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Larry Clark is managing director of global learning solutions at Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning. He leads the team of learning solutions managers around the globe who partner with clients to design and develop learning experiences unique to each organization’s needs. His background includes more than 25 years of experience in learning design. Previously he served as vice president of Comcast University’s Talent & Professional Development College, where he oversaw all leadership, high-potential and executive development, as well as learning and development for all enterprise functions across the organization. Prior to joining Comcast, Larry spent 12 years in a learning role with Microsoft, and began his career in the learning and talent profession working as a learning and management consultant for companies including Learning International and Zenger Miller.

Larry Clark

March 2019 - TD Magazine

Allow Learning Cultures to Exist

Encouraging employees to be innovative not only serves to drive employee engagement, but it ties back to an overall mission of seeking to make your people feel valued and empowered.

Foster Innovation Through Fun, Play, and Risk-Taking

By putting these measurement techniques into place, L&D teams can ensure their leadership development goals are purposeful and strategic toward meeting those Vision 2020 goals.

Measuring Vision 2020 Leadership Development Goals

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Organizations should turn to deeply immersive experiences to develop new leaders.

Leaders Don't Grow in Classrooms

Larry Dressler has dedicated most of his life to understanding how people work out their differences, discover common ground, and mobilize collective action. As a young boy he attended schools where bullying, gang conflict, and violence were everyday occurrences. From an early age he learned to navigate the hallways and the larger world by deciphering subtle social dynamics and building resilient relationships. Over the years a central questions emerged for Larry: What are the human qualities that enable one to bring peace, clarity, and hopefulness into situations that are filled with conflict, confusion, and despair? Larry continues to embrace this question as a widely recognized organizational development consultant and process facilitator. He has consulted with hundreds of organizations, including Cisco Systems, Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Baxter Healthcare, New Belgium Brewing, Starbucks, Nissan Motors, and 1% for the Planet. His extraordinary skill and presence as a "gentle instigator of breakthrough conversations" have brought him to such diverse settings as the headquarters of companies in 30 industries, a circus school in Colorado, and a solar-powered chocolate factory in the Amazon rainforest. Today Larry spends his time helping leaders convene "think tanks" and "action learning experiences" aimed at fostering a more just society, restoring the natural environment, and creating a vibrant economy. He also delivers keynotes and leadership development seminars all over the world on Standing in the Fire™ and Fierce Conversations™.

Larry Dressler

Barry Posner is the Accolti Endowed Professor of Leadership at the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University, where he also served as dean of the school for 12 years. He has been a distinguished visiting professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Sabanci University (Istanbul), University of Western Australia,and the University of Auckland. At Santa Clara, he has received the President’s Distinguished Faculty Award, the School’s Extraordinary Faculty Award, and several other teaching and academic honors. ABarry received ATD's highest award for Distinguished Contribution to Workplace Learning and Performance. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 research and practitioner-focused articles, and more than a dozen books on leadership. He currently serves on the editorial advisory board for the Leadership & Organizational Development Journal and the International Journal of Servant-Leadership, and received the Outstanding Scholar Award for Career Achievement from the Journal of Management Inquiry. Barry received a BA with honors in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara; an MA in public administration from The Ohio State University; and a PhD in organizational behavior and administrative theory from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Having consulted with a wide variety of public and private sector organizations worldwide, Barry also works at a strategic level with a number of community-based and professional organizations. He has served on the board of directors of Uplift Family Services, Global Women’s Leadership Network, American Institute of Architects, SV Creates, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Santa Clara County, Center for Excellence in Nonprofits, Junior Achievement of Silicon Valley and Monterey Bay, Public Allies, San Jose Repertory Theater, Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, and several publicly traded and startup companies. Barry can be reached at bposner@scu.edu.

Barry Posner

Jim Kouzes is the dean’s executive fellow of leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University, and the co-author with Barry Posner of the internationally award-winning and bestselling book,  The Leadership Challenge, with more than 2 million copies sold. He has co-authored more than 30 other books, including  The Truth About Leadership, Credibility, Encouraging the Heart and A Leader’s Legacy, as well as the  Leadership Practices Inventory—the top-selling off-the-shelf leadership assessment in the world. The  Wall Street Journal has recognized Jim as one of the 10 best executive educators in the United States. In 2009 he received the Distinguished Contribution to Workplace Learning and Performance Award from ATD, and was presented the Thought Leader Award by the Instructional Systems Association. Jim was also named one of  HR Magazine’s Top 20 Most Influential International Thinkers from 2010 to 2013 and one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior by Trust Across America from 2010 to 2015.

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