Performance Learning Productivity

AUGUST 12, 2013

Classes, courses and curricula – structured learning events – don’t provide all the tools in the toolkit. They’re bit-players in a much larger world of organisational learning and performance. Example: Re-thinking On-boarding Training On-boarding and induction programmes are usually fertile ground for structured learning.

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Performance Learning Productivity

JUNE 19, 2009

Many Learning & Development managers spend a lot of their time thinking about ways in which they can make their departments more effective and provide real value to the organisation. Ideally this board is chaired by the CEO or Director of the organisation but, if not, then the CFO, COO or HR Director.

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Performance Support eLearning Consultant Social Networks eLearning Strategy 124

Performance Learning Productivity

MAY 29, 2009

The Global HR Director at Reuters and I developed this ‘C’ curve for L&D to help us make the initial changes. Only then could we return autonomy to the groups by restructuring as a federated service, creating the functional Heads of Learning role and moving most of the L&D people into the various business lines.

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Business CLO Internationalization Director 124

Performance Learning Productivity

MAY 6, 2009

But I thought it a good starting point for a new blog about performance, learning and productivity. In early 1939 McGraw-Hill published a profound little book that should be on the reading list of everyone involved in learning and training today. I certainly expect my regular jottings to be more succinct.

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Torrent Agile Teach Lecture 100

Performance Learning Productivity

APRIL 7, 2010

Very few of us would argue with the proposition that a lot of organisational learning and development activity is sub-optimal to the extent that it provides little value to participants and their organisations. Efficiency can be improved in almost every case by changing focus from ‘learning’ to ‘performance’. Is it worthwhile?

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Effectiveness Performance Support Analysis Learning 229

Performance Learning Productivity

DECEMBER 20, 2013

It really is the best of times and the worst of times for learning professionals. The findings make salutary reading for any CLO, learning leader or L&D professional. Equally, their managers reported that they, too, were happy with individual learning events or interventions (79% were either satisfied or very satisfied).

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Social Media Attitudes Performance Support eLearning Consultant 221

Performance Learning Productivity

JULY 15, 2010

What L&D can learn from Commodore Owens? The challenges facing everyone involved in the world of learning and performance improvement are not unlike those that faced Commodore Owens in the 1880s. The CIPD Value of Learning study mirrored the earlier IBM/ASTD work. His arsenal was comprehensive and innovative for his day.

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