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Manager's Role in Learning and Performance Improvement

The Performance Improvement Blog

Waiting for the next budget is too late. Managers must support and facilitate just-in-time learning that is responsive to emerging needs. Given the times we live in, managers must make ongoing learning and performance improvement part of what they do on a day-to-day basis for themselves and for the people they supervise.

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This Is What I Believe About Learning in Organizations

The Performance Improvement Blog

Data indicates that less than 20% of participants apply learning from formal training programs. Unfortunately, companies continue to spend most of their employee development budget and most of their time and effort on training programs and systems tracking training activities.

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A Manager's View of Employee Learning

The Performance Improvement Blog

Managers control the weekly priorities which go to solving the current crisis, inevitable quality glitches during mass-production, next quarter's targets, budgeting/interviewing/staffing problems, daily work issues, etc. In order for any kind of learning intervention (training, coaching, mentoring, action learning, etc.)

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The Essential Guide to Learning Analytics in the Age of Big Data

Lambda Solutions

If we could understand learners’ behaviours and activities, and find correlations to their learning success or failure, we could help people become more successful in their online courses. This use of big data to improve online learning is called learning analytics. The Gap in Evaluating Learning and Performance.

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Partnering With the C-Suite

CLO Magazine

The most important rule of thumb for CLOs working with profit and loss business leaders is that learning is a critical business investment made to help the organization achieve its goals. If the investment can be better spent in another area with more impact, then learning should gladly offer up the budget.

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