The Performance Improvement Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

The effective management of a paradox requires balancing the polarities over time…. Leadership Management Organization Culture Organizational Learning Teamwork Getting Unstuck learning Ralph Jacobson' A paradox has at least two apparent options, called polarities (for example, short and long term).

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The Performance Improvement Blog

MARCH 21, 2015

Deloitte has identified “leadership development” as a major challenge for HR leaders in 2015. From this study, they conclude: Organizations around the world are struggling to strengthen their leadership pipelines, yet over the past year businesses fell further behind, particularly in their ability to develop Millennial leaders.

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LearnUpon

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Let’s take a look at how to create a high-performing L&D strategy that will help you increase ROI and boost employee efficiency. What is a learning and development strategy? The aim is to provide employees with the necessary skills and tools to perform their jobs to the required standard, thereby meeting the needs of the business.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 11, 2019

An inclusive learning pyramid would help employees at every level to learn the relevant skills and grow to the next level. Robust offerings would bring together the technology, behavioral and functional skills needed for the employee to perform their role effectively based on the business context and the need of the organization.

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Instancy

AUGUST 14, 2023

Leveraging AI-enabled solutions, companies can make their learning initiatives more engaging, relevant and interactive for staff. This boosts training program effectiveness while also increasing ROI. Numerous advantages exist in utilizing AI for corporate learning.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 12, 2016

A study by PwC found that only eight percent of senior executives can be considered strategic leaders, defined as “effective at leading transformations.” Accept failure, as long as it results in learning and performance improvement. Encourage strategic leaders to learn from each other.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

MARCH 10, 2010

Most organization change efforts fail because they lack clarity of focus, leadership, a sense of urgency, a solid plan, preparation, the right people, the right resources, execution and follow-through, measurement and feedback, and organizational learning. Longenecker in a workshop on “rapid performance improvement.”

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WalkMe Training Station

JUNE 19, 2016

The first article was titled “How ‘Learning Organizations’ Beat Natural Selection” After detailing the importance of a learning culture within a learning organization, I would like to briefly look at several barriers to organizational learning. Lack of Direct Leadership.

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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. It’s also beneficial to track the application of learned skills in the workplace.

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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. I would add: Reinforcement of learning.

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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. Decades of research shows the precursors to elearning were effective. This begins with top-down leadership.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

I have to admit that prior to hearing Elliott Masie talk about “learning agility” last week at the virtual Human Captial Media Symposium for CLOs , the concept was not on my radar. It appears that there are at least three definitions of learning agility being used in the field. Each is worth considering.

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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. They want to learn! Creating a learning culture takes conscious effort on the part of leaders.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

This is also true for teams that need to become more effective and whole organizations that want to become more successful. When should they ask them, to whom, and what should they do with the answers so that they can improve performance? It’s all about learning! Learning interventions do not necessarily require much time.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

In the online course that I teach for ASTD on Developing an Organizational Learning Culture , one of the questions I hear most often is, “How can I change the culture in my company when there is little support from management and our unions resist any change that might affect the work rules?” This question has no easy answer.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JUNE 23, 2011

My colleagues, Leslie Stambaugh and Jim Stilwell, and I have published an ebook to illustrate principles and best practices of effective communication in organizations. The communication problem bucket is very large, making it quite easy to pour most organizational concerns into it. Building Trust in Leadership.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 31, 2014

Functional units collaborate by sharing learning and best practices with each other. Managers and their direct reports frequently discuss what each needs to do to improve performance. We want to find out what they know and what they need to learn. And people realize that facilitating learning doesn’t necessarily take much time.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

MAY 11, 2014

It occurred to me that those of us who create tools for organizational learning and improvement also stand on the shoulders of the talented people who came before us. Leadership Development Management Organization Culture Organizational Learning' We have "stolen" their art out of respect and made it our own.

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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. This dual approach is critical to build the depth and breadth of strategic leadership that drives superior organizational performance over time.

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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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Webanywhere

AUGUST 23, 2023

In the world of Learning and Development (L&D), a diverse range of roles plays a pivotal role in shaping the growth and transformation of organizations. Enter the realm of Corporate Learning Job Roles – a fascinating tapestry of positions that work synergistically to craft enriching learning experiences for employees.

