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 take responsibility for employee learning. Organizational structure facilitates learning.

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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. What does risk mean to you?

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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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The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 12, 2016

Jessica Leitch, David Lancefield, and Mark Dawson, all of PwC UK, have identified “10 Principles of Strategic Leadership” that, when implemented, create the conditions for the development of strategic leaders. According to the authors, to create this learning culture, share responsibility so that employees can experience risk-taking.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

AUGUST 27, 2014

Becoming this kind of culture takes strong leadership and a concerted effort by all stakeholders, in addition to new and repeated efforts over time. On the other hand, some experts have offered ideas about actions that can be taken relatively quickly to enhance organizational learning.

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PDG

JULY 26, 2021

Sales leadership is one of the most challenging roles in any organization. As your observations and interactions provide you with more information, make adjustments to ensure the salesperson is making progress towards the agreed-upon outcomes. These four mindsets are vital tools to keep in your leadership toolbox.

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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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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 a fundamental concept that underpins how humans learn from one another in everyday life.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Some nonprofit organizations, in an effort to improve outcomes for their clients and to be more accountable for results, are applying an “evidence-informed practice” approach to their work. For example, PART (Practice and Research Together) is promoting evidence-informed practice in child welfare agencies across Ontario, Canada.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

So much information; so little time. Technology allows consumers of information to also be curators of information. We can use technology to select, organize, present, and evolve the information that we need. Users can control amount as well as when and where the information is received.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

However, aspiring to be agile myself (mentally and physically), I’m willing to learn something new and, maybe, discard some old notions about human development and leadership. It appears that there are at least three definitions of learning agility being used in the field. The Unexamined Leadership Program is Not Worth Doing.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Supporting social learning – We need to create opportunities for people to share information with each other and talk with others about what they have learned and how they intend to apply that learning and how the group can support them in doing so.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Today, information is coming at us so fast, technology is changing so rapidly, the world is changing so dramatically, that the old methods of learning and performance improvement do not work any longer…if they ever did. Success Depends on Shared Information. No one person has all the information needed to be successful.

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Dashe & Thomson

APRIL 12, 2011

Social Learning Blog Training and Performance Improvement in the Real World Home About Bios Subscribe to RSS Surfing the Net: Waste of Time or Personal Directed Learning? Only recently has the training industry begun to tap into this realm of informal, social learning. Jim: Glad you found the post helpful, Jeff!

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 31, 2014

Communicate clearly and often – Do not assume that in this age of email, cell phones, text messaging, and Web conferencing, people are getting the information they need. In a learning culture, people are continually sharing needed information with the people who need to know. In some cases, a few minutes will do.

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Schoox

MARCH 25, 2024

Moreover, Schoox informs each employee and their team leaders of the highlights of their training. By focusing on employee engagement , effectiveness, and customization, Schoox ensures that training programs are informative, engaging and tailored to meet the unique needs of each learner.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2013

I want us to learn from this experience so that we can do a better job of reaching our goals in the future.” Both reactions are reasonable, but one is indicative of a learning culture and the other is not. The espoused value says, “We share information and have open and honest lines of communication.”.

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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

JANUARY 23, 2014

It is here that issues require input from many sources—and available information is scant and must be teased out. Ironically, it is here that the use of strategic leadership tools can provide the greatest power. Leadership Organizational Learning ASTD Daniel Kahneman Ralph Jacobson'

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The Performance Improvement Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Who in this organization depends on me for what information? Good questions, but managers need to learn how to use these questions. It’s all about learning! Learning interventions do not necessarily require much time. What is the task? What would happen if this were not done at all?

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2014

An environment and systems that facilitate sharing information and social learning. This is the kind of culture in which employees will be constantly learning, continuously improving performance, and consistently achieving positive outcomes for the business.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

MARCH 6, 2014

The learning needs of employees are changing so fast that someone distant from the situation cannot know what new knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as the formal and informal training and development methods, are required at any point in time. I believe we should stop looking for a savior to solve every problem (i.e.,

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Learning Pool

JULY 6, 2022

Learning Pool, the international leader in learning technology, has partnered with the independent UK charity, GamCare to provide its Stream LMS for more efficient organizational learning and development. .

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 3, 2014

Do employees know how to use data to not only assess quality but to then reflect on the meaning of that information for the purpose of performance improvement? Will managers share information with each other without fear of losing control or losing power? Do engineers know how to have a conversation that is more inquiry than advocacy?

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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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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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Learnnovators

MAY 3, 2022

When we speak of learning culture, we seem to always focus on just the quantum of information. We talk about constancy of consumption (“continuous, any time learning”) and subsequently, the other half of that coin, easy access for all employees to tools for content generation. How can incidents be hushed up?

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2013

We use the energy of our anger and cynicism to fuel our work, in hopes of ending the human suffering caused by what is perhaps one of the most broken industries on the planet: information technology. But it’s not only the information technology industry that is “broken”.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

APRIL 12, 2013

We now have the technology to collect enormous amounts of information about people and to analyze huge datasets that have implications for the economy, education, health care, and social services, as well as enterprises such as agriculture, manufacturing, retail, and much more. Data must become useful information.

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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.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 22, 2021

Information flows. 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. Teams are empowered.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

I want us to learn from this experience so that we can do a better job of reaching our goals in the future.” Both reactions are reasonable, but one is indicative of a learning culture and the other is not. The espoused value says, “We share information and have open and honest lines of communication.”.

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Living in Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

This is a perfect example where Change Leadership (CL) is required to expand the scope of shepherding sustainable Change in and across the organization. Does senior leadership support this Change? Effective Change Leadership. Foundationally, CM does not have a primary focus on these three aspects of effective leadership.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

As long as organization leaders maintain a mindset that learning happens in a classroom by instructors conveying information to employees and that the locus of responsibility for learning lies with training departments, companies will not benefit from new learning technologies.

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Limestone Learning

JULY 3, 2023

To answer this question, join NovaEd's Drew Remiker, Head of Strategic Consulting Services, and Jacob Nikolau, Head of Product Marketing, as they explore the movement toward cohort-based learning, especially applied to higher-order human skills. They take on the role of leadership because that’s how one makes more money.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JANUARY 31, 2015

Employees can see how their learning is aligned with the strategic goals of the organization; they understand how acquiring certain knowledge and skills will help the organization be successful; the direct link from learning to results is made clear. You never arrive; there is always more to do on the journey.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

MARCH 30, 2016

Recently, I conducted a workshop for the leadership team of a company that wants to increase the impact of its training programs. I explained the limitations of formal training and the need for taking an organizational learning perspective.

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