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In 2009 a multinational automotive company implemented cost-saving rules to face the worldwide crisis. These rules included a severe reduction of travel expenditures. Until then, leadership training used to bring internationally mixed groups of leaders together for a traditional, 3–5 day leadership seminar. In order to be able to further offer learning and development, the traditional seminars were transformed into pure virtual seminars that would take place in phone conferences. A 3-day face-to-face seminar would transform into a 12-week development process. The experiment using simple, accessible, and cheap technology turned to be such a success that even though these cost restrictions are over, virtual and blended leadership trainings have become an integral part of the company’s training portfolio.
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Baltzer, L. (2016). Training and Qualification: Online Leadership Training in Crisis. In: Zeuch, M. (eds) Handbook of Human Resources Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44152-7_35
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