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Year in Review - 2016

The Performance Improvement Blog

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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Aligning Employee Learning with the Organization

The Performance Improvement Blog

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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50 Ways to Lever Learning

The Performance Improvement Blog

Mentoring – a relationship in which senior leaders impart their knowledge and wisdom on employees who are learning to be leaders. Learning alliance – a relationship between managers and their direct reports that focuses on employee learning and how managers can support that learning. External online courses (e.g.,

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A Manager's View of Employee Learning

The Performance Improvement Blog

Managers control the weekly priorities which go to solving the current crisis, inevitable quality glitches during mass-production, next quarter's targets, budgeting/interviewing/staffing problems, daily work issues, etc. In order for any kind of learning intervention (training, coaching, mentoring, action learning, etc.)

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Growing a Model for Leadership

CLO Magazine

Mindtree had done some coaching to build its leaders in the early days including a development experience led by the company’s former chairman, said Vidya Santhanam, Mindtree program director, people function. A Ninja consistently delivers quality output and business value through operational excellence. Or they can mentor a start-up.

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Beyond the status quo: how enlightened CLOs can enable true employee readiness

CLO Magazine

As Julie Dervin, Cargill’s global head of corporate learning and development, told Harvard Business Review , “We really only had the capacity to reach about 10 percent to 15 percent of the total relevant population in a given year when delivering a particular learning program. Considering that U.S.

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How Authentic Is Your Leadership Development?

CLO Magazine

CLOs may already know who they want to pull into leadership development programs, but it pays to include high potentials at lower levels to add cultural and business performance value. • Assignment of action-oriented developmental activities. • Persuasive mentoring and coaching relationships.