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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CLO Magazine

MARCH 28, 2019

Are you on auto-pilot when it comes to development programs, stories and statistics? How does that translate into our informal and formal development efforts? If we’re using the same ideas, thoughts and guides to mentor or teach others year after year, does it retain value? I believe the goal is to be a learning organization.

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Torrance Learning

APRIL 1, 2016

In that kind of culture the assumption is that trainers (under the direction of a CLO) drive learning. Whereas in a learning culture, responsibility for learning resides with each employee and each team. In a training culture, the training and development function is centralized.

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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

JULY 31, 2014

Learners need to believe that what they are learning is valued, that their managers will help them find opportunities to apply that learning on the job, and that their bosses will not block their development and advancement in the organization. We want to find out what they know and what they need to learn.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 20, 2017

Whether it’s a nonprofit, start-up, small business or a large enterprise, no organization can afford to skip on learning and development for its people. In a March Forbes article , leadership development professional Rebecca Zucker offered 10 ways companies can develop people with little to no learning and development budget.

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Acorn Labs

JULY 10, 2023

In this blog, we'll really drill down into what makes leadership training important, why it commonly fails, the different types of training for different leaders and how to develop a leadership training program that achieves business goals. They then become ambassadors of that desired culture, effectively cascading it throughout their teams.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

In that kind of culture the assumption is that trainers (under the direction of a CLO) drive learning. Whereas in a learning culture, responsibility for learning resides with each employee and each team. In a training culture, the training and development function is centralized.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

In answering this question, the first thing managers have to understand is that continuous learning is the modus operandi for all high performance organizations. Individual, team, and enterprise performance can’t improve without learning. Learning isn’t in addition to a manager’s job; it IS a manager’s job.

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Learning Pool

JANUARY 11, 2022

The past year has been huge for learning teams as they continue to accelerate and mature their adoption of digitally-enabled learning. Once again, there is a backdrop of uncertainty as we look at the learning trends for the year ahead. This is about developing the business acumen of your learning team to drive value.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2020

Reflecting on this reaction made me want to share what I have learned about creating powerful learning engagements. After more than 25 years in the learning profession, from new-hire orientation programs to senior team development at Fortune 100 companies, I have captured a lot from observing so many learning programs and initiatives.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 1, 2013

CLOs may already know who they want to pull into leadership development programs, but it pays to include high potentials at lower levels to add cultural and business performance value. Pasmore said growth requires organizations to accelerate talent development for key roles.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Mobile learning – a form of elearning that is accessed by a mobile device such as smart phone or tablet; can be anywhere, anytime. Coaching – a relationship in which a trained coach helps an employee develop the knowledge and skills to be a more effective manager by addressing real situations that manager faces in workplace.

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Acorn Labs

JULY 10, 2023

In this blog, we'll really drill down into what makes leadership training important, why it commonly fails, the different types of training for different leaders and how to develop a leadership training program that achieves business goals. They then become ambassadors of that desired culture, effectively cascading it throughout their teams.

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Docebo

JULY 8, 2021

While there remains a need for formal training environments to meet specific learning outcomes, the necessity for organizations to leverage platforms that enable social and informal learning, where learners network, share, collaborate, and exchange ideas to solve problems, is paramount. What is social learning?

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CLO Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2017

For a fast-growing company like Mindtree with clients across the globe, development of that model and the leaders to go along with it was central to growth from inception. A Coach shares personal purpose, inspires people, creates a shared vision and develops talented people. Or they can mentor a start-up.

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Acorn Labs

AUGUST 18, 2022

L&D leaders are starting to see how leveraging shared learning goals can reflect the team dynamic in the workplace. With this in mind, cohort learning in the workplace is a scalable way to deliver on: Team effectiveness. Leadership development. What are the benefits of cohort learning for future leaders?

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CLO Magazine

MAY 22, 2020

There’s a massive shift underway in the world of learning and development. It’s a perfect storm of pressure, in which chief learning officers weigh ROI and manage digital disruption across industries as they pivot from the age of the customer to the age of the employee. Embracing Learning in the Flow of Work.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Learning leaders are integral to the succession management process because so much of it depends on developing and preparing high potentials for future responsibilities. Development plays a key role. “Through a variety of strategic development efforts, we can more fully realize the potential of our best talent.”

