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Entergy Corporation Renews Partnership with eCornell

Integrated energy company offers online learning as a professional development option

Entergy Corporation, an integrated energy company, has renewed its partnership with eCornell to help employees meet their professional development goals.

By offering the entire eCornell portfolio of courses and certificate programs, Entergy can give managers throughout the United States access to Ivy League learning and development.  Subject areas include leadership and management development, human resources and financial acumen.

eCornell’s unique approach to elearning combines the most effective elements of a world-class, Ivy League classroom with the flexibility of an online learning environment. eCornell courses—self-paced and 100 percent online—are “instructor-facilitated” to help guide a cohort of 20 to 30 participants through challenging, real-world exercises with practical on-the-job application. Classes enable learners to be immersed in learning that also fosters collaboration, interaction, and networking.

“We are pleased have continued our relationship with Entergy,” said Tom Abogabal, vice president, global sales for eCornell. “We are glad to be a part of Entergy’s mission to empower their talent across the organization and be a part of their professional development portfolio.”

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About eCornell

eCornell, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cornell University, provides many of the world’s leading organizations with online professional and executive development in the areas of leadership and management, human resources, financial management, healthcare, marketing, and hospitality management. eCornell’s proven course development model and asynchronous instructor-led course delivery provide for engaging, rigorous, and interactive learning. The company has delivered online courses to more than 50,000 students in over 180 countries. For more information visit ecornell.cornell.edu/enterprise (enterprise buyers) or ecornell.cornell.edu (small groups and individual students).


About Entergy Corporation

Entergy Corporation, which celebrates its 100th birthday in 2013, is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric-generating capacity, including more than 10,000 megawatts of nuclear power, making it one of the nation’s leading nuclear generators. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.8 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Entergy has annual revenues of more than $10 billion and approximately 15,000 employees.

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Starwood Hotels & Resorts and eCornell Sign a Two-Year Partnership

Global hotel group continues long standing relationship to offer online learning with eCornell

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. has entered into a two-year agreement to continue its partnership with eCornell to deliver online courses in hospitality management, leadership, strategic management, supervisory skills and human resource management to its worldwide employees.

eCornell offers Starwood access to courses developed by Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration that align closely with their talent-management approach.  Offering these and other courses helps Starwood achieve its learning goals on a global scale at both the property and corporate levels.

eCornell’s unique approach to elearning combines the most effective elements of a world-class, Ivy League classroom with the flexibility of an online learning environment. eCornell courses—self-paced and 100 percent online—are “instructor-facilitated” to help guide a cohort of 20 to 30 participants through challenging, real-world exercises with practical on-the-job application. Classes enable learners to be immersed in learning that also fosters collaboration, interaction, and networking.

“Starwood continues to be a great partner of eCornell, and we’re approaching almost 10 years of success together,” said Tom Abogabal, vice president of global sales at eCornell.  “We are thrilled to continue our partnership to be able to help Starwood reach thousands of employees across its worldwide portfolio of owned, managed, and franchised properties, and to help develop all levels of employees including individual contributors, supervisors, managers, GMs, and senior leaders.

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About eCornell

eCornell, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cornell University, provides many of the world’s leading organizations with online professional and executive development in the areas of leadership and management, human resources, financial management, healthcare, marketing, and hospitality management. eCornell’s proven course development model and asynchronous instructor-led course delivery provide for engaging, rigorous, and interactive learning. The company has delivered online courses to more than 50,000 students in over 200 countries. For more information visit ecornell.cornell.edu/enterprise (enterprise buyers) or ecornell.cornell.edu (small groups and individual students).

 

About Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world, with 1,128 properties in nearly 100 countries and 171,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels, resorts, and residences with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, W®, Westin®, Le Méridien®, Sheraton®, Four Points® by Sheraton, Aloft®, and ElementSM. The company boasts one of the industry’s leading loyalty programs, Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG), allowing members to earn and redeem points for room stays, room upgrades, and flights, with no blackout dates. Starwood also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., a premier provider of world-class vacation experiences through villa-style resorts and privileged access to Starwood brands. For more information, please visit www.starwoodhotels.com.

