The Performance Improvement Blog

JANUARY 31, 2015

Employees and their managers are held accountable for learning; measures for evaluating impact of learning on the organization are used and the data is used to make improvements in learning methods and processes. You never arrive; there is always more to do on the journey.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

They must learn how to build an organization that becomes increasingly effective in achieving its goals, learn how to use new technology to improve efficiency and safety, and learn how to compete with every new technological and competitive threat. Training Is Not Learning. Training is not and never has been enough.

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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!

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The Performance Improvement Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Employees tell stories that dramatize what they are learning. Action-learning permeates all team activity. . Performance reviews are focused on learning and capacity building. These are signs of a learning culture. Asking questions and giving feedback is just what people do.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

The only thing holding companies back from learning at the speed of change is their organizational culture which, for many, is a barrier to learning. In a training culture, responsibility for employee learning resides with instructors and training managers. Learning is just-in-time, on-demand.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Game –engaging employees in learning by applying principles of gaming (scoring, competition, rules of play, etc.) Simulation – replicating real-life problem solving within a safe environment; for example, learning business acumen by working with a team to solve a typical business problem and receiving immediate feedback on their performance.

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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

MAY 3, 2013

If the investment can be better spent in another area with more impact, then learning should gladly offer up the budget. With a single-minded focus on investment showing ROI, the CLO becomes an unbiased business partner, strategic consultant and team player in the C-suite. Coined a decade ago by the U.S.

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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. Consider: Do employees really learn from on-the-job experiences by themselves, or is reflection necessary? Do employees learn from their jobs when they have been doing the same thing for 10 years?

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