The following is an excerpt from a knowledge brief by Aberdeen Group: best-in-Class organizations recognize the importance of providing learning through many and varied methods including just-in-time, social, and informal learning.
They provide employees with a diverse spectrum of learning experiences and recognize that learning is not an event-based occurrence where one-time training can satisfy skill gaps. Most importantly, they understand the importance of making learning opportunities accessible to all, targeted, and continuous.
The checklist below provides some learning practices any company looking to become a learning organization should employ.
1. Connect the dots with learning
Learning is inherently collaborative, and organizations must make sure that, no matter where talent resides, individuals have access to the subject matter experts and content required to do their job. Finding ways to connect and archive learning experiences will help organizations develop their future leadership talent.
2. Supporting learning after formal events
While formal learning events, either classroombased or virtual, are still the most widely used learning delivery modalities, an increasing number of companies see the need for new ways of keeping that learning alive after the event. Finding opportunities to provide information in alternate ways that individuals can access when they need it back on the job is a big challenge for many organizations. Managers at Best-in-Class organizations are 71.4% more likely than All Others to have one-on-one meetings with their employees after a formal training event to discuss how to apply the training in their specific roles.
3. Link learning programs to business results
Best-in-Class companies are doing well at helping individuals and the overall organization achieve their objectives. They are also 27.3% less likely than All Others to state that linking learning programs to business results is a challenge in their organizations. Keeping learning grounded in a rapidly changing business context can be difficult, and organizations are looking for tools and processes that can help them keep up.
4. Stay agile
Learning isn’t one-size-fits-all – it must be flexible and targeted to address the needs of a wide swath of stakeholders, and also make the most of the emerging technologies and new delivery methods in concert with traditional learning. Get social. Today, many companies employ some type of social learning platform to enable the workforce to create and share content across the enterprise, and act as a central repository for that knowledge. To foster a continuous learning culture, employees should be encouraged and empowered to generate and share content with anyone in the organization.Want to learn more? Watch webinar, The New 70:20:10? The Changing Face of Learning, presented by Aberdeen Group and Docebo.