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Freifeld, Lorri – Training, 2012
Farmers Insurance claims the No. 2 spot on the Training Top 125 with a forward-thinking training strategy linked to its primary mission: FarmersFuture 2020. It's not surprising an insurance company would have an insurance policy for the future. But Farmers takes that strategy one step further, setting its sights on 2020 with a far-reaching plan to…
Descriptors: Insurance, Leadership, Job Training, Training Methods
Tedrick, Lou; Sumsion, Zach; Smith, Mary; Cutshall, Charlie – Training, 2012
"Training" magazine taps 2012 Training Top 125 winners and Top 10 Hall of Famers to provide their learning and development best practices in each issue. This article looks at strategies to foster technology innovation and implementation and onboarding.
Descriptors: Best Practices, Change Strategies, Success, Innovation
Weinstein, Margery – Training, 2011
A return to normal after a crisis is a good thing. Who doesn't want back what once seemed lost? The problem is it usually isn't a simple task figuring out how to patch together a scaled-back training program. When the recession hit in fall 2008, trainers were asked to scale down programming and make do with fewer resources. With a recovery in full…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Labor Needs, Needs Assessment, Industrial Psychology
Freifeld, Lorri – Training, 2011
Innovation has been part of The Economical Insurance Group (TEIG) throughout its 140-year history--its first insurance policy was written on a barn in Berlin, Ontario. Today, the company continues to pursue innovation through its leaders, utilizing a variety of programs to develop the talent needed to guide the 2,500-employee organization through…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Outcomes of Education, Innovation, Leadership Effectiveness
Weinstein, Margery – Training, 2010
A training department revamp is a huge, but not impossible, undertaking, and a chore that may be inevitable every now and then. Taking the plunge and deciding to rebuild one's training structure can offer a sizable return on investment to one's senior executives, and a more effective learning strategy for employees. The tricky part is ensuring the…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Change Strategies, Performance Technology, Program Implementation
Dolezalek, Holly – Training, 2010
Most companies need a steady stream of talent to enter, then move up in, the organization. But at most companies, the care and feeding of that talent stream is often a bit fragmented; recruitment is largely an HR function, while succession planning--to the extent there is any--is left in the hands of executive leadership. Development of the…
Descriptors: Gifted, Talent Development, Industrial Education, Industrial Training
Weinstein, Margery – Training, 2012
For flooring manufacturer Mohawk Industries, it is not enough to teach employees how to be great. The long-time Training Top 125 contender focused last year on helping employees to blaze their own learning paths while meeting organization imperatives. That meant improving the technology that supports employee performance, as well as creating new…
Descriptors: Job Performance, Organizational Development, Performance Technology, Social Networks