2024 CLO Accelerator

A Certification Course Unlike Any Other.

Launching: October 28, 2024

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Fast-tracking New and Aspiring CLOs

The Chief Learning Officer Accelerator is a virtual seven-week, comprehensive and experiential development program focused on the most important topics and the latest CLO research and best-practice findings for high-level learning executives. Aligned with CLO LearningElite organizational criteria, the Accelerator places a premium on learning from not only its esteemed faculty, but — equally important — your fellow learning professionals. You will participate in building the body of knowledge by sharing real-world experiences and lessons learned in discussion groups and missions and build a robust network to serve your role as CLO and help build your contemporary career. The program comprises personal action plan development and case study application presentation with feedback from the entire Accelerator faculty.

MentorPlus

MentorPlus: Oct. 2-3, 2024

MentorPlus is a virtual program designed as a precursor to the Chief Learning Officer Accelerator, facilitating swift connections between faculty and students through a "speed mentoring" format. This innovative approach allows participants to address current challenges and topics relevant to the Chief Learning Officer role.

  • The first 14 registrants will secure a spot in the MentorPlus program.
  • Students are encouraged to bring questions and challenges ready for discussion.
  • Choose between 15-minute sessions on Day 1 or 30-minute sessions on Day 2.
MentorPlus Schedule

Meet the Faculty

Adri Maisonet-Morales, MBA, MSOP, PMP

Vice President Talent Management, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina

Bio: 

Adrienna (Adri) Maisonet Morales is the vice president of the award-winning enterprise learning and Blue University at Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC). With over 29 years of experience, Adri has established a solid reputation as a trusted thought leader.

With a passion for talent development, Adri serves on the boards of North Carolina Business for Education, Durham Compact, Center for Talent Reporting, Chief Learning Officer and the Durham Chamber of Commerce, to name a few. Additionally, Adri actively volunteers for a wide range of civic and community opportunities and is committed to paying it forward and helping others achieve their personal best. As an accomplished speaker, Adri enjoys sharing her knowledge across the country on topics that range from corporate learning, workforce development, and a host of motivational and skill-building topics that inspire people to maintain relevance through continuous learning.

Adri holds a BS in Leadership Development, in Organizational Performance from Bellevue University, an MBA from Penn State University and a variety of certifications across multiple disciplines.

Adri Maisonet-Morales

Diana Thomas

Executive Coach and Advisor, Winning Results LLC

Bio: 

Diana Thomas is a Certified Executive & Team Coach with Marshall Goldsmith’s organization and a member of the International Coach Federation. She held the position of vice president of learning and development for McDonald’s Corp. In this role, she led all aspects of training, development and education, including the restaurant training curriculum at Hamburger University, McDonald’s global training center of excellence. Under her leadership, McDonald’s USA was recognized with numerous top learning awards. Diana is an editorial advisory board member for Chief Learning Officer magazine, a faculty member for BetterWork Media Group’s CLO Accelerator Class, a judge for the Learning Elite awards and a past board member for the National Diversity Council.

She holds an MBA, a master’s degree in human resources development and business management, and a BA in education and economics. Thomas is the co-author of “Be More Strategic in Business” and the host of “Talent Champions,” a podcast that engages in relevant discussions about issues facing the world of HR, talent development and leaders today. As a proven, successful Fortune 100 executive, Thomas partners with business executives to help them become better leaders and find more happiness and well-being in their lives. Diana is married with two daughters, and she enjoys spending time with family, focusing on health and wellness, and lifelong learning.

Diana Thomas

Judy Whitcomb

Founder, Storybook Leadership Consulting LLC

Bio: 

Judy has more than 25 yearsʼ experience in a variety of HR and organizational development leadership roles. An award-winning learning and development strategist, speaker, facilitator and trainer, sheʼs worked with over 1,000 leaders – from emerging high potentials to C-suite executives – to help them take steps to close gaps preventing them from leading most effectively. Judy is a veteran CHRO and chief learning officer with experience in the transportation, financial services, hospitality, health care and not-for-profit sectors. Judyʼs coaching clients have included leaders from organizations such as Coca-Cola, Hallmark, 7-11, IRI, Beam Suntory, Conagra, General Mills, Potters Industries, Black and Decker, Hannaford Brothers, Vi Senior Living and Google X. Additionally, she has practical experience leading operations, business development, marketing and finance functions and has worked with boards on governance, organizational strategy and succession planning. In 2020 Judy was recognized by Crain’s Chicago Business as one of Chicago’s top HR executives. She is a certified Berkeley Executive Coach and holds assessment and coaching certifications from Gallup, Korn Ferry, Center for Creative Leadership, Hogan and EQi 2.0.

