VIEW FROM THE TOP

At the recent Corporate University week, senior learning executives from leading organizations share advice and opinions on informal learning, program measurements, and speaking business. This article presents some of the discussion. One of the major points emphasized by all of the panelists is the importance of applying focused training programs to clearly defined business issues. As these executives pointed out, meaningful measurements, executive attention and sponsorship, and information technology support are usually much easier to obtain when training is aligned to business.