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Ed App

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

When learners are directly engaged with their learning materials, they develop a positive relationship with their training. It allows them to gain a deeper understanding and connection with the material, which helps result in improved learning success. Builds self-confidence. Increases training success.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Marcia Connor’s four-square chart from 2004 (pre web 2.0): Formal (classes, elearning, meetings)/Informal (community, teaming, playing) Intentional (reading, coaching, mentoring)/Unexpected (self-study, exploring, internet surfing) The choice is not informal vs. formal. Action learning – nothing is certain.

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CLO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

These characteristics, according to the research, can get managers in trouble by impeding their ability to build and sustain teams, engage people, communicate effectively and manage performance. Rather, she has always used it specifically for leadership development. Know Your Weaknesses. The feedback typically resonates a lot.”.

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Docebo

MAY 8, 2018

While, there remains a need for formal training environments to meet specific learning outcomes, but the necessity for organizations to leverage platforms that enable social and informal learning, where learners network, share, collaborate and exchange ideas to solve problems, is paramount. What is Social Learning?

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Unboxed

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Some employers may be tempted to push employee training to the side of their business-centric priorities, but you may want to think again… At Unboxed Training & Technology, our goal is to provide you with any recent corporate training trends with actionable ways to apply these new industry insights to your company or team.

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CLO Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2017

Consequently, Barger is focusing his learning team not only on traditional kinds of new-hire training, though that is important. In addition, he is looking at knowledge sharing and continuous learning strategies to provide real-time educational opportunities to ensure front-line effectiveness. In the U.S.,

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

All of these games provide bonding as well as learning opportunities, and most adults play those same games today with their kids — in addition to new technology-based games — for the same purpose. We should use them at companies too, including for leadership development.

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CLO Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2012

SNAPSHOT : When Microsoft needed a more efficient way to deliver education to its global finance function, it tore down the classroom walls and created a flexible, Web-based learning model that enables people in different time zones to come together in an environment that fosters teamwork and yields a high retention rate.

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Limestone Learning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

And you'll learn how to do it all using nothing but standard PowerPoint and a good story. Join PowerPoint expert Richard Goring for a session tailored to helping you create persuasions designed to help you and your sales team close more deals. Participants will learn how to: Exert a more strategic mindset to manager development.

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Learning Visions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Marcia Connor’s four-square chart from 2004 (pre web 2.0): Formal (classes, elearning, meetings)/Informal (community, teaming, playing) Intentional (reading, coaching, mentoring)/Unexpected (self-study, exploring, internet surfing) The choice is not informal vs. formal. Action learning – nothing is certain.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

But if collaboration is our goal, doesn’t that require a change in the mindset and operation of leadership development? Must we not have to shift from an exclusive focus on individuals — as in leader development — to a focus on collective or team leadership development? They seek out and learn from others’ views.

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Thinkdom

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Whether you're in HR, a corporate trainer, or a business leader, these strategies are here to help enhance team skills and spark innovation. Give them a try to reshape how your organisation learns and continues to improve. Mentorship Programs: Enlist mentors to provide tips and insights into the company's culture and workflows.

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2012

When the employee is asked to lead a project team, she fosters the use of process improvement tools, techniques and perspective in the project team’s future work. The employee looks to her manager for ongoing guidance as she leads the team in this direction. • Is mentoring a more sustainable form of problem solving?

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CLO Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2019

As executive coaches, we’ve found that cohort-based executive development programs that integrate four specific learning components — group learning, executive and peer coaching, experiential/action learning activities and a strong emphasis on personal development and self-awareness — offer a powerful way to rapidly develop leaders at any level.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 22, 2014

For Kevin Bruny, chief learning officer for Chesterfield County, Va., developing the county’s 4,400 employees helps the community’s citizens enjoy a better quality of life. According to Kevin Bruny, chief learning officer of Chesterfield County, Va., “You would have a hard time finding a better learning officer anywhere.

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Training Orchestra

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In this post we’ll examine: Managing Training for Government Employees Training Programs in Local Government Learning and Development Departments in Public Governments Managing learning programs for governments Why is Managing Training for Government Employees So Difficult?

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The Performance Improvement Blog

APRIL 10, 2015

Managers resist attending formal training events and participating in other kinds of learning activities (elearning, mentoring, coaching, action-learning, communities of practice, internal wikis, etc.) using the excuse that they are too busy. In fact, because it is part of the job, it doesn’t add any time at all.

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Jay Cross

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

The 20 percent: learning through others. Learning is social. People learn with and through others. Conversations are the stem cells of learning. Effective managers encourage their team members to buddy up on projects, to shadow others and to participate in professional social networks. amateur photographers).

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