Judy Whitcomb

Justin Lombardo

Chief Human Resources and Staff Development Officer, Archdiocese of Chicago (Retired)

Bio: 

Justin Lombardo most recently served as chief human resources and staff development officer for the Archdiocese of Chicago, comprising 15,000 employees serving more than 2.2 million Catholics with 293 parishes and 199 elementary and secondary schools. He is now retired.

Prior to his role with the Archdiocese of Chicago, Justin was chief learning officer for the Baptist Health System in Florida. He also served as vice president of the Learning Institute and chief learning officer for Children’s Medical System of Texas. Prior to Children’s, he was chief learning officer at Northwestern Memorial in Chicago, where he developed the NM Academy, consolidating all the education resources of the system.

Justin's efforts to transform healthcare learning and development have been recognized by the Mayor of Chicago, Chicago Business Council, Working Mother magazine and other regional and national organizations.

Before working in healthcare, Lombardo spent 15 years at Motorola University, where he managed various global functions. Justin has served on training and development advisory boards at the national and international level, including a task force of the United Nations; the Center for Creative Leadership; the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University; and the Center for Nursing Excellence. He was appointed by the Governor of Illinois to the state’s task force on workforce development. He has held faculty appointments at Northwestern University, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Johns Hopkins University.

Justin is a long-time member of Chief Learning Officer's Advisory Board.

Justin Lombardo

Kevin D. Wilde

Executive Leadership Fellow, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota

Bio: 

Kevin D. Wilde serves as an Executive Leadership Fellow at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. He teaches applied leadership in several graduate courses. His current research topics include leadership coachability, executive derailment and contemporary talent development. In 2015, he concluded a 34-year corporate career in leadership and talent development at General Electric and General Mills.

During his time at General Mills, the organization was consistently recognized for its innovative development work, highlighted by Fortune’s #2 ranking as one of the best companies in the world at leadership development, #1 listing by Leadership Excellence magazine, #1 Global Learning Elite ranking, and Training magazine’s “Hall of Fame” designation as a top company for employee development. In 2007, Chief Learning Officer magazine selected Kevin as CLO of the year.

Kevin continues to be an active contributor to the leadership and talent development profession with business advising and writing. His advisory work includes the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) and GP Strategies.

His most recent book, “Coachability: The Leadership Superpower,” was published in 2022 and received a gold award from the North American Book Awards. His early books include “Dancing with the Talent Stars: 25 Moves that Matter Now” and “A CLO Leadership Reader: Chief Learning Officer Magazine’s Best for Today’s Learning Leader.” His writing for Talent Management magazine received a national award for editorial excellence from the American Society of Business Publication Editors. His work has also been published in over a dozen books, including “Coaching for Leadership,” the “Pfieffer Annual on Leadership Development” and “Forward Focused Learning.”

While actively researching, writing and teaching, he first and foremost considers himself a student of the game of leadership and believes there is always something new to learn.

Kevin D. Wilde

Lisa Doyle

Learning Strategist & Advisor

Bio: 

Lisa Doyle is a recognized leader in building and sustaining exceptional training organizations in the public and private sectors, energized by her entrepreneurial spirit.She served as vice president of global learning at Booz Allen Hamilton, vice president of learning and development at Lowe’s Companies Inc., chancellor of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Acquisition Academy and executive director of Acquisition Solutions Inc. Training Institute. Lisa develops enterprise strategies to optimize talent and deliver business results. She built and led a professional academy at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Training Institute at Acquisition Solutions Inc. She cultivates cultures that drive purpose and promote learning and teaching. She is a Certified Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Executive Coach and leverages her diverse experiences to coach leaders to perform at their peak and achieve lasting results.

Lisa was named Chief Learning Officer of the Year in 2011, member of the BMG Advisory Board and faculty member for its CLO Accelerator course. She holds an MBA from Hood College and a BS in business administration from the University of Maryland.

Lisa Doyle

Course Details

Developed by a faculty of award-winning chief learning officers, the Chief Learning Officer Accelerator is a development program focused on the most important topics for learning executives, including leadership challenges and opportunities, strategy development, funding and infrastructure, learning technology and creating your personalized career development plan.

Who Should Attend?

The Chief Learning Officer Accelerator is a next-generation learning experience designed specifically for learning and development leaders. This interactive program is tailored to the needs of aspiring and newly appointed CLOs (and even experienced CLOs looking to sharpen their edge, broaden their network or expand into a new role), across all organization sizes and sectors. The program — designed by CLOs, for CLOs — will increase and quicken the learning curve to skills proficiency and offer a gateway to an exceptionally strong network, accelerating both your readiness for the CLO role and your impact within that role.

