The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2016

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. Most companies today have a “training culture”.

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OpenSesame

APRIL 17, 2024

More than just frameworks, these models help you define and understand the qualities that drive success in different professional roles. Essentially, a competency model is a blueprint for defining the skills, knowledge, and behaviors that are essential for performance excellence in a role or even across an organization.

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Acorn Labs

JULY 10, 2023

They are more commonly shaped by the environment in which they work—which means that any toxic or incompetent leaders in your ranks are, at worst, products of your systems and culture, and at best, co-signed by your systems and culture. Which leads happily into the point of fortifying your organisational culture.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Training was key to drive a companywide culture that strives to deliver flawless execution on time, the first time, every time. To do that, everyone in the region needed to learn new skills, attitudes and behaviors. Further, the positive effects of the training had to be measurable and have a lasting effect.

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 16, 2023

A new leadership role, and the skills and mindsets required to play it Navigating these disruptions is transforming the skills and mindset required of senior executive leaders, including chief learning officers. CEOs see their new role as influencing change in their organizations to open up the space for others to behave differently.

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WhatFix

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Here are seven types of peer-to-peer learning examples commonly found in a corporate setting. Action learning groups. Action learning groups are small groups of 5-7 people. Action learning is a process of insightful questioning, reflective listening, generating new actions, and learning from a shared group.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In a learning culture , formal training is just one of many methods used to facilitate employee learning. Internship – working in a temporary position for the purpose of learning about a job, the work environment of that job, and the organizational culture. (My apologies to Paul Simon.).

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The Performance Improvement Blog

APRIL 6, 2016

I love the sense of understanding, enthusiasm and acceptance the leadership team conveys here regarding their role in learning. As you might expect, based on my input to a previous blog (3/25, Training Isn’t Learning ), I was delighted to see the emphasis on the necessary role of the manager! See below.

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Acorn Labs

JULY 10, 2023

They are more commonly shaped by the environment in which they work—which means that any toxic or incompetent leaders in your ranks are, at worst, products of your systems and culture, and at best, co-signed by your systems and culture. Which leads happily into the point of fortifying your organisational culture.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2018

For example, a machine operator can learn how to operate effectively and safely as well as maintain and fix problems directly from a smart machine. A team leader can learn team building from action learning. They are learning by reflecting on a team’s actions with the other participants and observers.

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Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

We can shed our obsession with isolated formal learning and embrace the real question: how can we best support organisations and individuals to develop a culture of continuous learning and high performance. Central to this cultural shift is the understanding that learning happens by learners, not to them.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

MARCH 30, 2016

I argued that in order for any kind of learning intervention (training, coaching, mentoring, action learning, etc.) to have a positive impact on achieving the organization’s goals, managers had to take an active role in supporting learning. This message was well received by these senior leaders.

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Litmos

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

These absences and the mental illness affecting workers can have a large impact on workplace culture. To effectively integrate this valuable learning into your organisational culture, the relevant takeaways from mental health training must be built into leadership training programs. learning from others (e.g.

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Litmos

JUNE 13, 2019

For as much time as we spend talking about learning management, companies do not seem to spend a lot of time thinking about learning and managers. This creates huge blind spots within organizations because managers play critical roles in every aspect of learning and development — from strategy to design to delivery to measurement.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 22, 2020

It’s a perfect storm of pressure, in which chief learning officers weigh ROI and manage digital disruption across industries as they pivot from the age of the customer to the age of the employee. Technology is the fulcrum of L&D transformation from static, “top-down” courses to employee-driven, collaborative learning.

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LXD Central

AUGUST 23, 2023

This step is about defining the problem to be solved, the audience, and the performance gap you intend to address with your learning solution. Below is a graphic from an organization called Performance Consulting UK who I used to upskill my sales team in my last role that provides a nice visual of the outcomes of performance consulting.

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2017

Each leadership role in Mindtree is linked to a primary and secondary career track, highlighting key skills a leader displays in a current role as well as skills they aspire to hone as they move to a destination role. Santhanam called the process “homing and cultural immersion.”. “We Making Change One Leader at a Time.

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Learning Pool

JANUARY 11, 2022

Now some might think that switching from e-courses to e-resources might be the way to solve the problem but I think they are missing the underlying problem of how we harness the energy of others to power learning. We need more humane learning design and more humane learning journeys. But it doesn’t stop there.

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 26, 2019

At Quest Diagnostics, a Fortune 500 health care company that provides diagnostics testing and clinical laboratory services worldwide, CEO Steve Rusckowski recognized that their senior leaders needed to break out of their functional roles and broaden their understanding of the organization’s value chain. Pre-Program Assessment.

