667 - McDonald's Hamburger University Honored, LeadershipDev at Learning 2011 and Early Discounts

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - June 20, 2011.
#667 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
55,304 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.

1. McDonald’s Corporation Learning & Hamburger University Honored for 50 Years of Innovation.
2. LeadershipDev @ Learning 2011 Announced - The Future of Leadership Development.
3. Early Discounts Throughout June.

1. McDonald’s Corporation Learning & Hamburger University Honored for 50 Years of Innovation. The Learning CONSORTIUM is proud to announce that McDonald’s Corporation, WW Training, Learning & Development will receive a Learning Spotlight Award at Elliott Masie’s Learning 2011, November 6-9 in Orlando, FL.

This award recognizes 50 years of Hamburger University, which has become McDonald’s center of training excellence and one of the most outstanding corporate training organizations in the world. Focusing on the importance of talent, knowledge and skills in a global marketplace, McDonald’s Worldwide Training, Learning & Development (WWTL&D) has led the way along with the 7 Hamburger Universities globally. They have role modeled learning innovations ranging from intensive local training programs to global programs, all the while leveraging emerging technologies for workforce learning.

McDonald’s Corporation, WWTL&D will receive this award and be highlighted at Learning 2011, in front of over 1,700 corporate learning leaders from around the globe. President Bill Clinton and inventor Dean Kamen will be keynoting Learning 2011.

“McDonald’s Hamburger University Oak Brook was one of the first of 7 corporate universities globally dedicated to employee development, training and talent. Over the past 50 years, it has impacted the careers and lives of tens of thousands of employees - leading with learning design, delivery and global deployment - and been a stellar example of corporate investment and commitment to talent. We are excited to honor McDonald’s and WWTL&D, to tell the story of their past, present and future global learning strategy.” – Elliott Masie

“We are pleased to receive this recognition from The MASIE Center. We are very proud of our Hamburger University Brand and as we look ahead, we will continue to invest in our people by creating new and innovative ways to develop our leaders…staying on the cutting edge to ensure our learners build skills for life and continue to provide lifelong learning to our people.  This will ensure McDonald’s success well into the future.” – Chris Lyons, WW Training, Learning & Development, Vice President 
For details: http://www.learning2011.com/mcdonalds

2. LeadershipDev @ Learning 2011 Announced - The Future of Leadership Development: We are pleased to announce that there will be a special event - LeadershipDev @ Learning 2011. Our organizations make significant annual investments in Leadership Development and Training as we prepare each wave of leaders, managers and executives for new roles and succession. We are all aware of the significant changes taking place in our organizations’ workforce, marketplace, strategies, technologies and operational tempo. Yet, many of our Leadership Development designs have not significantly changed in years.

LeadershipDev @ Learning 2011 will be a vendor-neutral forum where major corporations and government agencies can:

- Benchmark on Current Leadership Development Approaches.
- Explore Changing Models for Development & Delivery.
- Challenge Assumptions about Speed, Process & Intensity of Leadership Development.
- Consider & Design Alternative Models for Leadership Training.
- Align with Changing Technology & Evolving Workforce Demographics.

LeadershipDev @ Learning 2011 will consist of a range of small sessions, benchmarking activities and other gatherings that can be attended as part of your overall Learning 2011 experience. Details at http://www.learning2011.com/leadershipdev

3. Early Discounts Throughout June: Save money with Early Registration Discounts for Learning 2011. There are low airfares and major discounts at our hotel. Take advantage of the Early Registration Rate, valid through the end of June. Your organization can also request billing for payment at a future date. Details at http://www.learning2011.com

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie
email: emasie@masie.com

MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
* Video for Learning LAB & Seminar - July 18 - 20 - Saratoga Springs, NY.
* Learning 2011 - Nov 6 to 9, 2011 - Orlando, Florida.
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM
Info and Registration: http://www.masie.com

666 - Move HQ to China for a Month?; Video for Pre-Work Alternative

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - June 7, 2011.
#666 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
55,299 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Host: Learning 2011 - Nov 7 to 9, in Orlando, FL.

1. Shifting HQ: Starwood Hotels Moves Executive Team to China for a Month.
2. Peters, Blanchard & Gergen Clips for Leadership Development Prep.
3. Video for Learning LAB & Seminar - July in Saratoga Springs.

1. Starwood Hotels Moves Executive Team to China for a Month: Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide is taking its commitment to growth in China seriously. The company will move its senior leadership team to Shanghai for one month. From June 8 through July 11, Starwood president and CEO Frits van Paasschen and seven of the company’s top executives will conduct business on a 12-hour time difference with their headquarters in White Plains, New York.