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Limestone Learning

JULY 3, 2023

In this webinar, Destery Hildenbrand, XR Solution Architect at Intellezy, will explain what virtual reality is and how it fits into your learning technology landscape. You’ll explore training use cases where VR is most effective and provides the best value for learning and ROI. Wednesday, July 12, 2023, 9 a.m.–10

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JANUARY 2, 2015

Throughout 2014, I used this blog to illuminate important leadership and management issues. The topics ranged from the problems with performance reviews to managing temporary workers to innovation to developing a learning culture in organizations. Cultural Barriers to Organizational Learning. Not anymore.

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Limestone Learning

JULY 28, 2022

She has a bachelor’s degree in Organizational Leadership and Supervision from Purdue University. Susan’s current L&D interests are all about providing opportunities for learning without a huge time commitment, oftentimes leading her right down the rabbit hole! Your business needs learning to result in performance.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JANUARY 2, 2014

Throughout 2013, I used this blog to illuminate important leadership and management issues. The topics ranged from changing organizational culture to evaluating training programs to making managers responsible for employee learning to creating a learning culture. Managers and Employee Learning .

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Living in Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Are there not technology standards, workflows, and certifications that demand low tolerance for error, elimination of poor quality output, and avoidance of extraordinary waste if not executed effectively? Does senior leadership support this Change? Effective Change Management ? Effective Change Leadership.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

They need to learn fast and learn just-in-time, whether how to fix a machine or how to fix an organization. And organizations need to create opportunities for individuals, teams, and the enterprise to learn how to learn fast and effectively.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

MAY 10, 2013

Garg relates Brinkerhoff’s comments to the challenges of measuring the effectiveness of elearning programs. As a learning solutions vendor, I’ve been asked this question countless times and have also encountered it in many an RFP. Garg writes: So how do you evaluate the success of eLearning that you create?" It’s not complicated.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JANUARY 23, 2015

In a learning culture, individuals are learning, teams are learning, and the whole organization is learning how to function more effectively. And it all begins with key executives establishing and reinforcing a learning culture through their own words and actions.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Both reactions are reasonable, but one is indicative of a learning culture and the other is not. The leadership team of the company spent three days in an annual meeting developing a strategic plan for the following year. Both reactions are reasonable, but one is indicative of a learning culture and the other is not.

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Limestone Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2022

However, individuals in leadership may not be well equipped to succeed with their new mentoring duties. Daniel Mills, Senior Learning Consultant at Valamis, will look at how the focus of leadership in organizations has shifted from business and performance to include learning and development (L&D) and talent management.

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Matrix

AUGUST 20, 2020

The learning strategy is built to sustain professional development and build capabilities across the organization in due time and in a way that is cost-effective. A lot of times, the learning function is also used as a communication channel. Learning specialists become ambassadors of the company’s culture and values.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JUNE 24, 2013

The responses run the gamut from, in effect, saying that learners are stupid and lazy to saying that instructors are incompetent and ineffective to saying that senior management doesn’t know and doesn’t care. And it’s because nobody is holding the learner and organization accountable for applying learning.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JANUARY 31, 2015

Expectations for employee learning are discussed with employees; employees know what they need to learn and why they need to learn it and what criteria will be used to monitor progress and assess results; high expectations are communicated. You never arrive; there is always more to do on the journey.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

Both reactions are reasonable, but one is indicative of a learning culture and the other is not. The leadership team of the company spent three days in an annual meeting developing a strategic plan for the following year. Both reactions are reasonable, but one is indicative of a learning culture and the other is not.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 22, 2021

Performance is measured. Instead, leadership is responsible for developing an organization that is “built to adapt,” one that’s designed to mobilize the workforce quickly and cohesively. They engage in the science and best practices of building organizational resilience through collective leadership. Work is assigned.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The global pandemic has demonstrated in many industries how the ability of technical teams to pivot, innovate and react quickly to changing circumstances is often the difference between organizational success and failure. Challenging long-held organizational assumptions. Leading organizations in this field benefit in five ways.

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