The Performance Improvement Blog

MARCH 30, 2016

I explained the limitations of formal training and the need for taking an organizational learning perspective. I argued that in order for any kind of learning intervention (training, coaching, mentoring, action learning, etc.) We discussed what leaders can do to ensure that these elements are addressed.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 31, 2014

Build trust - Employees will invest time and effort in learning if they trust their managers. 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.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

In a training culture, the assumption is that the most important learning happens in events, such as workshops, courses, elearning programs, and conferences. The CLO, or HR, or a training department controls the resources for learning. In a learning culture, knowledge and skills are shared freely among units.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Consider the alternatives: just-in-time e-learning (desktop and mobile), coaching, mentoring, simulations, on-demand video, and experiential-learning. And in some situations people might learn best from the workflow, through action-learning conversations, through self-directed experiences, or from apprentice and internship assignments.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JANUARY 31, 2015

Leaders are communicating the importance of learning (acquiring new knowledge, skills, and capabilities) and holding managers accountable for learning and applying that learning to making a difference for the organization. You never arrive; there is always more to do on the journey.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

In that kind of culture, trainers (under the direction of a CLO) drive learning. Whereas in a learning culture, responsibility for learning resides with each employee, each team, and each manager. In a training culture, most important learning happens in events, such as workshops, courses, elearning programs, and conferences.

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Learning Pool

JANUARY 11, 2022

Once again, there is a backdrop of uncertainty as we look at the learning trends for the year ahead. So, what should learning teams be thinking about to both insulate themselves from the risks, and help them seize the opportunities, that a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world brings? Skills, Skills, Skills.

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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. In a learning culture, we start with the performance goal and then select the mix of methods that will help employees acquire and retain the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and beliefs they need in order to achieve those goals.

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Lambda Solutions

JUNE 14, 2020

How to turn learning analytics into actionable outcomes and improved course design. How to implement learning analytics in your organization. How to address the ethical challenges of learning analytics. You’ll find the information below helpful to you and all of the stakeholders within your organization.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2011

At their retreat, I talked with PART members about developing a learning culture in their agencies that would help them in the process of continuous improvement. We identified organizational barriers to learning and how those barriers can be overcome.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

APRIL 6, 2016

Recognizing and rewarding the leadership team and individual managers for facilitating this continuous learning and obtaining performance improvement results is so important, and a catalyst for success. In order for any kind of learning intervention (training, coaching, mentoring, action learning, etc.)

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Learnnovators

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

formal learning elements (micro videos, webinars, workshops). work based learning mechanisms (action learning projects) and much, much more. The underlying aim is to help people develop in ways they need, when they need to, in the ways that are most effective to them. social networks (yammer, chatter).

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CLO Magazine

MAY 3, 2013

The key to harnessing this advantage, however, resides in partnering effectively with members of the C-suite, helping them to view learning and development as a critical business investment. 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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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2012

There is a core set of frameworks that support the way organizational learning and development is conducted. Do employees learn from their jobs when they have been doing the same thing for 10 years? What happens when employees learn from team members on a project: is that part of the 70 or 20 percent?

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