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. That is, the act of evaluating (i.e.,

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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

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. They wanted to know specifically what they could do to facilitate learning.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

MARCH 5, 2015

The reliance on formal leadership training programs has proved inadequate and misguided. He writes that training is “…the #1 reason leadership development fails.” He argues that leaders need to be allowed to develop over time with the help of coaches and mentors. Mike Hyatt makes this case in a blog post.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JANUARY 31, 2015

Managers are helping their direct reports create an individualized learning plan linked to strategic goals of organization; managers are monitoring learning progress and providing feedback; they are structuring opportunities to apply learning on the job; and holding direct reports accountable for results.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JUNE 29, 2012

We lost one of the giants in the study of organizational learning and performance this week. Harry Levinson died at the age of 90 after a long and productive career making organizational leaders aware of the importance of psychological dynamics to their employees and themselves. Harry Levinson.

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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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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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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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The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Each approach to evaluation of training has something to contribute to assessing the impact of formal training on employee learning. The real value is in organizational learning from evaluation. Learning from evaluation depends on asking the right questions. However, the value of evaluation is not in the data.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

In a training culture, the assumption is that the most important learning happens in events, such as workshops, courses, elearning programs, and conferences. The CLO, or HR, or a training department controls the resources for learning. In a training culture, the training and development function is centralized.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

APRIL 7, 2015

This takes learning from experience in the field, with the guidance of coaches and mentors. This ability cannot be learned in the classroom; even simulators cannot prepare employees for every eventuality. Leadership Learning Culture Management Organization Culture Organizational Learning Training Training Impact'

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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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The Performance Improvement Blog

APRIL 6, 2016

I love the sense of understanding, enthusiasm and acceptance the leadership team conveys here regarding their role in learning. As you might expect, based on my input to a previous blog (3/25, Training Isn’t Learning ), I was delighted to see the emphasis on the necessary role of the manager!

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The Performance Improvement Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Organizational evaluation and performance improvement are essentially about asking the right questions. What critical performance variables are you tracking? Tags: Leadership Organizational Learning Training robert simons Seven Strategy Questions strategy Working Knowledge.

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Actio Learning

JANUARY 27, 2022

[updated from the original publication of February 2019} We find the challenge of designing, and engineering, effective blended learning experiences exciting and compelling. What is blended learning? The term blended learning is often used synonymously with hybrid and multi-modal learning.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

MAY 23, 2011

While better than nothing, for many training programs (as well as for coaching, mentoring, simulations, self-directed learning, etc.), this approach does not produce the information needed to continuously improve performance and achieve business results. Second , self-report surveys produce unreliable performance data.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

But none of this is possible without learning. At its core, any high performing organization is about learning; continually using new information to become smarter, better, and more effective. We know that people learn most from their co-workers and from on-the-job experience, yet we invest the most in formal, training programs.

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Learnnovators

AUGUST 19, 2015

ABOUT SAHANA CHATTOPADHYAY (Social Learning & Collaboration Strategist, Performance Consultant Exploring Emergent Learning, Blogger). Sahana Chattopadhyay is a performance consultant and an L&D professional with 15 years of experience in the field of academia and organizational learning.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JANUARY 26, 2012

Only provide experiences that will help learners improve performance and contribute to achieving the strategic goals of the organization – no more and no less. Pay attention to the quality of content and quality of the learning intervention. It’s about learning; it’s not about glitzy programs.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Learning leaders at US LBM realized there was an opportunity for them to continue employees’ development through the use of mentoring and social learning software to support peer learning groups. This allows people to learn through each other’s applications, successes and failures with the material or subject at hand.

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Learnnovators

JULY 6, 2015

S/he can be a coach and mentor helping people to get started with working out loud , keep the community space free of trolls, and connect individuals to each other and to relevant content/discussions/groups. Sahana Chattopadhyay is an L&D Consultant, OD Specialist, Blended Learning Architect, Social Learning Evangelist, and Blogger.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

In a training culture, most important learning happens in events, such as workshops, courses, elearning programs, and conferences. Learning is just-in-time, on-demand. But the culture of the organization as a whole needs to be supportive of learning. In a training culture, the training and development function is centralized.