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InterContinental Hotels Group Starts Year Two of Its Partnership with eCornell

Global hotel brand offers hospitality-specific online learning

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), one of the worlds largest hotel companies, has started year two of its partnership with eCornell.

Offering courses in hospitality management developed by Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, eCornell has helped IHG successfully cultivate its global audience to become leaders in their industry. With more than 4,000 properties throughout the world, it is important that IHG offer a learning solution that is consistent and accessible for all its employees.

One of the many attractive aspects of eCornell is that it offers employees hospitality courses and also a wide range of business and leadership courses on topics ranging from management to finance to change management. The flexible schedule and ease of access is important for the IHG audience, because their schedules fluctuate and they can be in remote locations.  eCornell’s Ivy League-caliber courses continue to be recognized as valuable to IHG’s learning and development strategy, and have been since 2004.

eCornell’s unique approach to elearning combines the most effective elements of a world-class, Ivy League classroom with the flexibility of an online learning environment. eCornell courses—self-paced and 100 percent online—are “instructor-facilitated” to help guide a cohort of 20 to 30 participants through challenging, real-world exercises with practical on-the-job application. Classes enable learners to be immersed in learning that also fosters collaboration, interaction, and networking.

“IHG has been a great partner of eCornell,” said Tom Abogabal, vice president of global sales for eCornell.  “Their global audience takes advantage of the collaborative nature of our courses.  We are happy to help make the world flat for IHG’s talent across seven continents.  eCornell allows them to connect with each other and learn with and from peers across all industries, all while developing their skills they can apply wherever they are in IHG’s operations.”

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About eCornell

eCornell, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cornell University, provides many of the world’s leading organizations with online professional and executive development in the areas of leadership and management, human resources, financial management, healthcare, marketing, and hospitality management. eCornell’s proven course development model and asynchronous instructor-led course delivery provide for engaging, rigorous, and interactive learning. The company has delivered online courses to more than 50,000 students in over 200 countries. For more information visit ecornell.cornell.edu/enterprise (enterprise buyers) or www.ecornell.com (small groups and individual students).

 

About InterContinental Hotels Group

IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) [LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG (ADRs)] is a global organization with nine hotel brands, including InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Hotel Indigo®, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn® Hotels and Resorts, Holiday Inn Express®, Staybridge Suites®, Candlewood Suites®, EVEN™ Hotels, and HUALUXE™ Hotels & Resorts. IHG also manages Priority Club® Rewards, the world’s first and largest hotel loyalty program with over 69 million members worldwide.

IHG franchises, leases, manages, or owns over 4,500 hotels and more than 672,000 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories. With more than 1,000 hotels in its development pipeline, IHG expects to recruit around 90,000 people into additional roles across its estate over the next few years.

InterContinental Hotels Group, PLC, is the group’s holding company and is incorporated in Great Britain and registered in England and Wales.

Visit www.ihg.com for hotel information and reservations and www.priorityclub.com for more on Priority Club Rewards. For our latest news, visit www.ihg.com/media, www.twitter.com/ihg, www.facebook.com/ihg or www.youtube.com/ihgplc.

 

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Johnson Controls, Inc., Selects eCornell to Deliver Online Human Resources Training

Global, diversified technology and industrial leader to run pilot program targeting HR professionals

Johnson Controls, Inc., a global diversified company in the building and automotive industry, has selected eCornell to deliver a pilot program to its human resources managers and directors.

Launching the program by offering a course from Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, “Developing People Solutions for Business Success,” Johnson Controls, Inc., will provide HR managers and directors an understanding of the value their business organization offers its customers and of how that value is created.

With a global presence in over 150 countries, it is important that Johnson Controls offer a learning solution that is high-caliber and easily accessible. This course will allow Johnson’s HR managers and directors to connect in-depth knowledge of the business with HR expertise, to identify and anticipate issues, offer solutions, and take actions that drive business success.

eCornell’s unique approach to elearning combines the most effective elements of a world-class, Ivy League classroom with the flexibility of an online learning environment. eCornell courses—self-paced and 100 percent online—are “instructor-facilitated” to help guide a cohort of 20 to 30 participants through challenging, real-world exercises with practical on-the-job application. Classes enable learners to be immersed in learning that also fosters collaboration, interaction and networking.

