The Performance Improvement Blog

JUNE 21, 2012

What are the tools of organizational learning? As I’ve stated in a previous blog post , a high performing organization needs a comprehensive approach to learning and a set of tools to facilitate learning. A training program, or an educational event, or even a CEO’s speech about the importance of learning is not enough.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 19, 2017

Part of the learning leader’s job is to develop organizational learning strategies. For one thing, organizations aren’t reviewing their learning and development strategies very often. However, learner-directed e-learning, webinars and other online delivery methodologies increase annually.

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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.) We discussed what leaders can do to ensure that these elements are addressed.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Alliance: Create a learning alliance between learner and manager. Application: Apply new learning immediately. Alliance: Create a learning alliance between learner and manager. Application: Apply new learning immediately. Anticipation: Set an expectation for performance improvement.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 31, 2014

Leaders say how they will support learning and how they will recognize and reward those employees who continually acquire new knowledge and new skills. . Build trust - Employees will invest time and effort in learning if they trust their managers. More effective, sustainable learning occurs in the normal course of doing the work.

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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

APRIL 13, 2012

Many of the typical methods of learning in the workplace make the learner a passive recipient of knowledge and skills. The method might be entertaining, interactive, and of their own choosing, but fundamentally these methods are passive for the learner.

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