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Google's Search for Good Managers

The Performance Improvement Blog

Managers have a critical role to play in the learning and development of the people who report to them. This is born out in Google's internal study of good management. In this self-study, Google identified eight things that “good” managers should do. These imperatives are listed here in order of importance: Be a good coach.

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Corporate Online Courses and NanoDegrees: Pluses & Minuses

The Performance Improvement Blog

And Udacity has been designing MOOCs for Google and Cloudera to address technical learning needs of their employees and customers. I applaud Starbucks , AT&T, Google, and Cloudera for providing courses and credentials to their employees. Is this the future?

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DevLearn - Google Wave - Organizational Learning - Best of eLearning Learning

eLearning Learning Posts

First Google Wave Commentary - In the Middle of the Curve , November 6, 2009. Rypple - Informal Learning , November 8, 2009. Embedding Google Wave into Blackboard , November 6, 2009. Engaging Learning , November 9, 2009. Google Wave - Social Media Resources - Best of eLearning Learning , November 10, 2009.

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Manager Engagement in Employee Learning: More Work or More Reward?

The Performance Improvement Blog

All managers are expected to: 1) provide context for training; 2) reinforce how training helps employee/trainee to be successful; and 3) help trainees put learning from training to good use. . Google has a culture in which people ask questions and learn from the answers. Manager''s Role in Learning and Performance Improvement.

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Why Continued Organizational Learning is Critical to your Performance and Culture

WalkMe Training Station

The first article was “ How ‘Learning Organizations’ Beat Natural Selection” . With organizational learning, teams work together to help each other learn, and to ensure that nobody is left behind in the overall progress and achievement of the target goals.

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July 2011 Review

Jane Hart

July was Google Plus month – and it was interesting to read the variety of articles and blog posts about this shiny new social networking service. But my 5 favourite articles from July (that are not Google+ related) were: Why excellent performance isn’t nearly enough , bnet, 8 July 2011.

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Manager's Role in Learning and Performance Improvement

The Performance Improvement Blog

Google did a study of its employees and found that managers are successful in Google, not because of their technical expertise, although that’s important, but because of what they do to help team members learn and develop and achieve success. Great leaders know this simple formula. And the result is success!

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