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Everwise

MARCH 16, 2017

Even when employees have access to such programs, actionable learnings from the curriculum can be few and far between. Offer scalable, personalized learnings that help employees find a career path tailored to them. Effective career pathing isn’t about helping an employee fill in an open role. The solution is simple.

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Hurix Digital

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Continuous Development Since formative assessments use interactive quizzes and gamified learning mechanisms for teaching, they create a continuous learning and improvement culture. Enhanced Teacher-Student Relationships Regular interactions through formative assessment build stronger teacher-student relationships.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

It ensures capable leaders are ready for critical roles, fosters business continuity, aids talent retention and can strengthen a company culture. Development plays a key role. Identify target roles. Most organizations include roles at the top of the house in succession planning. Define leadership role requirements.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Each level requires a different set of skills than the one before, and development to ensure leaders learn the right skills at each level. Learning leaders need to: Ensure that learning fits the organization’s culture and goals. No one learning platform or learning style fits all.

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 18, 2019

Enabling learning is much more a part of everyone’s role here,” said Diane L. August, chief learning architect at the Columbus, Ohio-based company. Many learning leaders once felt they were the keepers of all L&D content through their learning management systems, August said. Not pictured: Julie Ragatz Norton.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 1, 2013

CLOs may already know who they want to pull into leadership development programs, but it pays to include high potentials at lower levels to add cultural and business performance value. Pasmore said growth requires organizations to accelerate talent development for key roles. But it takes time to see a return on investment.

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Docebo

MAY 8, 2018

Learning occurs by observing a behaviour and then observing the consequences of putting those behaviours into action. Learning involves observation, extraction of information from those observations, and making decisions based on the expected output or performance of that behaviour. But technology is only half of the story.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2017

The role of learning in supporting rapid organic growth can be seen in several initiatives being taken by Mike Barger, CLO of JetBlue Airways. In addition to the learning strategy, Pollard and other Regions executives also helped coordinate a successful change strategy addressing the cultural issues of the merger.

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Clive on Learning

JULY 10, 2012

Experiential learning will occur whether or not it is formally acknowledged and supported by employers, but can be accelerated and enhanced by policies and practices that encourage job rotation and enrichment, action learning, formal and informal feedback systems and a culture that encourages risk and accepts mistakes as inevitable.

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AXIOM Learning Solutions

APRIL 28, 2022

Developing internal leader capability across the organization is a proven way to ensure the organization sustains its competitive advantage, organizational culture is intentionally directed, and employees or faculty with a desire to lead see clear paths to shift their mindsets, grow their skills, and advance their careers.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2021

But what works today won’t necessarily work tomorrow, and those working in the learning and development space should be prepared to continually evolve to meet a range of in-the-moment-of-learning needs. Actions learning leaders can take now. It’s on us to be prepared to meet the needs of the hybrid workforce.

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Unboxed

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Form a plan of action moving forward to train in weak areas and fill in knowledge gaps: Brush up on product or service knowledge. Practice the pitch by role-playing with a colleague or mentor. Then, use your Learning Management System (LMS) to create a unique formula of weighted inputs to automate the employee certification process.

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Limestone Learning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

The key to becoming loved is creating a culture of psychological safety, consistent positive messaging and communication, and effective group dynamics. Join this webcast to learn about this exciting new research. You’ll learn: What the “best lists” don’t measure and why they need to change.

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Lambda Solutions

JUNE 14, 2020

However, by analyzing learners’ behaviours online, it’s possible to get a better understanding of what environments and experiences are best suited for learning. But some research suggests that the differences between contexts and courses play a major role in effectively predicting whether learners will pass or fail.

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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. Measurement and Analytics: The true value of any learning solution lies in its effectiveness. Benefits Role Clarity: No more guesswork.

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Jay Cross

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

Working Smarter Daily draws upon ideas from design thinking, network optimization, brain science, user experience design, learning theory, organizational development, social business, technology, collaboration, web 2.0 Social learning: the freedom to act and cooperate with others - Harold Jarche , August 28, 2011. Enjoy ‘em!

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2016

At StratX Simulations, for example, delivering a high-impact learning experience has a great deal to do with putting learners to work, said StratX Director Sebastien Lamiaux. Bravetta Hassell is a Chief Learning Officer associate editor. Regardless of the delivery mode, throwing a bucket of frigid water into the mix might not hurt.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2012

• A consultant revisits a client’s facility and finds the client has incorporated into the company’s culture change management practices which the consultant provided during his original engagement with the organization. • How can peers learn to talk to each other about lessons learned?

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