The Performance Improvement Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Google did a study of its employees and found that managers are successful in Google, not because of their technical expertise, although that’s important, but because of what they do to help team members learn and develop and achieve success. Four trends are making continuous learning an essential part of doing business today.

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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.)

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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 training culture, departmental units in the organization compete for information.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JANUARY 31, 2015

Employees can see how their learning is aligned with the strategic goals of the organization; they understand how acquiring certain knowledge and skills will help the organization be successful; the direct link from learning to results is made clear. You never arrive; there is always more to do on the journey.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

But none of this is possible without learning. At its core, any high performing organization is about learning; continually using new information to become smarter, better, and more effective. This is even more powerful when its leaders and managers ask questions, listen deeply, and follow-up with action.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

APRIL 13, 2012

Many of the typical methods of learning in the workplace make the learner a passive recipient of knowledge and skills. Employees are asked to read, watch, or listen to information being dispensed. Logs, diaries, and journals (recording reflections and learning as it occurs).

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Roleplay – people (usually two or three) acting out roles to learn about themselves and others by putting themselves in somebody else’s shoes. Reflection-in-action – learning from reflecting on an activity while doing it. Reflection-on-action – learning from reflecting on an activity by looking back on what happened.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

AUGUST 12, 2016

I wish it were otherwise, but learning is not just a classroom activity anymore, it must be a total system activity that takes into account strategic goals of the organization, the culture of the organization (values, beliefs, artifacts, structure, etc.), Learning that makes a difference occurs when all of these factors are aligned. .

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The Performance Improvement Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Organizations might be increasing their investment in “pull” learning through social media, on-the-job training, and action learning. However, we don’t hear about these learning interventions because they don’t fit the more easily observed and measured formal methods.

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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. Learning can only happen when a child is interested. To embrace informal learning we must empower learners to play a central and proactive part in the process.

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Learning Pool

JANUARY 11, 2022

How it gets used to inform decision-making is what makes the difference; it’s the intelligence that it brings to decisions that’s critical. We need more humane learning design and more humane learning journeys. Personalization becomes the biggest driver of the learning experience. But the label misses an important point.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

In a training culture, most important learning happens in events, such as workshops, courses, elearning programs, and conferences. Learning is just-in-time, on-demand. The entire organization is engaged in facilitating and supporting learning, in the workplace and outside the workplace.

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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

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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The Performance Improvement Blog

APRIL 10, 2015

One of the barriers to creating and sustaining a learning culture in organizations is the no-time myth. 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.)

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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. A survey by the Educational Development Center in 1996 found that 70 percent of workplace learning is informal. Content-based e-learning courses are now part of a vast interconnected online reference source.

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CLO Magazine

MAY 3, 2013

It can be better if it is a continuous, informal, in-the-moment connection showing ongoing, strong alignment to the business. One example highlighting a successful partnership between learning and the line comes from Emanate, a mid-sized integrated marketing communications agency. This doesn’t have to be a formal process.

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