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We are thrilled to have a broad talent base sharing their insight and lessons learned as they network with their peers.
Several Chicagoland Learning Leaders have recently presented at a conference or a peer networking session and we have been fortunate enough to archive their lessons learned for our members. You can hear a preview of one of their recent sessions by click on the listen to hotlinks below.
You can view all the thought leaders or select a learning area and/or company to narrow your search.
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EBSCO Publishing is the largest provider of online educational content in the world. Our business content is the benchmark for corporate learning—it is found in hundreds of Fortune 500 companies, and in about 90% of Universities, including all Top Ten of the World’s Leading Business Schools. All our content is easily integrated into your LMS (learning management system), SharePoint Application, company intranet or Web-Portal. Integration types include SCORM content packaging to Courseware, Persistent Links to Top Business Journals or Articles, RSS Feeds to Searches/Competencies with frequent updates, Alerts, bookmarking, etc. We also have an extensive Corporate Learning Management Team that offers custom mapping to your company’s core competencies and learning objectives
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John Graziani is the Learning Consultant for Harris Private Bank which provides comprehensive financial services to affluent clients. Part of the Toronto-based BMO Financial Group, one of North America’s leading financial service providers, Harris is a large regional retail, business, and wealth bank serving more than 1.2 million personal and business customers.
Mr. Graziani’s role focuses on supporting medium and long-term strategic business goals through innovative business and development learning strategies and programs. Mr. Graziani has focused the majority of his career in Learning and Development specifically to leverage learning to assist the business in achieving its goals.
Mr. Graziani graduated from Troy University with a Master of Science degree in Business Administration and from the University of West Florida with a Bachelor degree in History.
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As OutStart’s Director of System Engineering, Mike works with customers and prospects to understand and formulate solutions for their learning and knowledge sharing requirements. Over the last eight years its estimated that Mike has worked with over 200 companies in this manner providing him with a wealth of insight into the needs of companies ranging from small and medium to the largest multi-national organizations and government agencies.
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As vice president of organizational learning and chief teaching officer for U.S. Cellular, Tom is responsible for the design and execution of the company-wide learning and organization development strategy. In this role, he ensures that associates and leaders at all levels are provided with the training, education and developmental experiences needed to deliver the ideal customer experience and build a culture of sustainable excellence.
Prior to being named vice president, Griffin served as senior director, leadership and organization development, assuming responsibility for cultivating an effective leadership team, succession and performance management, and culture development. Before joining U.S. Cellular in 2000, Griffin held a variety of positions focused on leadership & organizational development with SBC/Ameritech, Texas Instruments, and the U.S. Army. He has extensive experience in the leadership & organization development field, change management, and adult learning methodology.
Griffin holds a bachelor of science degree in computer science from Fitchburg State College; master's degrees in general business and management of engineering technology from Amber University; a master's degree in organization development & change management from the University of Texas at Dallas; and a doctorate in organization development from Benedictine University. He is a published author, frequent conference speaker, and a U.S. Cellular President's Award winner. He and his wife reside in Algonquin, Ill.
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Judith A. Hale, Ph.D., CPT, started her consulting firm Hale Associates in 1974 and she has worked in all industries in the private and public sectors.
Judith serves on the Illinois Occupational Skills Standards Credentialing Council. She is a past-president of the International Society of Performance and Improvement (ISPI) and was awarded "Outstanding Member of the Year" in 1987. She has been a member of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) for many years and was nominated for ASTD's Gordon Bliss Award in 1995. She was president of the International Board of Standards for Performance and Instruction (ibstpi) and has served as president of the Chicago Chapter of the Industrial Relations Research Association (IRRA).
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With more than 31,000 restaurants in 118 countries, McDonald’s brings a commitment to inclusion and diversity to every community they serve. Around the world, inclusion and diversity at McDonald’s means providing equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and contribute. We accomplish this in a number of ways, such as the integration of diversity initiatives into our daily business practices, a strong diversity education curriculum, employee business networks and external partnerships with minority organizations.
Pat Harris, McDonald’s Global Chief Diversity Officer, recently published a book, NONE OF US IS AS GOOD AS ALL OF US, that describes the evolution of diversity at McDonald’s in the words of the people that made it happen.
Pat's book is an inside look at McDonald’s philosophy of inclusion and diversity through interviews with more than 60 key employees, franchisees, and suppliers represents the first time a major corporation has revealed how diversity translates into long-term business success.
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For over 25 years, Jim has been a successful global business executive, Human Resources leader, HR/business consultant, teacher/trainer/university instructor, and respected public speaker, skilled in translating business needs into pragmatic human and organizational solutions. Often called upon to lead/facilitate professional workshops and to speak at national conferences, Jim currently teaches various HR, business, women’s leadership, and globalization courses, with a particular emphasis on ‘Women and Leadership’ and on the new AlvernoMBA, within the School of Business at Alverno College, the internationally recognized, innovative leader in Ability-based and Assessment-based curriculum.
As a dual US/Canadian citizen, Jim has traveled extensively internationally in his business career, including living/working in South Korea, and being a member of both the Alverno Asian Studies Initiative and the Alverno Latin American Studies Initiative. As such, Jim is an active contributor to the ‘internationalization’ of Alverno’s liberal arts and business curriculum. In his professional career as an HR executive, Jim designed and led best practice initiatives and programs to hire, develop, mentor, and retain women managers and executives, especially in previously male-dominated companies, industries and corporate cultures.
Concurrently with his teaching, Jim consults with diverse business clients. Jim focuses on the development of women as effective leaders and on helping organizations achieve enhanced corporate value and competitive advantage through their unique human capital and organizational capability.
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Maggie is responsible for the implementing the strategy within Navistar University, including ensuring operational excellence and partnering with business units to deliver learning solutions that best meet their needs. Prior to joining Navistar in the fall of 2007, Maggie created and implemented learning solutions that focused on leadership development at a major telecommunications firm and for a variety of her clients at a privately owned consulting company. She holds a B.A. in Management from University of Illinois at Springfield, and is completing work on a Master’s in Leadership Studies from North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. She holds several professional certifications as well. She has spoken on the topic of leadership development at client user groups and professional development networks.
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