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What Is Peer-to-Peer Learning in the Workplace? (+Examples)

WhatFix

Colleagues at work can also learn from each other through a similar approach. According to an HBR survey , over half of employees look to their peers for learning opportunities and solving problems. Here are seven types of peer-to-peer learning examples commonly found in a corporate setting. Action learning groups.

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16 Signs of a Learning Culture

The Performance Improvement Blog

Managers are helping their direct reports create an individualized learning plan linked to strategic goals of organization; managers are monitoring learning progress and providing feedback; they are structuring opportunities to apply learning on the job; and holding direct reports accountable for results.

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Year in Review - 2016

The Performance Improvement Blog

The problem is that too many of us are still managing hands. How Managers Put Up Barriers to Employee Learning. and the quality of the learning interventions (formal training, coaching, mentoring, self-directed study, action learning, etc.). Megan Torrance Talks About Learning in Organizations.

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Eight Leader Habits of a Learning Culture

The Performance Improvement Blog

Encourage risk-taking – Organizations that seek new solutions to old problems, creativity and innovation in their operations and products, employees who “think outside the box” and “walk the talk”, need to allow managers to make mistakes and learn from those experiences.

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What is social learning (and how to adopt it)

Docebo

While there remains a need for formal training environments to meet specific learning outcomes, the necessity for organizations to leverage platforms that enable social and informal learning, where learners network, share, collaborate, and exchange ideas to solve problems, is paramount. Why does social learning matter?

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How to Design Leadership Training Courses That Impact Business Outcomes 

Acorn Labs

Why leadership training fails Well, for starters, many training programs fail because learning doesn't change behaviours, and people simply revert to old ways of doing things once training is over. The problem generally lies in what leadership training programs are designed to address. Opportunity to develop interpersonal skills.

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50 Ways to Lever Learning

The Performance Improvement Blog

Instructor-facilitated workshop – meeting convened by an instructor; participants learn from experience of working together on solving a problem or creating something new. Mobile learning – a form of elearning that is accessed by a mobile device such as smart phone or tablet; can be anywhere, anytime.