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This Is What I Believe About Learning in Organizations

The Performance Improvement Blog

This world is one in which humans no longer make things or fix things or sell things or provide basic services. Now tasks done by humans are being enhanced by the Internet, providing the collective knowledge of the world at their fingertips. Employees tell stories to draw lessons and learn from their experiences.

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Eight Leader Habits of a Learning Culture

The Performance Improvement Blog

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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Manager's Role in Learning and Performance Improvement

The Performance Improvement Blog

learning): Developing people is a strategic process that adds value to both the employees and the bottom line of the organization. Highly committed, highly competent people create financial rewards for the organization; organizations that develop their people and provide opportunities for growth are sought-after by high-impact performers.

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Do You Know How to Create an Actionable Learning Strategy?

CLO Magazine

Then, if the identified needs don’t gel with specific organizational or business objectives, don’t create elaborate learning interventions to address them, as they are not likely to advance key business priorities. However, learner-directed e-learning, webinars and other online delivery methodologies increase annually.

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Becoming a Learning Culture: Competing in an Age of Disruption

The Performance Improvement Blog

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. STEP SEVEN : Make modifications in the learning intervention as needed. In a training culture, the training and development function is centralized.

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16 Signs of a Learning Culture

The Performance Improvement Blog

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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Year in Review - 2016

The Performance Improvement Blog

I wish it were otherwise, but learning is not just a classroom activity anymore, it must be a total system activity that takes into account strategic goals of the organization, the culture of the organization (values, beliefs, artifacts, structure, etc.), Learning that makes a difference occurs when all of these factors are aligned. .