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Year in Review - 2016

The Performance Improvement Blog

The theme of creating and sustaining a learning culture in organizations continued to influence most of my blog posts in 2016. David Grebow and I also used our blogs to introduce the concept of “managing minds” (not hands) and how that contributes to learning in organizations.

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What Is Peer-to-Peer Learning in the Workplace? (+Examples)

WhatFix

Back to Blog. What Is Peer-to-Peer Learning in the Workplace? Learning and development is constantly evolving, and it can be challenging to determine which trends are ideal for your organization. Here are seven types of peer-to-peer learning examples commonly found in a corporate setting. Action learning groups.

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A Manager's View of Employee Learning

The Performance Improvement Blog

I rarely post a guest blog, but in this case I couldn’t resist posting Bernard Donkerbrook’s reaction to my last blog post. Bernie wrote this in response to my last blog post: Steve, your 5As material is so good. In order for any kind of learning intervention (training, coaching, mentoring, action learning, etc.)

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Guest post: Training Culture vs. Learning Culture

Torrance Learning

This blog originally posted on Learning To Be Great. What’s the difference between a “training culture” and a “ learning culture ”? As the chart shows, in a training culture, responsibility for employee learning resides with instructors and training managers. Guest Post by Stephen Gill. The answer is, “A great deal.”

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Aligning Employee Learning with the Organization

The Performance Improvement Blog

I wish it were otherwise, but learning is not just a classroom activity anymore, it must be a total system activity that takes into account strategic goals of the organization, the culture of the organization (values, beliefs, artifacts, structure, etc.), Learning that makes a difference occurs when all of these factors are aligned. .

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Becoming a Learning Culture: Competing in an Age of Disruption

The Performance Improvement Blog

(This article was initially posted on the Hospitality eResources blog on February 7, 2017.). In a training culture, most important learning happens in events, such as workshops, courses, elearning programs, and conferences. Learning is just-in-time, on-demand.

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This Is What I Believe About Learning in Organizations

The Performance Improvement Blog

We know that people learn most from their co-workers and from on-the-job experience, yet we invest the most in formal, training programs. Consider the alternatives: just-in-time e-learning (desktop and mobile), coaching, mentoring, simulations, on-demand video, and experiential-learning.