The Performance Improvement Blog

JANUARY 31, 2015

Managers are helping their direct reports create an individualized learning plan linked to strategic goals of organization; managers are monitoring learning progress and providing feedback; they are structuring opportunities to apply learning on the job; and holding direct reports accountable for results.

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Acorn Labs

JULY 10, 2023

Why leadership training fails Well, for starters, many training programs fail because learning doesn't change behaviours, and people simply revert to old ways of doing things once training is over. The problem generally lies in what leadership training programs are designed to address.

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Docebo

MAY 8, 2018

While, there remains a need for formal training environments to meet specific learning outcomes, but the necessity for organizations to leverage platforms that enable social and informal learning, where learners network, share, collaborate and exchange ideas to solve problems, is paramount. Why Does Social Learning Matter?

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CLO Magazine

JULY 6, 2016

Action learning with a trained coach is a cost-effective approach that enables leaders to develop capabilities while working to solve urgent organizational or social problems. Essentially, leaders are learning while working, making it easy to see how learned skills apply on the job.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Managers Managing Minds: Their 21rst Century Job. The problem is that too many of us are still managing hands. and the quality of the learning interventions (formal training, coaching, mentoring, self-directed study, action learning, etc.). Megan Torrance Talks About Learning in Organizations.

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Wonderful Brain

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Let’s call this Instructor Led Interactive Learning (ILIL or Live Action Learning). Consider these elements as the foundation of the methodology: Quality content is meaningful to learners who will need to put it in action. Building from each former element as a connection to the next.

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Dashe & Thomson

JULY 12, 2011

The goal of the Preparation Phase is to arouse learners’ interest, give them positive feelings about the learning experience, and put them into an optimal state for learning. These are some ways to do this: Arouse the learners’ curiosity by having them raise questions and pose problems for each other. Problem-solving exercises.

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Dashe & Thomson

JULY 12, 2011

The goal of the Preparation Phase is to arouse learners’ interest, give them positive feelings about the learning experience, and put them into an optimal state for learning. These are some ways to do this: Arouse the learners’ curiosity by having them raise questions and pose problems for each other. Learning games.

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Limestone Learning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

How managers can quickly coach and develop their team members when there aren’t enough hours in the day. Design learning elements to teach new behaviours so that they can be practised and applied on the job. Plan for learners to continue using new behaviours on the job in partnership with their leaders.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Part of the problem is that too often leadership has been a solo sport. Learning leaders need to: Ensure that learning fits the organization’s culture and goals. No one learning platform or learning style fits all. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has successfully integrated both culture and learning.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Marcia Connor’s four-square chart from 2004 (pre web 2.0): Formal (classes, elearning, meetings)/Informal (community, teaming, playing) Intentional (reading, coaching, mentoring)/Unexpected (self-study, exploring, internet surfing) The choice is not informal vs. formal. Action learning – nothing is certain.

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Thinkdom

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Employees become more engaged with materials tailored to their learning needs, resulting in improved retention rates and a deeper understanding of the subject matter. The perks for employees are evident – courses directly applicable to daily tasks enhance the transfer of knowledge to on-the-job performance.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2017

Although financial scrutiny remains, an executive mindset focused on both operational rigor in learning and ROI is part of the “new normal,” and many learning executives are reinvigorated about their jobs and the contribution their learning organizations can make to their companies’ efforts to increase market share and shareholder value.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

APRIL 10, 2015

Managers resist attending formal training events and participating in other kinds of learning activities (elearning, mentoring, coaching, action-learning, communities of practice, internal wikis, etc.) The problem is that managers don’t make learning a high priority. using the excuse that they are too busy.

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Limestone Learning

AUGUST 31, 2018

Good training evaluation techniques identify and measure what learning has occurred during and after learning, whether job performance improvements have been realized, and most importantly, how organizations can get the best training value for their money and efforts. Learn more about the ROI of coaching.

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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.

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Jay Cross

MAY 26, 2015

It’s your job to help the system thrive. Learning Ecosystem, Learning Ecology, and Learnscape mean the same thing as Workscape. I don’t use the word learn with executives, who inevitably think back to the awfulness of school and close their ears. Most companies’ systems fail to get the job done. Mentors, coaching.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2012

At its core, the model states that learning occurs primarily from on-the-job experiences (70 percent), followed by learning from others (20 percent) and, finally, from formal courses (10 percent). A survey by the Educational Development Center in 1996 found that 70 percent of workplace learning is informal.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 27, 2015

You will find their 2015 report is full of valuable insights and enthusiastic calls to action. And therein lies the problem, for the call seems only to be heard by the already converted. Some 42% are prepared to learn at evenings and weekends, 42% at the point of need and 29% while travelling to and from work.

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