The CEO's Guide to Training, eLearning & Work: Empowering Learning for a Competitive Advantage

The Book
The CEO’s Guide to Training, eLearning & Work is the definitive guide for senior leaders and learning professionals in the art and science of workplace learning and performance improvement. Will Thalheimer’s culminating masterwork shows senior leaders how to gain a competitive advantage through their organization’s learning and development efforts. At the same time, the book empowers learning professionals to confidently coalesce around foundational principles, values, and research-inspired best practices. In short, the book enables senior leaders and learning professionals to have a productive relationship focused on leverage points that matter.

The Author
Will Thalheimer draws on three decades at the forefront of the research-to-practice movement in the workplace learning field and on his experiences as a consultant to hundreds of organizations—including such giants as the Navy Seals, Oxfam, the World Bank, Bloomberg, the United Nations, the Gates Foundation, Genentech, Proctor & Gamble, the CDC, MIT, innovative elearning startups, and more.

The Book Design
Designed to be an easy read—many chapters are two pages long—Thalheimer augments his concise hard-hitting chapters with in-depth chapter notes for those who want to dig deeper, learn more, or review the research inspirations for the ideas shared.

Empowering Learning Teams
The CEO’s Guide to Training, eLearning & Work not only provides essential wisdom, but it also elevates a new goal for learning teams—creating a competitive advantage for their organizations and learners. With competitive advantage as a guiding purpose, learning professionals can reimagine and energize their practices, build stronger partnerships with senior leaders, and empower themselves to greater autonomy and full effectiveness.

Competitive Advantage
For too long, organizations have accepted modestly good results from their learning teams—and learning teams have acquiesced to outcomes beneath their own aspirations. With this book, Will Thalheimer makes clear that there is another way—and that way enables a competitive advantage.

Testimonials from Thought Leaders

Read this book. Encourage anyone associated with workforce learning to read this book.
-- RUTH CLARK, Co-Author, eLearning and the Science of Instruction.

Another excellent offering from Will Thalheimer… straightforward and practical guidance. Ignore at your peril.
-- ROBERT BRINKERHOFF, Author of Telling Training’s Story.

𝖨𝗍’𝗌 𝖺 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗇… 𝗇𝗈 𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗇… 𝖻𝗒 𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗋𝖺𝖿𝗍.
-- DONALD CLARK, Author of Artificial Intelligence for Learning.

Great book! 𝖨𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗑𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗂𝗍𝖾-𝗌𝗂𝗓𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗇𝗂𝗉𝗉𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗌𝖽𝗈𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾.
-- MICHAEL ALLEN, Author of Michael Allen’s Guide to eLearning.

𝖭𝗈 𝗄𝗂𝖽𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝖨’𝗆 𝖻𝗎𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖼𝗈𝗉𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗆𝗒 𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖼𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌, 𝗍𝗈𝗈.
-- MEGAN TORRANCE, Torrance Learning.

Will Thalheimer continues his no-nonsense, no-holds-barred style to speak truth to power.
-- ROY POLLOCK, Co-Author, Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning.

I 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝗇𝗀𝖺𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝗌𝗎𝖼𝖼𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗍, 𝖾𝗏𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾-𝖻𝖺𝗌𝖾𝖽, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝗎𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖼𝗎𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝖻𝗌𝗈𝗅𝗎𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗍.
-- RICHARD E. CLARK, Professor Emeritus, USC.

The book's brilliance lies in its clarity and directness. It's a roadmap for CEOs and learning professionals alike.
-- STELLA LEE, Paradox Learning.