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Bill Oliver

Fight Drugs With Knowledge

Bill Pasmore, PhD, is senior vice president and global organizational practice leader at the Center for Creative Leadership, a top-ranked, global provider of leadership education. He is also a professor of practice of organization and leadership at Columbia University and was formerly a partner at Oliver Wyman Delta Consulting, part of the MMC Corporation. He is a consultant to CEOs of global Fortune 1000 firms on change, leadership, senior teams, and organization design and is a frequent speaker at corporate events and conferences.

Bill Pasmore

Winter 2016 - CTDO Magazine

The argument: Social collaboration tools make it easier and cheaper for employees to learn from one another. Two thought leaders share their contrasting viewpoints on the topic.

Debate: Will Social Learning Work for Your Company?

Fall 2017 - CTDO Magazine

The argument: The talent development department should be a stand-alone function separate from HR. Two thought leaders share their contrasting viewpoints on the topic.

Debate: Part of HR or Independent?

If you are like most managers, you probably feel a heightened sense of anxiety when the budgeting process starts. You think of the many meetings, the difficult negotiations, and the dreaded cuts that often cause you to lock horns with your manager.
Budgeting is a time-consuming and difficult exercise. Resources are never enough, and management must balance the needs of all stakeholders. The good news, however, is that the budgeting process can be managed! The key to successful budgeting involves planning, organization, documentation, preparation, and follow-up.
In this webcast, we will provide a quick 10-step guide to help you plan, prepare, and defend a budget that is strategically aligned to your organization. After this webcast, you will be able to:

Evaluate your budgeting process.
Assess the gaps that create major challenges.
Identify specific actions you can take to improve the process.


10 Steps to Successful Budgeting

It is time for the preparation of the annual budget, and you approach the process with apprehension. You think of the endless hours you will spend preparing and defending your training budget and of the time and effort that it will require, on top of your day-to-day responsibilities.
The budget, however, is the ideal time for you to question your programs and procedures, look for alternatives, and redesign or improve existing processes. It is the perfect opportunity to ensure you are aligned to the strategic direction of the organization and the needs of your internal customers. This webcast will provide an overview of the new TD at Work, "Preparing and Defending Your Training Budget.”
After this webcast, you will be able to:

Analyze your internal and external operating environment.
Use this information to prepare your work plan for the upcoming year.
Prepare and defend your training budget to the next level of management.
 


How to Prepare and Defend Your Training Budget

The budget is a cumbersome and time-consuming experience, done once a year, and dreaded by all. Few organizations provide their managers with formal training on how to prepare a budget; those that do often teach budgeting in a vacuum, without explaining its relationship to the larger financial picture of the organization and the achievement of its long-term goals.
In this webcast, we will discuss how to structure a training program to bridge the knowledge gap, leveraging the use of technology, live instruction, and mentoring to increase the ability of your managers to prepare and monitor their budgets more effectively. After this webcast, you will be able to:

Identify the financial competencies required to budget effectively.
Assess the knowledge gap of your key leaders.
Outline a cost-effective training strategy to improve the budgeting skills of your management team.


Training Managers on Budgeting Basics

A training management system offers the depth of features and functionalities to fill this gap. What’s more, it complements LMSs.

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