The Performance Improvement Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Companies continue to emphasize training with little payoff while these programs are more costly and less effective than other kinds of learning interventions. 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. Manager’s Role is People.

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Unboxed

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Have you accounted for the cost of employee training in your 2020 budget? Now it’s time to talk about what you don’t know (but should) about workplace learning and employee development. Trend #1: Actionable Coaching. Explain the correct behavior or action expected and resource them with specific training material.

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Limestone Learning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Join David Wentworth, Principal Learning Analyst with Brandon Hall Group and Caitlin Bigsby, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Saba, as they discuss the evolving learning technology landscape and strategies for finding the right LMS for your organization. Microsoft’s challenges, successes, and lessons learned along the way.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

We should use them at companies too, including for leadership development. Many companies are experiencing significant leadership gaps and an insufficient leadership pipeline, primarily due to the increasing pace of change in the global economy. So, why don’t more companies use games for leadership development?

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2017

The business goals of the merger depended in part on reducing time to proficiency for the workforce and improving overall organizational performance while holding down costs. The e-learning program was augmented by a coaching model to solidify skills. —when it acquired Union Planters in early 2004.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 22, 2014

Creating Award-Winning Programs for Local Government The Center for Organizational Excellence provides learning and development services to the county’s 4,400 employees. In 2013, 1,562 employees, or a third of the staff, accessed these informal learning resources to increase their skills, particularly within on-the-job training.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Young, now senior learning and development manager for Microsoft Finance HR, had to find a way to provide learning to a global audience without in-person sessions. In addition to hard costs, there was the time away from the office en route and spent in day-long meetings. in-residence model too costly and cumbersome.

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Limestone Learning

AUGUST 31, 2018

How to eliminate maintenance costs of the solutions you’re using. Wednesday, September 5, 2018, 11AM – 12PM PT: Transforming Workplace Culture with Coaching and Heart (Free for ATD members) In this webcast, hear the inspiring story of how a coaching and leadership culture was created at the Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation Corp.

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Limestone Learning

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Wednesday, November 1, 2017, 11AM – 12PM PT: How to Be a Coaching Style Manager (Free for ATD members) As a manager, your job is to lift up all the employees in your performance spectrum—high-, medium-, and low-performers—and help them do more work, faster and better, every step of the way. Check them out! How L&D Helps.

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Performance Learning Productivity

MAY 5, 2015

Traditional ‘Blending’ is based on Dependent Learning Models More recently blended learning solutions have been expanded to include combining simulations with structured curses, using instructional technology to link courses with on-the-job tasks, and integrating workplace coaching with formal programmes amongst other approaches.

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Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

When Google sought to find out what makes managers successful , far and away the most important factor was being a good coach 7. Google says a good coach “provides specific, constructive feedback, balancing the negative and the positive.” Coaching provides 8 : Individual attention and personal support. About the author.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 3, 2013

The CLO is strategically positioned to focus on business objectives, outcomes and costs. Successful chief learning officers understand that business longevity is defined by an ability to innovate and adapt. The partnership created a business-relevant solution, and the outcome focused on return on investment, not cost of intervention.

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