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Learnnovators

APRIL 18, 2014

He integrates creativity, cognitive science, and technology to lead development of strategic solutions including award-winning online content, educational computer games, and websites, as well as adaptive, mobile, and performance support systems. How do we ensure learning faster than everyone else? How exciting is the scenario?

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NovoEd

AUGUST 20, 2019

While forward progress is needed on both diversity and inclusion initiatives, organizational learning and development is critical to the development of the inclusive work cultures needed to ensure diversity initiatives thrive. Where does this boost in performance come from? Diversity Is Good for Business.

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PDG

MARCH 17, 2016

I remember facilitating courses and going to meetings during this time, where employees from leadership on down made it a point to wear their NCR branded clothing and carry their work in NCR branded briefcases, with other NCR swag visible everywhere. But here’s the good news: most managers want to make their team members better performers.

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Learnnovators

APRIL 16, 2014

He integrates creativity, cognitive science, and technology to lead development of strategic solutions including award-winning online content, educational computer games, and websites, as well as adaptive, mobile, and performance support systems. How do we ensure learning faster than everyone else? How exciting is the scenario?

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JUNE 17, 2015

Are managers monitoring learning progress and providing feedback; are they structuring opportunities to apply learning on the job; and holding direct reports accountable for results? Are managers coaching; are they partnering with direct reports to develop their capacity to achieve organizational goals?

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In a learning culture , formal training is just one of many methods used to facilitate employee learning. In a learning culture, we start with the performance goal and then select the mix of methods that will help employees acquire and retain the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and beliefs they need in order to achieve those goals.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

MAY 15, 2018

Unless a company is making a basic change in the way it manages people, the tools will never have an impact on the way people think, act, and grow every day, and they won’t boost performance or drive business results. They need to understand that what they learn will help the company meet its business goals.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

MAY 15, 2018

Unless a company is making a basic change in the way it manages people, the tools will never have an impact on the way people think, act, and grow every day, and they won’t boost performance or drive business results. They need to understand that what they learn will help the company meet its business goals.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Learning at the individual, team, and whole organization levels must be continuous. E-learning programs are not sufficient. On-the-job coaching and mentoring are not sufficient. Workplace learning must be all of these and more. Former mine workers are learning coding. Training programs are not sufficient.

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Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Volunteer as a mentor for new hires. Reverse-mentor a senior person on social networking or technology. Charles Jennings reports that performance inevitably improves when managers ask their team members these three simple reflective questions: What are your reflections on what you’ve been doing since we last met.

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Learnnovators

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

There are two 70:20:10 models in business: 70:20:10 Model in Learning & Development. 70:20:10 Model in Learning & Development. The 70:20:10 Model in Learning & Development was developed by Morgan McCall and his colleagues Robert W. Lombardo at the Centre for Creative Leadership in the year 1996.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JANUARY 4, 2019

But none of this is possible without learning. At its core, any high performing organization is about learning; continually using new information to become smarter, better, and more effective. They need to understand that what they learn will help the company meet its business goals.

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Learnnovators

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

THE 70:20:10 MODELS There are two 70:20:10 models in business: 70:20:10 Model in Learning & Development. 70:20:10 Model in Learning & Development. The 70:20:10 Model in Learning & Development was developed by Morgan McCall and his colleagues Robert W. Lombardo at the Centre for Creative Leadership in the year 1996.

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TalentLMS

AUGUST 30, 2018

Powerpoint is not training”), engagement and performance. And it is based on more than forty years of research into dozens of different types of performance”, “a life-changing book”, and “the most important book I have ever read”. Chief Game-Based-Learning Officer at Funification. Buy it , and you won’t be disappointed.

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