“With properties in nearly 100 countries, Starwood is no longer an American company that happens to run some hotels overseas. Today, we’re a global company that happens to be based in New York,” said van Paasschen in a statement. “Eighty percent of our future pipeline is outside of North America, and nowhere is more emblematic of our global growth than China, where we will open one hotel every two weeks this year.” Starwood currently has more than 70 hotels in China and another 90 properties in the pipeline. 

More than 20 Starwood executives from the U.S. and international locations will join the leadership team throughout the course of the relocation. The group will delve into Starwood’s extensive business in China, meeting with local customers, partners and developers, while also touring new properties throughout the country. Starwood intends to implement a month-long global relocation annually. Its next high-growth target markets include Brazil, the United Arab Emirates and India. “It is not just language that gets lost in translation, but also cultural nuances. The companies that will break away in an increasingly global world will be those that are most globally fluent,” said van Paasschen.

2. Peters, Blanchard & Gergen Clips for Leadership Development Prep: Pre-work for a Leadership Development event is always a tricky design decision. Do you send the participants a stack of reading only to have 20% of participants read the material? So, we are experimenting with a different model for next week’s LeadershipDev 2011 event in Las Vegas. Last week, I went to Ken Blanchard, Tom Peters and David Gergen (Kennedy School @ Harvard) and did 1/2 hour video interviews on the changing nature of the Leadership Development field. We then took 3 minute clips of these interviews, along with a 7 minute “welcome to the event” video by me - and sent it out to participants. If you would like to take a look at this approach to “pre-event communication”, go to http://www.masie.com/leadervid

3. Video for Learning LAB & Seminar - July in Saratoga Springs: Our most popular course at The MASIE Center, will be offered again this summer:

Video for Learning LAB & Seminar - July 18 to 20th. This is a comprehensive and hands-on learning experience about the evolving role for video in learning. We address stories, short content, live to telepresence and hybrid models. Space is limited and each participant receives a high definition camera for their use back at the workplace. Info and registration at http://www.masie.com

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie
email: emasie@masie.com

MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
* LeadershipDev 2011 - June 14 & 15 - Las Vegas, NV.
* Video for Learning LAB & Seminar - July 18 - 20 - Saratoga Springs, NY.
* Learning 2011 - Nov 6 to 9, 2011 - Orlando, Florida.
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM
Info and Registration: http://www.masie.com
 

665 - Learning in the Summer? Design Conversation about Leadership Development

Learning TRENDS by Elliott Masie - June 1, 2011.
#665 - Updates on Learning, Business & Technology.
55,297 Readers - http://www.masie.com - The MASIE Center.
Host: LeadershipDev 2011 - June in Las Vegas.

1. Designs Needed for New Leadership Development Models.
2. Learning During the Summer - More, Less or Different?

1. Designs Needed for New Leadership Development Models: Each day, I am interviewing key leadership authors as we ramp up to LeadershipDev 2011 (Las Vegas in 2 weeks). This Friday, Betsy Myers and I will do video interviews with Tom Peters and David Gergen, focusing on new approaches and requirements for leadership development as our workforce, business structures and career expectations change.

It is interesting to note that the conversations are not focusing on Content. There is a load of great content out there. What seems to be more critical is DESIGN. How are organizations creating new blends of content, context, coaching, stretch assignments, 360 Feedback, online collaboration and time with C Suite leaders as they update and extend their leadership development approaches?

We invite your organization to join in this unique conversation. There are a few spaces open at LeadershipDev 2011 (June 13 & 14) and reasonable flights and hotel rooms. Join over 110 senior leadership development colleagues as we imagine an evolving set of Learning Designs for the next chapter of leadership development. Details at http://www.leadershipdev.com

2. Learning During the Summer - More, Less or Different? As the weather evolves here in the Northeast, thoughts turn to summer. I’d like to pose a simple question to Learning Trends Readers:

What is different about your organization’s learning/training activities during the summer months?

Do you do more classroom, less face to face, longer institutes, development experiments or other changes? Could you take a minute and send me a quick note to emasie@masie.com with a few lines about how, if at all, your learning activities change as the summer starts? We’ll summarize and share back in a few days.

Yours in learning,

Elliott Masie
email: emasie@masie.com

MASIE Center Seminars, Events and Services:
* LeadershipDev 2011 - June 14 & 15 - Las Vegas, NV.
* Learning 2011 - Nov 6 to 9, 2011 - Orlando, Florida.
* Membership in The Learning CONSORTIUM
Info and Registration: http://www.masie.com