The Performance Improvement Blog
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013
Individual, team, and enterprise performance can’t improve without learning. Learning isn’t in addition to a manager’s job; it IS a manager’s job. By “learning” I mean acquiring the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and beliefs that help individuals, teams, and whole organizations improve performance.
The Performance Improvement Blog
AUGUST 3, 2016
When I ask the training and development leaders who participate in my ATD Essentials of Developing an Organizational Learning Culture workshop to say what percentage of employees who attend training programs actually apply what they’ve learned on the job, the answers range from about 10% to about 50%, with most at the lower end of that range.
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The Performance Improvement Blog
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
Companies continue to emphasize training with little payoff while these programs are more costly and less effective than other kinds of learning interventions. We know that people learn most from their co-workers and from on-the-job experience, yet we invest the most in formal, training programs. Manager’s Role is People.
Degreed
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Looking ahead to what comes after the pandemic, how will organizational learning permanently evolve following a decline in in-person training? Learning leaders can play a big role in demonstrating that value. Transform attitudes and strengthen learning.
The Performance Improvement Blog
NOVEMBER 8, 2011
Not discussing the un-discussable – everyone has a shared but un-spoken understanding that certain issues are not to be confronted and resolved, e.g., one employee’s negative attitudes are bringing down morale of the organization but nobody will talk about this problem for fear of retribution.
The Performance Improvement Blog
JUNE 9, 2016
Leadership today is less about learning a specific set of skills and more about an attitude that embraces the challenges that come from disruption. Ford Motor did assembly-line manufacturing of internal combustion vehicles for over a century), and when entry into a mature market was very difficult and costly, is challenging enough.
The Performance Improvement Blog
APRIL 20, 2012
Co-working – For cost reasons or social reasons or convenience, workers are choosing to share work space with people from other occupations and organizations. New technologies and new consumer attitudes make these kinds of endeavors possible.
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