Paul Kern is a learning professional with experience spanning K-12 education, post-secondary education, and tenured leadership of Learning and Development teams within the financial and health care business sectors. He joins CPED as the To celebrate 75 years of CPED, we’re publishing 75 Stories about our community. Paul Kern joined the team at the Wisconsin School of Business Center for Professional & Executive Development in February 2022 as Director of Products and Services.
Develop The Next Generation of Managers Through Past Lessons Learned
Each generation of managers will face their own unique challenges, but passing down best practices from previous generations will help management development now and in the future.
Is Your Culture Bleeding or Breeding Talent?
Across industries, workplace culture consistently plays a key role in attracting, engaging, and retaining talent. In contrast, organizations with strong defensive cultural norms are notorious for draining talent.
Plan Your Professional Development: Download Your Certificate Planning Guide
You want to invest in your professional development and achieve your goals without taking too much time away from work, but where do you get started? Professional Development Certificates allow you to expand your business skills without disrupting your workplace.
How to Identify Your Leadership Strengths
Leadership strengths are different for everyone. Being able to identify your strengths, and the areas you can improve, will help you identify what skills you need to seek out from others on your team to make your organization its most successful.
Secrets of a Successful Business Strategy
Business strategy is the cornerstone of the long-term success of your organization. A well-chosen and well-articulated strategy is an immensely powerful tool for an organization. It enables rapid decision-making, aligns collaborative and siloed organizational groups, and facilitates the development of sustainable and productive organizational culture.
Choose Thriving Cultures in 2022
Organizations can move from crisis to creation. It’s all about choice. Using intention and inclusion—consciously and jointly changing, adapting, and improving—involves a five-step process.
Setting Attainable New Year’s Resolutions
By Kim Hegeman As the calendar changes over to a new year, you may make some personal and professional new year’s resolutions. When it comes to professional resolutions, they can be a great idea for …
New CPED Program Helps Leaders Facilitate Strategic Innovation
By Kim Hegeman It is no surprise that innovation is both the biggest challenge and the biggest opportunity for modern businesses. To help leaders keep on top of innovation in their organizations, the Wisconsin School …
75 Stories – Marybeth Bay, Chief Information Officer and Vice President at Quartz Health Solutions
Marybeth Bay is chief information officer and vice president at Quartz Health Solutions and a member of the first cohort to experience the Chief Information Officer Digital Leadership program.