The Performance Improvement Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

And short, weekly conversations between managers and their direct reports would be far more than is typical in organizations today and could go a long way to support learning. Leadership Management Organization Culture Organizational Learning Teamwork Training action learning organizational learning performance management time management'

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E-Learning Provocateur

APRIL 5, 2011

Then Anne suggested we play an alphabet learning game, and she proposed the first term: a-learning is awful learning? action learning? adaptive learning? Well that was a red rag to this nerdy bull, so I replied with b-learning is book learning. b-learning is book learning. •

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Adobe Captivate

AUGUST 12, 2010

We had a great time at this week’s eSeminar, where the focus was on creating custom learning interactions using Adobe Captivate 5′s new Advanced Actions tools. This one is fairly advanced as Captivate authoring goes, but if you’ve had a little exposure to Captivate now I’d encourage you to have a look.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 19, 2017

Part of the learning leader’s job is to develop organizational learning strategies. For one thing, organizations aren’t reviewing their learning and development strategies very often. Yet, the results of the efforts to achieve this goal are not encouraging. percent revisited strategies once or not at all.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2013

This kind of culture puts a value on using a variety of learning methods , including workshops, seminars, online courses, DVDs or online video, games and simulations, coaching, mentoring, action-learning, job-rotation, internships, or any of a dozen other ways to structure learning experiences.

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TalentLMS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Golden Rules for Gathering and Using Learning Insights. This is because they’re not using actionable learning metrics. Here are our four golden rules for making that sure you get all the value you can from your learning data. You can see how the decision to make assessments more mobile-friendly could flow from this data.

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D2L

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

If you’re a participant in a HIPO (high potential) program, there’s a good chance that you’re participating in an Action Learning Project (ALP) as part … Continued.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

MARCH 30, 2011

But people who don't see their actions as experiments, and those who don't know how to reason carefully from data, will continue to learn less well from their own experiences than those who do. To me, experimentation is an essential aspect of organizational learning. It’s action learning.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Consider the alternatives: just-in-time e-learning (desktop and mobile), coaching, mentoring, simulations, on-demand video, and experiential-learning. And in some situations people might learn best from the workflow, through action-learning conversations, through self-directed experiences, or from apprentice and internship assignments.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

APRIL 13, 2012

Otherwise, I fear they will continue to be overlooked even though for many individuals, teams, and organizations they are more powerful learning methods and more likely to result in organizational improvement than the “passive” methods. Logs, diaries, and journals (recording reflections and learning as it occurs).

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Kapp Notes

AUGUST 15, 2013

So if you want to see an interesting use of a graphic novel as a learning piece and get some ideas for yourself in terms of using this powerful medium for learning, check out the novel at PwP in Action. Learn More. Here are just a few of his blog entries.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2014

As I have written previously , transformation to a learning culture needs: Executives who set an example for risk-taking and learning from failure. Managers who help employees set learning goals, apply learning, and hold themselves and others accountable for results.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JUNE 21, 2012

How to have a learning conversation between manager and learner. How to apply action-learning to teams. How to overcome barriers to organizational learning. Survey of team readiness for high-performance. Table of characteristics of high-performing teams. Whole organization. Survey of employee engagement. Community.

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Vignettes Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

How does the concept of Instant Learning impact performance? How do we utilize the brain's tendencies to maximize its ability to learn? What advantage does a singularly-focused idea have that helps learners comprehend faster and recall better? Relatability Before we go further, let's engage in a bit of an experiment.

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Degreed

DECEMBER 6, 2022

But here’s the big question: What are you learning from all the valuable information generated by your people as they learn? You assembled your Pathways, created your plans, and encouraged your employees to actively explore all the content you carefully curated.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 31, 2014

More effective, sustainable learning occurs in the normal course of doing the work. This informal learning is facilitated by coaching, mentoring, communities-of-practice, experiments, action-learning and any of a myriad of other methods including the various forms of social media.

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Dashe & Thomson

JULY 12, 2011

Learning games. Action learning exercises. The goal of the practice phase is to help learners integrate and incorporate the new knowledge or skill in a variety of ways: Hands-on trial/feedback/reflection/retrial. Real-world simulations. Individual reflection and articulation. Partner and team-based dialog.

