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2008 Corporate Learning Factbook® 
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High Impact Leadership Development®  Industry's most comprehensive study of best-practices and vendor solutions in leadership development.

High Impact Talent Management®  Groundbreaking research - trends, best-practices, and proven solutions for corporate talent management.

Learning Management Systems 2008® 
Most complete review of LMS systems and the LMS Market.

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High Impact Learning Measurement® 
Best practices and new business-driven model for the measurement and evaluation of corporate training.

Corporate Leadership Development
Why it matters... one of the top investment areas in 2007.

High Impact Performance Management® 
Best Practices, Vendors, and Market Analysis of Performance Management Solutions.

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Best practices in the management, organization, operations, and governance of corporate training.

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Leadership Development 

Leadership Development is one of the largest investment areas in corporate training.  Organizations spend as much as 30% of their L&D budget in this critical area, and it is the foundation of the highly strategic process of management training, succession planning, executive education, and talent management.

Our keynote research in this area, High Impact Leadership Development® is now available.

This groundbreaking research explains our four-level maturity model, best-practices, vendor solutions, and gives dozens of case studies and models to help you improve your investments in this critical area.

 Watch e-learning overview of this study .    >Download Executive Summary.

Groundbreaking, High-Impact Research

In our leadership development research, we focus on best-practices, trends, and benchmarks for the entire process of leadership development, including design of learning programs across all levels of the organization, application of blended learning, integration with performance management and succession planning, executive coaching, and identification and development of high-potential leaders.

Leadership Development:  Why it Matters.... listen

Bersin & Associates Leadership Development Maturity Model ®

Leadership Development Maturity Model - ® Bersin & Associates

Our Research Areas

Research members have access to a wide variety of research and best practices for enterprise learning and talent management.  A few of the topics covered in our research library include:

• Bersin & Associates Leadership Development Maturity Model®:  a four-step model, illustrated above, with detailed actionable dimensions for each level.  Research members can use the model to assess your organization's maturity, and focus on key process, technology, and measurement improvements to increase effectiveness and strategic value.
  
  
• Best Practices from Leading Organizations:  a variety of in-depth case studies from medium and large organizations describing how they develop their leaders, including their development and delivery approaches, how they integrate succession planning and performance management, and how they measure their leadership development program effectiveness.
  
  
• Industry Benchmarks:    How much do organizations spend in this area?  Where are the resources allocated?  This information helps research members understand whether they are making the right investments in this business-critical program area.
  
  
• How to Integrate Leadership Development with Succession Planning:  The leadership development process touches many levels of management and is integral to succession planning.  Our research explains best practices and lessons learned in the leadership succession planning process.
  
  
• Development of Competency Models:   One of the biggest challenges for organizations is to develop a values- or leadership-based competency model for use in development and performance management.  Our research and best practices describes how to develop these models, maintain them, and best utilize them across all your talent management processes.
  
  
• Use of Technology:   How can you apply e-learning to this important area?  Does it work?  What roles do simulations, video, and other technologies play and where should you apply them?  We have in-depth research on best practices in the use of e-learning in leadership development.
  
  
• Measurement:    Bersin & Associates measurement research (including our Impact Measurement Framework®) identifies best-practices, tools, and business processes to help you measure the effectiveness and alignment of your organization's leadership development programs.
  
  
• Advisory Services:    Leadership Development is one of our core research areas - our analysts have assessment tools, and can help you with program design, strategy, selection of vendors, and executive alignment in this important area.  Research members can draw upon our expertise to help with planning, strategy, benchmarking, and implementation.

Learn More

We invite you to browse our research library to see for yourself the information resources available to research members.  You can also download a complimentary copy of a detailed case study on Air Products,   A Three-Tiered Approach to Leadership Training:  Using Blended Learning to Drive Culture and Leadership.   Our sample research area will give you a sense of the depth and quality of the research and advisory services we provide.

Our analysts can help you address specific challenges within your own organization.  We can guide you in areas such as program strategy and design, vendor selection, and business alignment.  Our Corporate Leadership Development Scorecard®, available to research members, will help you benchmark your leadership development investments against industry best practices.

To learn more about our research program and advisory services, please call us at (561) 819-6213 or email us for more information.