The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2014

A learning culture is a community of workers continuously and collectively seeking performance improvement through new knowledge, new skills, and new applications of knowledge and skills to achieve the goals of the organization. A learning culture is an environment in which learning how to learn is valued and accepted.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 11, 2013

In order to change, colleges and universities must first learn; that is, acquire new organizational knowledge and new organizational skills. They must create an organizational routine of feedback, reflection, and active social learning.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2013

The answer to this question is important because of the impact culture has on an organization. I like this quote attributed to Peter Drucker , “culture eats strategy for breakfast”. Culture used to be considered a byproduct of organizational life. Today, many companies are being quite intentional about culture.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2014

In a blog post titled, "Building a Productive Learning Culture", Thomas Handcock and Jean Martin say that businesses, because of need and demand, are increasing employee participation in training but failing to increase productivity. The authors believe that a culture change is required.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2014

I don’t know if John Baldoni intended his latest leadership book to be about learning, but that’s exactly what it is about. Through other leaders’ stories and through his own experiences, Baldoni describes what outstanding leaders learn in order to be effective. He has an acronym for it: MOXIE.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 12, 2016

To attract, develop, and retain more strategic leaders, organizations need to find employees who already have that potential and help them develop the capability. Rather, the authors suggest that the development of strategic leaders is about creating the kind of culture in which strategic leaders thrive and grow.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 31, 2014

Eight leader habits are essential to a learning culture. These are behaviors ingrained in the routines and rituals of organizations that are continually learning and learning how to learn. In a learning culture, people are continually sharing needed information with the people who need to know.

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Ed App

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Therefore, companies are becoming aware that they need to do more in the field of employee development. When a company supports an “open” organizational climate and feedback in support of organizational learning, and when it includes management in the educational process, we are talking about a learning organization.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

What’s the difference between a “training culture” and a “ learning culture ”? As the chart shows, in a training culture, responsibility for employee learning resides with instructors and training managers. In that kind of culture the assumption is that trainers (under the direction of a CLO) drive learning.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

In "Part One" of this post, I presented some situations in which espoused values (not necessarily values in use) play a role and examples of instinctive reactions that indicate either the presence or absence of a learning culture. . What did you learn about developing new products, about collaboration, and about yourself?

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The Performance Improvement Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

In "Part One" of this post, I presented some situations in which espoused values (not necessarily values in use) play a role and examples of instinctive reactions that indicate either the presence or absence of a learning culture. . What did you learn about developing new products, about collaboration, and about yourself?

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Infopro Learning

JULY 5, 2019

In this era of digital disruption, business requires leadership that can deliver excellence. Organizations that do not have a defined leadership development program restrict their employees from expanding a skill set that can help them to live up to their potential.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

The answer to this question is important because of the impact culture has on an organization. I like this quote attributed to Peter Drucker , “culture eats strategy for breakfast”. Culture used to be considered a byproduct of organizational life. Today, many companies are being quite intentional about culture.

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Limestone Learning

JULY 3, 2023

If time is short but you have a spare hour, why not spend it on a free webinar, where you can focus on personal development and productivity? Get ready to learn and maximize the potential of July! Cohort or group-based learning can be a powerful way to gain deep capabilities in leadership, salesmanship and digital transformation.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

MAY 30, 2017

This reminds us of the warning attributed to Peter Drucker : “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Strategy is important, but given the kind of transformation that must happen in preparation for the future, creating an organization that fundamentally changes the way people are managed and learn must be the focus.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

AUGUST 25, 2016

How do we know if an organization has the “DNA” that predisposes it to organizational learning? Gary Neilson and Jaime Estupinan have been studying and writing about "organizational DNA" for the past 10 years. Managers provide opportunities to learn, practice that learning, and apply learning on-the-job.

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Limestone Learning

MAY 2, 2023

PT: The Rise of AI-powered Learning: Strategies for Success Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way skills are learned and developed. However, many organizations struggle to understand how to effectively implement AI-powered learning solutions. Tuesday, May 9, 2023, 8 a.m.–10 Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 10 a.m.–11

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The Performance Improvement Blog

MARCH 5, 2015

I have argued in previous blog posts that organizations need a learning culture because training is not sufficient to develop the necessary competencies of 21rst century workers. For one thing, the learning from training events is often not transferred to the workplace. Mike Hyatt makes this case in a blog post.

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Learning Rebels

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

As organizational learning continues to evolve, it’s time to dust off a learning method that has the power to reshape how knowledge is cultivated and shared and addresses employee well-being : community-based learning. Developing future leaders is crucial for the sustainability of any organization.

