The Performance Improvement Blog

JANUARY 31, 2015

How do you know your organization has a learning culture ? How will people be learning? While a learning culture is an environment that’s always being developed, certain signs indicate that you are making progress. In a learning culture…. What will you see people doing?

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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. This is a list of 50 of those methods. Mobile learning – a form of elearning that is accessed by a mobile device such as smart phone or tablet; can be anywhere, anytime.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 31, 2014

Learners need to believe that what they are learning is valued, that their managers will help them find opportunities to apply that learning on the job, and that their bosses will not block their development and advancement in the organization. We want to find out what they know and what they need to learn.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

And yes, these are certainly all effective strategies to attract and retain talent. It turns out, however, that providing on-the-job professional development and skills training is one of the most desirable, effective and feasible strategies organizations can implement to improve company culture, engagement and employee retention.

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Mike Taylor

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Last Week’s Most Clicked The “secret sauce” behind the world’s most popular online course News & Notes Speak to the Primal Brain This post is for Learning and Development (L&D) professionals, urging them to borrow strategies from marketing to engage the primal brain. Joust right for a fall Friday morning, don’t you think?

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Mike Taylor

JANUARY 12, 2024

The ultimate goal is to motivate the audience to take action – be it adopting new methods or embracing new ideas. The key takeaways from his Learning 2023 session are aimed at presentations but are equally applicable to learning materials. By the way, if you ever get a chance to watch Richard speak take it.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Dan Pontefract, in a blog post for Forbes , suggests ways in which people can find the time they need for learning. His “Pervasive Learning” model is offered as a way to think about the many, efficient methods of learning that, if done well, add very little time to the workday. Without learning, none of this happens.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2020

Reflecting on this reaction made me want to share what I have learned about creating powerful learning engagements. After more than 25 years in the learning profession, from new-hire orientation programs to senior team development at Fortune 100 companies, I have captured a lot from observing so many learning programs and initiatives.

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Acorn Labs

JULY 10, 2023

Today's rapidly evolving business landscape means effective leadership is more important than ever for organisations to survive, let alone thrive. What is leadership training? Leadership training is a structured experience that helps individuals develop the skills, behaviours, knowledge and tools needed to be effective leaders.

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Unboxed

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Based on what we’re seeing with our clients, and in the L&D industry overall, we have compiled the top four future trends in training and development that you need to know for the upcoming year. The Future of Corporate Learning. Research has shown that employee training and development actually reduces employee turnover.

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Hurix Digital

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Due to their several benefits, they are now part of mainstream education, making learning more simplified and effective. Continuous Development Since formative assessments use interactive quizzes and gamified learning mechanisms for teaching, they create a continuous learning and improvement culture.

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Hurix Digital

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This is proven by the fact that the learning and development sector has been completely revolutionized by the gamification market, which was valued at $10 billion in 2022. Today’s workforce demands employee satisfaction and a positive work environment, and here’s one fun method to give to them. from 2023 to 2032.

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Lambda Solutions

JUNE 14, 2020

Most of the time, companies collect big data from external sources to help the business serve customers more effectively, become more efficient, and increase profits. Instructional designers and course developers use analytics as a source of feedback, which they can use to tweak their courses.

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Training Industry

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Let’s face it, in an era of totally disconnected events, it is often a matter of opinion as to whether human skills development even pays bottom-line dividends, and many training delivery methods are no longer affordable or effective. Action learning and real-time coaching is what moves from vision to results.

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Ed App

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

It requires them to participate, engage, and collaborate in class to drive deeper learning outcomes. Here, we’ll dive into the several benefits of active learning that make it one of the most preferred learning methods of today. Leads to higher engagement.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Leadership development is failing. A seismic shift is needed to bring about new thinking in how best to develop future leaders. Yet we don’t have time to wait for this shift; we need to develop leaders now. Learning leaders need to: Ensure that learning fits the organization’s culture and goals.

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Acorn Labs

AUGUST 18, 2022

L&D leaders are starting to see how leveraging shared learning goals can reflect the team dynamic in the workplace. With this in mind, cohort learning in the workplace is a scalable way to deliver on: Team effectiveness. Leadership development. What are the benefits of cohort learning for future leaders?

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CLO Magazine

JUNE 18, 2019

Learning methods are shifting at lightning speed, and organizations like Nationwide are discovering new and better ways to shift L&D within organizations. Nationwide’s recent hiring of a chief innovation officer offers tangible evidence of not relying on tried-and-true methods. Photo by Will Byington.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2013

Many suggest mobile and social learning technology will have the greatest effect on organizations. Learning leaders plan to increase spending to develop in-house content, e-learning and install learning technologies, partly because of pressure to deliver more training content to the widest possible audience.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Learning and development organizations can adopt business metrics such as profitability, top-line revenue growth and bottom-line improvements instead of simply measuring correlations. For some, an impassioned debate continues to swirl around whether businesses take leadership and development seriously.

