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Upcoming eCornell Webinar: The Next Evolution in Leadership Development

eCornell will be hosting a no-cost educational webinar with Training Industry, Inc. in December.

The Next Evolution in Leadership Development
presented by Ed Cohen
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
1:00pm Eastern/10:00am Pacific
Register at https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/699992520

Why is most leadership development still stuck in the ages of Aristotle and Socrates? Given the need for business leaders to be well-rounded professionals with global, multimedia perspectives, why is the “sage on stage” still such a common method for developing leaders?

In this complimentary webinar, workforce learning expert Ed Cohen will provide five ideas for evolving leadership development. As the former CLO for global businesses like Booz Allen Hamilton and Satyam School of Leadership, Ed will show you why leadership development should be a process rather than a program. You’ll get the chance to interact with Ed as he provides concrete examples from his work in the USA, Europe and Asia, and helps you ensure your own leadership development is delivering full value.

You will learn:

• How leadership development is more than training.
• Ways in which Web 2.0 is evolving leadership development.
• Practical ideas that can be implemented immediately.
• How to align learning with today’s leadership needs.

About Ed Cohen
Ed Cohen is Executive Vice President at Nelson Cohen Global Consulting, providing thought leadership and strategic guidance to global companies. He has worked in more than 40 countries with organizations including Booz Allen Hamilton, Satyam, Seer Technologies, National Australia Bank, Larson & Toubro, Farmers Insurance Group, Banco Banesto, and the World Economic Forum. Ed is the only Chief Learning Officer to lead two companies to an ASTD BEST Award #1 ranking; Booz Allen Hamilton and Satyam Computer Services (only company outside USA to achieve this). He is the author of Leadership Without Borders published John Wiley & Sons which received multiple international accolades.

eCornell Voted “Best Leadership Development Program” by Readers of eLearning Magazine

eCornell’s suite of online Leadership & Strategic Management Certificate Programs has been named “Best Leadership Development Program” at the 2009 Best of eLearning Reader’s Choice Awards hosted by eLearning magazine. The winners in 16 categories were announced at the virtual eLearning! Summit on November 5.

eCornell was also a finalist for “Best Software-as-a-Service Learning Management System (SaaS LMS).” Readers nominated and voted for products and solutions via eLearning magazine’s online ballot. The 2009 program received 1,755 nominations, twice the volume from a year ago.

“The Best of eLearning Awards program is the only reader’s choice awards in the market,” said Catherine Upton, group publisher of eLearning and Government eLearning magazines. “Recognition of this type is increasingly important as more companies deploy e-learning initiatives to impact business and improve efficiencies. The Best of eLearning program offers professionals a reliable resource to learn from users and gather information that influences their future purchases.”

eCornell offers more than 20 online certificate programs, and six in Leadership & Strategic Management that received the honor:

• Business Leadership Skills
• High Performance Leadership
• Leading Management Teams
• Executive Leadership
• Change Leadership
• Managing for Execution

Selected voter comments about eCornell will be published in the January 2010 issues of eLearning magazine and Government eLearning magazine and include:

• “Their method of teaching is very suitable and meets the students at their very point of need. It’s also very applicable to the student.”
• “This is a brilliantly structured course. It encourages students to use discussion forums very efficiently and it’s almost like a live class discussion—even with a diversity of time zones in our class.”
• “I have learned a lot from eCornell online classes. It’s the best place to take courses and expert advisors are always available when needed to help with questions and answers.”

“It is extremely gratifying to be honored by our enterprise customers and students,” said Chris Proulx, CEO of eCornell. “This open vote enables the users of eCornell’s online training programs and those of our competitors to cast a ballot. It’s an important measure for the products and services in our industry. To be recognized among the top training providers validates that our solutions provide engaging learning for students and bottom-line performance results for our enterprise customers.”

eCornell to Present with IBM India at Chief Learning Officer Symposium 2009

eCornell is a proud sponsor of the Spring 2009 CLO Symposium: Beyond Boundaries: Learning's Impact Across the Organization being held April 6 – 8 at the Lowes Miami Beach Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida.

On  Tuesday April 7, eCornell will be co-presenting with IBM India on the success of IBM’s blended learning program Bright Blue.  The presentation, titled Accelerating the Development of the Executive Leadership, will be delivered by Radhika Singh, IBM India’s Growth Markets Leader, Executive Development, Centre for Learning & Development. 

The presentation will discuss how the Bright Blue program is designed to build and strengthen IBM’s pipeline of executive leaders in line with the company’s rapid growth into the future. Bright Blue integrates online financial management and leadership training from eCornell with the strategic use of IBM’s existing global learning assets. Ms. Singh will discuss the strategy, approach and results of this innovative program that already has trained more than 120 managers and how it  has improved business acumen, provided exposure to industry expertise and best practices, delivered quantifiable ROI in its first six months, significantly increased key leadership competencies and helped fill the leadership pipeline.

View the CLO Symposium’s agenda or register now to attend the conference and this eCornell presentation.