“We are pleased to be working with Johnson Controls, Inc., and looking forward to helping them achieve their learning outcomes for their HR audience,” said Tom Abogabal, vice president of global sales at eCornell.  “Johnson Controls, Inc., is a global leader in its field, and we are thrilled to be partnering with them to help HR be an effective strategic business partner to their internal clients.”

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About eCornell

eCornell, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cornell University, provides many of the world’s leading organizations with online professional and executive development in the areas of leadership and management, human resources, financial management, healthcare, marketing, and hospitality management. eCornell’s proven course development model and asynchronous instructor-led course delivery provide for engaging, rigorous, and interactive learning. The company has delivered online courses to more than 50,000 students in over 200 countries. For more information visit www.ecornell.com/enterprise (enterprise buyers) or www.ecornell.com (small groups and individual students).

 

About Johnson Controls, Inc.

Johnson Controls is a global diversified technology and industrial leader serving customers in more than 150 countries. Its 168,000 employees create quality products, services, and solutions to optimize energy and operational efficiencies of buildings, lead-acid automotive batteries and advanced batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles, and interior systems for automobiles. In 2012, Corporate Responsibility Magazine recognized Johnson Controls as the #5 company in its annual “100 Best Corporate Citizens” list. The company was formerly known as Johnson Electric Service Company, changing its name to Johnson Controls, Inc., in 1974. Johnson Controls, Inc., was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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First Bank of Nigeria Chooses eCornell for Leadership Development

Senior leaders and heads of banking undergo leadership assessment to receive targeted, needs-based leadership development

First Bank of Nigeria, PLC, the country’s largest financial services institution, has chosen eCornell to deliver online leadership learning to 140 senior leaders and heads of banking across Africa. This online initiative will be administered through the Leadership School, one of the four multilevel schools at the bank’s corporate university, FirstAcademy.

The flagship for the structured Leadership Development Program is the eCornell course Unlocking Your Leadership Potential, authored by faculty at Cornell University’s Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management. This will provide FirstBank leaders with a range of self-assessment tools (including an online 360-degree evaluation) to identify managerial strengths and weaknesses and to create personalized development plans and build critical leadership competencies.

“We are truly excited about the partnership with eCornell,” said Ayodele Jaiyesimi, head of human capital management and development at FirstBank. “With the increasing complexities and fast-paced transformation that has characterized the sub-Saharan banking space, we see this as the right pedestal to build critical leadership competencies and position the FirstBank leader to champion ongoing transformational efforts, not only within the bank, but in the Industry as a whole.”

“It is a pleasure to welcome First Bank of Nigeria aboard,” said Tom Abogabal, vice president of global sales at eCornell. “eCornell’s global reach and the scalability of our programs enable us to serve organizations of all sizes and geographies. Following the 360-degree evaluation, we’ll be able to recommend learning programs tailored to the specific training needs of each individual FirstBank leader.”

The Unlocking Your Leadership Potential program will be run through multiple streams over a six-month period.

eCornell’s unique approach to elearning combines the most effective elements of a world-class, Ivy League classroom with the flexibility of an online learning environment. eCornell courses—self-paced and 100 percent online—are “instructor-facilitated” to help guide a cohort of 20 to 30 participants through challenging, real-world exercises with practical on-the-job application. Classes enable learners to be immersed in learning that also fosters collaboration, interaction, and networking.

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About eCornell
eCornell, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cornell University, provides many of the world’s leading organizations with online professional and executive development in the areas of leadership and management, human resources, financial management, healthcare, marketing and hospitality management. eCornell’s proven course development model and asynchronous instructor-led course delivery provide for engaging, rigorous and interactive learning. The company has delivered online courses to more than 50,000 students in more than 200 countries. For more information visit ecornell.cornell.edu/enterprise (enterprise buyers) or ecornell.cornell.edu (small groups and individual students).

About First Bank of Nigeria Plc.
First Bank of Nigeria, PLC, is the country’s largest and most successful financial services institution. In its 118-year history, the bank has sustained an unparalleled reputation for excellence in corporate governance and has emerged as the number-one bank brand in Nigeria. FirstBank also ranks among Africa’s largest and most prosperous financial services organizations. For more information, visit:  www.firstbanknigeria.com.