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Infopro Learning

MAY 6, 2024

Diverse methods: Blend various learning experiences: Formal training (workshops, courses) Coaching and mentoring Job rotations, stretch assignments Action learning projects 360-degree feedback Stakeholder Engagement Secure Buy-in: Actively involve senior leadership for support, inspiration, and resource allocation.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

JULY 21, 2014

Employees tell stories that dramatize what they are learning. Action learning permeates all team activity. Performance reviews are focused on learning and capacity building. Managers encourage their direct reports to acquire new knowledge and skills and apply that learning in the organization.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2011

We identified organizational barriers to learning and how those barriers can be overcome. We explored ideas around building their organizational capacity to apply action-learning through small experiments using Deming’s model of plan-do-check-act.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The 5As Framework offers managers a model for overcoming these barriers.

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Nick Leffler

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

The popular Seek, Sense, Share framework and learning socially from Harold Jarche has been a driving force in my being more social. Call to Action. Learned helplessness in learning is a one way ticket to obsolescence in the marketplace.

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CLO Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Clearly there is a need for work-based learning and development, such as peer mentoring, coaching, apprenticeship, appreciative inquiry, group process reflection and action learning, so learners may acquire a situated understanding of what works, what doesn’t work and what might work. They seek out and learn from others’ views.

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Integrated Learnings

AUGUST 31, 2011

This is not referring to a standard quiz type of assessment, but more specifically things like games, simulations, augmented reality exercises and action learning. Including fun activities such as these to incent someone in the learning goes a long way, and it simulates environments closer to the “real world.”

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Wonderful Brain

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Let’s call this Instructor Led Interactive Learning (ILIL or Live Action Learning). Consider these elements as the foundation of the methodology: Quality content is meaningful to learners who will need to put it in action. I believe this method busts up the …’shelf life of milk’ sobriquet rather nicely.

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CLO Magazine

APRIL 13, 2017

Action learning with a trained coach is a cost-effective approach that enables leaders to develop capabilities while working to solve urgent organizational or social problems. Essentially, leaders are learning while working, making it easy to see how learned skills apply on the job. But there’s an alternative.

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Dashe & Thomson

JULY 12, 2011

Learning games. Action learning exercises. The goal of the practice phase is to help learners integrate and incorporate the new knowledge or skill in a variety of ways: Hands-on trial/feedback/reflection/retrial. Real-world simulations. Individual reflection and articulation. Partner and team-based dialog.

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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. In a training culture, the training and development function is centralized.

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The Logical Blog by IconLogic

DECEMBER 7, 2015

You'll take the recording into the Camtasia Studio and learn how to use the Timeline, add assets from the Clip Bin and Library, and how to publish content for the widest possible audience. Learn to record screen actions. Learn to create projects in the Camtasia Studio. Learn about the Clip Bin and Library.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

APRIL 10, 2015

One of the barriers to creating and sustaining a learning culture in organizations is the no-time myth. 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.)

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The Performance Improvement Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Employees tell stories that dramatize what they are learning. Action-learning permeates all team activity. . Performance reviews are focused on learning and capacity building. These are signs of a learning culture. Asking questions and giving feedback is just what people do.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Roleplay – people (usually two or three) acting out roles to learn about themselves and others by putting themselves in somebody else’s shoes. Reflection-in-action – learning from reflecting on an activity while doing it. Reflection-on-action – learning from reflecting on an activity by looking back on what happened.

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CLO Magazine

MARCH 20, 2018

Perhaps most prominent in the domain of practice-oriented leadership development is action learning, which consists of group projects, team members working and reflecting on problems occurring in their projects and workplaces, and other interpersonal experiences, such as coaching and mentorships, which encourage learning dialogues.

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CLO Magazine

JULY 6, 2016

Action learning with a trained coach is a cost-effective approach that enables leaders to develop capabilities while working to solve urgent organizational or social problems. Essentially, leaders are learning while working, making it easy to see how learned skills apply on the job. But there’s an alternative.

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The Performance Improvement Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Organizations might be increasing their investment in “pull” learning through social media, on-the-job training, and action learning. However, we don’t hear about these learning interventions because they don’t fit the more easily observed and measured formal methods.

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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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Torrance Learning

APRIL 1, 2016

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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