Chief Learning and Development Officers Conference

Learning leaders are under pressure to prove the value and impact of their learning function on the business and the bottom line. The business of learning needs to be seen and run as a business and there needs to be a fundamental shift about how one thinks about learning in order to bring the learning function to the next level.

If you are an executive tasked with leading and creating a learning environment that drives company performance, you should attend the exclusive Chief Learning and Development Officers Conference taking place 21-23 October. Gain valuable insight into how to build a strategically aligned, impactful, valuable and recognised learning function in today's challenging world of work.

21 October: Pre-conference workshop - Accelerated Learning for Breakthrough Results
22-23 October: Two-day Conference

Award: Nominations open for the Chief Learning Officer of the Year 2014! Prizes to the value of R100,000!

Some speakers include:

• Sandy Mohonathan, Director: HR and Corporate Functions and Brent Cairns, talent strategist, Accenture
• Angus Ridgway, CEO, Potential Life (Former Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company)
• Dr Lesley Lee, Head: Learning Academy, Volkswagen (Second Largest Car Company in the World and Lesley was the winner of the 2012 South Africa's Most Influential Women in Business and Government Award)
• Dean Retief, CLO, Nedbank (Winner of the 2013 Chief Learning and Development Officer of the Year Award)
• Xolisa Boqwana, group learning and talent development manager, Aspen Pharmacare (Ranked no.1 Pharmaceutical company in SA by IMS Health and listed as one of the Financial Mail 2014 Top Companies)
• Whita Tunyiswa, head of learning and aevelopment, Woolworths
• Juanita Sukhdeo, head of learning and development, Econet Wireless
• Heidi Volschenk, director: learning and development Africa, KPMG
• Shaun Rozyn, executive director: corporate education, Gordon Institute of Business Science
• Lesley-Ann Gatter, head: learning and development, Investec
• Terrence Taylor, head: talent, learning and leadership, Discovery Group

SOME TOPICS INCLUDE:
• How to run corporate learning like a business
• The corporate workplace 2020: how the chief learning officers' emerging role will be central to strategic success.
• Creating a world-class learning organisation.
• Supporting business growth - learning and developments contribution to growth and expansion.
• Metrics for the modern CLO: Dealing with measurement, evaluation and big data.
• Learning to work: Insight into developing the new generation of employee.
• Developing a new type of Leader for a new world: Leadership in a disaggregating world.
• Creating a comprehensive, high- impact corporate learning strategy: aligning business, HR and learning needs for maximum impact.
• Increasing organisational performance through effective learning interventions.
• The corporate learning function - getting the balance right.
• Breakthrough learning case study - applying accelerated learning principles to design of talent programs.
• And more!

Who should attend:

This programme is developed for senior-level decision makers involved as:
• Head of training and development
• Head of learning and development
• Chief learning officer/chief learning and development officer
• Human Resource development
• Talent management
• Skills development
• Director/manager
• Training specialist

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Please contact Barbara Spence +2782 881 3454 / +27 82 881 3454 or az.oc.euneva@arabrab

For registration options and fees, visit Knowledge Resources
For more information on the event, visit Chief Learning and Development Officer Conference

Date: 21 October 2014 to 23 October 2014
Venue: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Rosbank, Johannesburg

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Conveniently situated within walking distance from the Rosebank Gautrain station
This five star Johannesburg hotel has a captivating African-inspired décor which draws you into a vibrant celebration of local culture and heritage. The first-class, luxury hotel is a premier choice of business hotels in South Africa for discerning executive worldwide! Beat the traffic and take the Gautrain!