 

Learning Outcomes

  • Increased knowledge of the learning space and the CLO role, particularly in the areas of leadership demonstration, strategic decision-making, technology and infrastructure, and preparing for the future of learning.
  • A solid understanding of the business impact that learning is making in your organization; the knowledge to achieve, measure and demonstrate business results through learning.
  • A certificate of completion of the course, issued by Chief Learning Officer.
  • A personal development plan for your journey of impact as a CLO.
  • A strong network of learning leaders, both seasoned and accelerating in their careers.
  • CLO is proud to share that many of our Accelerator graduates have gone on to win industry awards and recognition and promote to significant, senior roles in their career.

 

What You'll Gain

  • Digital professional credentials for your resume, LinkedIn profile and email signature.
  • Recertification credits.
  • A certificate of completion of the course, issued by Chief Learning Officer.
  • Knowledge and leadership from our faculty of widely-respected industry experts.
  • Network opportunities with our highly-engaged community of aspiring, newly appointed and experienced CLOs.
  • A post-course invitation to a private LinkedIn alumni group where the conversation continues.
  • An invitation to pursue 1:1 coaching with select faculty members.

 

sponsorship

Scholarship Program


The CLO Accelerator Scholarship Program is a prestigious initiative aimed at supporting the education and career development of talented individuals with a passion for learning and growth.

Get in touch today to learn more about this unique scholarship sponsorship opportunity.

Learning Modules

Leadership

Week 1: Demonstrating CLO Leadership

strategy

Week 2: Becoming More Strategic: Mindset & Map

Action Plan

Week 6: Creating Action Plans

Measurement

Week 3: Infrastructure & Measurement

Learning Culture

Week 4: Building a Learning Culture

Simulation

Week 7: Application & Simulation

Technology

Week 5: Technology & the Future of Learning

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Schedule

 

A new module will be launched each week. Students will work at their own pace and can attend “office hours” hosted by the faculty member for each respective module at the end of each week.

What Alumni Are Saying

“[I] enrolled to gain an understanding of [the] CLO’s role and org value. Experience-driven insights from both the teachers and speakers provided a good understanding of the value creation and challenges. Overall the course provided an end-to-end framework on how to build a CLO-driven competency, especially in a large, complex organization.” — Sudhakar Ravada

“Thank you so much for sharing your expertise during the CLO Accelerator course. I learned so much in a three-month window that I wish I would’ve known five years ago prior to stepping into L&D Leadership. I’m already applying aspects of my plan and excited to keep growing! Thanks again!” — Kelly Barefoot

“Thanks for sharing your expertise in the recent CLO Accelerator program — I learned a lot and, excitingly, I have already won my first CLO role with a startup here in Melbourne. I’m looking forward to continuing to apply my learnings. All the best.” — Katy McDevit

“I often think of myself as the plumber who isn’t fixing one’s own plumbing, and the Accelerator was a perfect way to make time for my development and increase my knowledge, influence and strategy from an executive viewpoint. My learning partners are senior- to executive-level, and this was deeply valuable to better understand how my partners think and how to be an influencer at a broader, higher level. In fact, I’ve already passed on strategy learned in this program to one partner to help her to have more of a voice with her C-suite leaders and speak their language. It has also led to increased consulting opportunities for me, just within a few months of this program. Thank you for the well-thought-out topics and numerous resources to equip all of us to be better business leaders while still being focused on the people.” — Tonya Tiggett

Professional Development Credits

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HRCI

Earn up to 12 HR (General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.

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SHRM

BetterWork Media Group is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CPSM or SHRM-SCPSM. This program is valid for 12 PDCs for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP.

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ATD

BetterWork Media Group has been pre-approved by the ATD Certification Institute to offer programs that can be used toward initial eligibility and recertification of the Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD) and Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD) credentials. This program has been approved for a maximum of 12 points.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long has the CLO Accelerator program been around?

The CLO Accelerator program was introduced in 2015 as an in-person event preceding the Fall 2015 CLO Symposium. Originally designed as a two-day workshop, it aimed to support individuals who were new to, expected to step into, or aspired to become learning executives. In response to changing circumstances, the program transitioned to a virtual format in 2020. Its overwhelming success led to its continuation as an online offering, which persists to this day.

Will there be networking opportunities?

Yes, all participants will be invited to connect with each other via LinkedIn following the completion of this year’s program.

How can I become a sponsor or exhibitor?

Contact Ana Dirksen, Chief Growth Officer at ana@betterworkmedia.com, or Kevin Fields, Co-Chief Executive Officer at kevin@betterworkmedia.com to learn more about scholarship program. 


You can also visit our scholarship page to learn more.

Will there be opportunities for professional development credits?

Yes, the CLO Accelerator is approved for 12 professional development credits with ATD, HRCI and SHRM.

Who can I contact for further inquiries or assistance?

Contact customerservice@betterworkmedia.com for any questions.

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