on Google’s role as training provider

"Been” there, learned that: Immersive workplace training with virtual reality

Addressing the Leadership Gap in Medicine: Residents' Need for Systematic Leadership Development Training

Junior Achievement: Training Teenagers for Business Careers after World War II

How to Train an Ai-Enabled Workforce—And Why You Need To

Podcast: How Job Training Must Change in the AI Age

The Ethical Slide, Train Tickets, and Helping the Next Generation of Corporate Leaders to Choose Differently

Dumb Ways To Die: Advertising Train Safety (A), (B) & (C)

The Case for a New Climate Workforce and New Training Methods

Learning Down to Train Up: Mentors Are More Effective When They Value Insights from Below

The Comprehensive Effects of Sales Force Management: A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Selection, Compensation, and Training