| Greetings!
Welcome to the premier summer issue of The University
of Southern Mississippi Jack and Patti Phillips Workplace
Learning and Performance Institute (WLPI) newsletter.
This issue features an original article by Dr. Patti
Phillips addressing workplace learning ROI challenges.
Dr. Eric R. Parks
WLPI Faculty and Editor
In
this Issue:
A Message From
The Director
Dr. Cyndi
Gaudet
In Ten Things I Wish
I’d Known - Before I Went Out into the Real World, Maria Shriver’s advice is to pinpoint your passion by finding
“the field, the area, the kinds of people you
want to be with." I can truthfully say that the
WLPI team has "pinpointed" their passion and
demonstrate that passion on a daily basis. We have an
incredible team committed to helping define talent requirements
for individuals and organizations and seeing that development
through to fruition. We are a team that gives a human
capital development context for organizations to compete
in a global economy.
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Workplace Learning
Challenges Dr. Patti
Phillips
The ROI in workplace learning and performance (WLP) trend began in the
early 1980s when Jack was asked to provide evidence
that the investment his company president was making
in training was worth it. Bottom line: The CEO wanted
to know the return on investment -- ROI. Today, the
ROI Methodology is the leading evaluation methodology
used by private sector and public sector organizations
in 41 countries.
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Workforce Innovation Recognition for WLPI Dr. Heather Annulis and Dr. Eric R. Parks
Innovation in workplace learning is a key goal of The University of Southern
Mississippi Jack and Patti Phillips Workplace Learning
and Performance Institute. One measure of achievement
of this goal is success in competitive awards programs.
The "gold" standard for workforce innovation
recognition is the highly regarded and competitive Department
of Labor, Employment and Training Administration's annual
recognition awards program.
(more)
Commentary About
Training, Education and Performance By WLPI Students
and Graduates Amy Eifling, Aspire Inc. and Sandy Michelet,
Sprint PCS
An ancient Chinese philosopher said, "The best way to predict the future is to create it".
This quote rings true in so many aspects of my life,
but none so clear as why I am involved with the Jack and Patti Phillips
Workplace Learning and Performance Institute (WLPI).
My story is probably not dissimilar to many of yours.
Coming from a profession outside of the learning and
performance industry, my need to gain knowledge and
credibility in the industry was apparent.
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If you have an article
or new update you wish to submit please email your submission
to eric.parks@usm.edu
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