Creating A Culture Of Learning In Your Organisation

Creating A Culture Of Learning In Your Organisation

"Building a culture of learning in your organisation is a fundamental concept for raising the bar of achievement and skill levels across the whole firm. It just works!".

In this course I explore the ways that you can contribute to building a culture of learning in your organisation. Not just helping people learn, or driving education and training, but how you can create a firm-wide, global culture that embeds a passion for self-learning and education into the structural fabric of your company. To make learning part of your DNA.

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Part 1 - Introduction

What to expect from the course and why I'm qualified to teach this. I've been a people manager for 20 years at some of the biggest companies in the world. I've led teams large and small and am obsessed with making work a great place to be, so that everyone can bring their best selves to work every day. Learning is a key pillar of a high-performing company and this guide will help you embed learning as a foundational pillar of your organisation, your team and yourself.

Part 2 - The Importance of Learning

What makes a culture of learning so important and why should you even bother learning? We'll take a look at the benefits of being a true self-learner and what a systemic drive for education can do to an organisation. We'll also complain about how rubbish it used to be in the old days, and how lucky you guys are now to have all the cool resources available. Anyone remember Encyclopædia Britannica? Thought not!

Part 3 - How Individuals Can Become True Self-Learners

In this section we explore what being a true self-learner actually involves, We'll also dive into a number of resources and approaches that individuals can adopt to really supercharge your learning abilities. Techniques from speed listening, making the most of the dead time in your day, to developing the mental habits that can help you embed learning into your daily routine.

Part 4 - What Managers & Bosses Can Do To Facilitate Learning

In part 4 we take on the role of a manager or team leader. How can you help your teams maximise their learning capabilities and how can you drive a culture of learning to make your team the best around. We'll look at how to structure work to give people the autonomy and freedom to learn new skills, as well as encouraging internal mobility and personalised learning plans. We'll even explore how you can make your team so good that they quit!

Part 5 - What Senior Leadership Must Do To Drive A Culture Of Learning

Senior leadership play a critical role in helping an entire firm embrace a learning mindset. As a senior leader we'll use this section to explore how you can not only provide your initiatives with the resources and funding they require, but we'll show how you can inspire and drive the uptake of your learning culture across the whole firm. Selling the message, demonstrating the return on investment and also driving vendor certification. It's all here.

Part 6 - The Downsides Of A Learning Culture

As with any good thing, there are a couple of downsides. We'll explore them here. Note, there aren't many! Learning is overwhelmingly positive, but driving a change in culture does have some important caveats.

Part 7 - Conclusion & Recap

Wrap up time!