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The Great Training Robbery Continues

The Performance Improvement Blog

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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How to Use Feedback From Employee Surveys to Change Organizations

The Performance Improvement Blog

You name it, somebody is trying to measure it: employee satisfaction, employee engagement,   organizational pulse, leadership, attitudes toward a recent change, etc. The problem is that organizations are collecting a great deal of data but not applying it in ways that result in substantive change.

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Which Comes First? Diversity or Inclusion?

NovoEd

Part of the problem is that we lump diversity and inclusion together as if they were one thing, whereas we should be thinking about them as separate concepts and work streams. Diverse employees are not listened to, are not promoted, and never really get into the leadership positions where they can actively shape a company’s culture.

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Imagining Workplaces of Tomorrow: Managing Minds

The Performance Improvement Blog

The message from the CEO to new employees is that learning and self-development are highly valued. Continuous learning is expected from everyone in the organization, from senior leadership down. Managers provide opportunities for employees to practice newly acquired skills and put into practice what they’ve been learning.

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Imagining Workplaces of Tomorrow: Managing Minds

The Performance Improvement Blog

The message from the CEO to new employees is that learning and self-development are highly valued. Continuous learning is expected from everyone in the organization, from senior leadership down. Managers provide opportunities for employees to practice newly acquired skills and put into practice what they’ve been learning.

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Barriers to Learning in Organizations

The Performance Improvement Blog

Work-learning dichotomy – producing and selling things is valued whereas learning is merely tolerated, e.g., little involvement of supervisors in the training of their direct-reports.

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7 Strategies to Facilitate “Working Out Loud”

Learnnovators

When individuals see others (especially those in positions of authority and leadership) revealing their vulnerabilities and fears, a safe place is automatically created. Meaningful Conversations – Most often, organizational learning gets locked up as a conversation between 2 or 3 people in their inboxes.