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Empowering future leaders through communities of practice

CLO Magazine

There’s an underutilized resource at your company that can supercharge your leadership development efforts: Communities of practice. Every successful community has emerging leaders at its core. When your sellers set up a chat to discuss tips on closing difficult sales, they have formed a community of practice.

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The Mac Community of Practice

Jay Cross

Many a time I’ve described Mac users as a wonderful example of a community of practice. When my ThinkPad ate its hard disk last fall, I had to get a divorce from the whole PC/Microsoft axis. And does the Mac community of practice shield mother Apple from criticism? They have camaraderie.

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Do your leaders have the skills needed to successfully manage teams remotely?

Avilar

Consider a mix of technical competencies, such as working with Zoom or Microsoft® Teams, leadership skills that include setting clear expectations or providing clear feedback, and professional skills tied to the function of the team. Communities of practice. And not knowing is stressful. External hires.

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Latest Takeaways from Craig Weiss

eLearning 24-7

It has been a wild week from the acquisition of Saba by Cornerstone to the ability to compare systems in detail on FindAnLMS, to the Coronavirus and the usage of Microsoft Teams as part of the L&D experience. Microsoft Teams and Online Learning. Nor is either of these applications, Microsoft Teams or Slack, an LXP. .

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Content is a tyrant.

Learning with e's

In 1996 Microsoft's Bill Gates claimed that 'content is king'. Microsoft dominated the computer software market, and Google wasn't yet conceived (Brin and Page didn't launch Google until September 1998). Yet connecting into a community of practice can work as a double edged sword. The mid-1990s was an interesting time.

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Seven other advantages of an e-learning strategy

Connect Thinking

Often IT have technologies available as part of the enterprise licencing agreement with, say, Microsoft. Example: An online Community of Practice for client engagement skills doesn’t need to finish at the end of the learning program. Examples include web conferencing or webinar, forums, instant messaging and blogs.

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Seven other advantages of an e-learning strategy

Connect Thinking

Often IT have technologies available as part of the enterprise licencing agreement with, say, Microsoft. Example: An online Community of Practice for client engagement skills doesn’t need to finish at the end of the learning program. Examples include web conferencing or webinar, forums, instant messaging and blogs.