A Step-by-Step Approach to Developing Leaders

September 10, 2015 Michelle Moore Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

There is no question that leadership development remains a top priority for many organizations. As we continue to prepare for the retirement of baby boomers, learning and development (L&D) professionals continue to focus on identifying and growing tomorrow’s leaders. Organizations rank developing leaders as one of their most critical issues, according to Deloitte’s Global Human Capital Trends 2015 report. Eighty-six percent of all surveyed HR and business leaders cite leadership as one of their most important challenges and feel they are actually falling behind in this important activity.

Real Innovation – Three Keys to Success

August 27, 2015 Michelle Moore Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

In today’s complex and competitive business environment, most companies rank innovation as one of their top strategic priorities. In a recent study conducted by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), more than three quarters of the business leaders surveyed ranked innovation as either their top, or one of their top three, strategic priorities.

Closing the Leadership Gap — Two Steps to Reverse the Alarming Trend

June 18, 2015 Michelle Moore Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Never before have organizations faced such complexity. Globalization, changing demographics and rapid advancements in technology have created disruption in every vertical and geographic region. All of these factors have resulted in unprecedented business conditions, and unprecedented challenges for HR. In order to ensure their organizations succeed, HR professionals need to close a number of gaps which are identified in the Deliotte 2015 Global Capital Trends report.

Top 6 Keys to Working Successfully in a Matrix Organization

May 26, 2015 Michelle Moore Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

As organizations look to do more with fewer resources and leverage scarce knowledge better across their entire organization, we see lots of companies moving to matrix structures. A matrix structure can be defined as “a mixed organizational form in which normal hierarchy is overlaid by some form of lateral authority or influence resulting in two chains of command — one along functional lines and the other along project lines.”

From Business Owner to Employee: Taming Your Inner Entrepreneur

May 30, 2014 Amanda Alderman Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Up until 10 years ago, I always ran my own businesses. In fact, I put myself through college that way. I justified the hard work and long hours of being a business owner as the way for me to pay for school, knowing that one day I’d work for a company with vacation days, insurance and benefits — luxuries I had to pay for myself at the time. Turns out, now that I’m an employee, I’m not basking in the sun and eating bonbons while working for “the man” like I thought I may be.