Tagged: qualcomm

How Employee Engagement Actually Drives Stock Price

How Employee Engagement Actually Drives Stock Price

One of the hottest issues in human resources is the need to develop high levels of employee engagement and satisfaction.  We all know that organizations with happy people have lower turnover, deliver better customer service, and tend to be more innovative and responsive.  But can we translate this into stock price or financial results?

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Today’s Chief Learning Officer:  Tamar Elkeles – A CLO of the Decade

Today’s Chief Learning Officer: Tamar Elkeles – A CLO of the Decade

One of the privileges I have in my role is the opportunity to meet some of the great world leaders in corporate learning and development.  In the interest of helping our industry understand the changing role of corporate training and talent management, I would like to talk about the changing role of the Chief Learning ... Read more»

Deep vs. Wide:  The New Career Strategy

Deep vs. Wide: The New Career Strategy

Times are tough.  Today we learned of another 590,000 jobs lost and that US unemployment rose to 7.6%.  We seem to be getting several emails each week from high powered HR or L&D professionals who have lost their positions at their favorite employers.  

I also speak regularly with top HR and L&D managers about their ... Read more»

Story-Telling as Corporate Learning

Story-Telling as Corporate Learning

I recently had a conversation with Tamara Elkeles, the Chief Learning Officer for Qualcomm.  Qualcomm is a highly successful technology company which focuses on many technologies embedded in the cellular telephone industry.  The company is in the Intellectual Property business, primarily licensing technology to cellular providers, telecommunications companies, and manufacturers.

Tamara has a very successful ... Read more»