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OpenSesame

MAY 25, 2015

According to Harvard Business School , the case study method is the best way to prepare students by placing them in the role of the decision maker. These skills can be presented in a course, but cannot be fully developed until they are applied. Learnings from these interactive case studies are incredibly memorable.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2017

Those may be harsh words to dispense, but in business — and especially in learning and development — the menacing word “failure” is part and parcel of innovation. While organizations continue to learn that what worked in the past might not work any longer, the prospect of navigating uncharted waters to produce something new is scary.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

All of these games provide bonding as well as learning opportunities, and most adults play those same games today with their kids — in addition to new technology-based games — for the same purpose. We should use them at companies too, including for leadership development.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2017

Consequently, Barger is focusing his learning team not only on traditional kinds of new-hire training, though that is important. In addition, he is looking at knowledge sharing and continuous learning strategies to provide real-time educational opportunities to ensure front-line effectiveness. In the U.S.,

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OpenSesame

MAY 25, 2015

According to Harvard Business School , the case study method is the best way to prepare students by placing them in the role of the decision maker. These skills can be presented in a course, but cannot be fully developed until they are applied. Learnings from these interactive case studies are incredibly memorable.

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Limestone Learning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

About the benefits of peer-to-peer video-based learning. Tuesday, October 3, 2017, 11AM – 12PM PT: Why Aren't B2B Sales Presentations Effective? And How to Fix Yours This session is geared specifically toward helping sales managers and sales professionals create more effective and more persuasive B2B sales presentations.

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Thinkdom

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Give them a try to reshape how your organisation learns and continues to improve. Custom eLearning Content Development At the forefront of effective corporate learning solutions is content design and development. Measurement and Analytics: The true value of any learning solution lies in its effectiveness.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Over the past decade, American Public University System’s Melissa Layne has seen several learning experiences attempt to depart from the “sage on stage” mold but fall short of achieving viral success. But for learning to be so exciting and memorable — shareworthy — it has to break free from more traditional methods.

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eLearning Brothers

JANUARY 12, 2010

A good LMS name/logo can really help learners and the company culture adopt online learning. I’ve seen things from plays on university/college terms to words that describe action/learning/performance. Here is an article that I found interesting: Design a Successful and Memorable Logo For Your LMS E-Learning Courseware.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Learning leaders are no exception. Tried and true development methods like classroom instruction will never die, but for every class, there’s an e-learning or virtual course waiting in the wings. Technology is an absolutely critical component to make it possible for learning leaders to equip the workforce to achieve more.

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Tony Karrer

MAY 6, 2009

It's tough to assemble a viable learning to-do list when you don't know what tomorrow will bring. Jay, I agree that it is extremely hard to define effective learning experiences in a chaotic world. They want very specific, concrete, actionable learning objectives AND they want a step-by-step process for getting there.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 22, 2014

For Kevin Bruny, chief learning officer for Chesterfield County, Va., developing the county’s 4,400 employees helps the community’s citizens enjoy a better quality of life. According to Kevin Bruny, chief learning officer of Chesterfield County, Va., “You would have a hard time finding a better learning officer anywhere.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 20, 2018

At the same time, let’s consider how we might bring this focus on collaboration to a practice-based method of learning. Through conversation with trusted peers, learning dialogues allow the emergence of social, political and emotional reactions that may be blocking personal development and operating effectiveness.

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Training Orchestra

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

While using this method isn’t bad, it’s certainly not ideal as it can lead to increased administrative work for an already administratively burdened workforce. With a hungry workforce and local T&D departments ready to roll out training, there’s no better time to look into improving personnel development and growth.

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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.) using the excuse that they are too busy. In fact, because it is part of the job, it doesn’t add any time at all.

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Vignettes Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

What has been learned though is that the perceptions of people, which are based on the experiences of the viewer, provides context to the images viewed. Thus the maxim in order to be effective is. Then developing the concepts established above, the following are included, namely the Must-Learn , the Story and the Interaction.

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Performance Learning Productivity

MAY 5, 2015

The term ‘blended learning’ first appeared in the late-1990s when web-based learning solutions started to become more widely used and were integrated on one way or another with face-to-face methods. This is what my colleague Jane Hart calls dependent learning (see diagram below). Work is becoming more complex.

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