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Limestone Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2022

PT: Bursting with Success: How to Empower Leaders to Support Employee Development Today’s business world has pressured leaders and managers to maintain employee engagement and facilitate career development. However, individuals in leadership may not be well equipped to succeed with their new mentoring duties.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Most companies today have a “training culture”. ATD’s 2016 State of the Industry report concludes: …the traditional, instructor-led, face-to-face classroom continues to play a crucial role, and it was still the delivery mechanism for 51 percent of learning hours used in 2015.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JANUARY 31, 2015

How do you know your organization has a learning culture ? How will people be learning? While a learning culture is an environment that’s always being developed, certain signs indicate that you are making progress. In a learning culture…. What will you see people doing?

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JANUARY 23, 2015

In the second part of a two-part article I wrote for BusinessThinker.com titled, Learning Culture: A Workplace Environment for Success , I describe what organizations can do to develop a learning culture. I write: Start with managers. The manager’s role is essential but not sufficient.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

MAY 15, 2015

In their recently published book, titled Leading Innovation and Change , Larry Smith and Al Blixt write: The forces of change are multidirectional and inescapable, especially if you are in a leadership position. They know how to teach but they don’t necessarily know how to learn as organizations.

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Limestone Learning

JULY 28, 2022

So, how can you keep up with all the latest developments in learning and development? She has a bachelor’s degree in Organizational Leadership and Supervision from Purdue University. PT: Connecting Learning to Doing Organizational learning is an ongoing exercise in Change Management.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 11, 2019

The onboarding experience should provide opportunities for fresh trainees to imbibe the culture of the organization, preparing them to be productive from day one. First-time and middle managers together form the most crucial slice of the organizational pyramid. An organization that learns together, grows together.

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Experiencing eLearning

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

These are my live blogged notes from Jay Cross & Clark Quinn’s LearnTrends session on Reinventing Organizational Learning. Article they wrote for CLO mag: “Become a Chief Meta-Learning Officer&#. If you don’t know the solution & need to network/collaborate to find it, that’s learning.

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LearnUpon

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

What is a learning and development strategy? A strong learning and development strategy is essential for organizational success as it outlines how to develop people’s capabilities, skills and competencies. Who is responsible for learning? . The learner. The manager. The organization.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

The only thing holding companies back from learning at the speed of change is their organizational culture which, for many, is a barrier to learning. Most companies have a training culture, not a learning culture. Most companies have a training culture, not a learning culture.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JUNE 25, 2018

The culture that underpins a managing minds approach must support and encourage an ongoing and collective discovery, sharing, and appli­cation of knowledge and skills at the individual, team, and organization levels. Gary Neilson and Jaime Estupiñán have been studying and writing about organizational DNA for the past 10 years.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

If you’re looking for examples of companies that are striving to create and sustain a learning culture, PwC ( PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP) of Canada should be on your list. Incorporating structured learning routines into our working practices (e.g. All good practices of a learning culture.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 27, 2014

A focus on individual and collective leadership development is critical to build the strategic leadership that drives superior organizational performance over time. We know the talent drivers and individual competencies to focus on in order to develop strong individual leaders.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

MAY 18, 2012

If you’re not going to evaluate a leadership development program, don’t do the program! I’m talking about a systematic, evidence-based look at why it was done, what was done, how it was done, what happened as a result, how it can be improved, and what the organization learned from the process.

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EduPivot Knowledge Center

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

At most organizations, learning and development is a cost center function – a structural expense that’s built into operations without tangibly contributing to profit. Most large corporations feature learning and development departments, where specialists work year-round to develop and maintain various curricula and training programs.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2015

If this post describes your organization, you need to make the transition to a learning culture. They need to acquire new information, new skills, and develop new abilities and they need to do this in a way in which that learning will be retained and applied immediately. Leadership training requires a similar process.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JUNE 25, 2018

The culture that underpins a managing minds approach must support and encourage an ongoing and collective discovery, sharing, and appli­cation of knowledge and skills at the individual, team, and organization levels. Gary Neilson and Jaime Estupiñán have been studying and writing about organizational DNA for the past 10 years.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

APRIL 24, 2015

One of the keys to creating and sustaining a learning culture is hiring people who are continuous learners and who help others learn continuously. You want people who are always receptive to increasing their knowledge and developing new skills and competencies. How do you hire for a learning culture?

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