How Does the Chief Learning Officer
Guide Collaborative Learning?
By G. Mick
Smith, PhD
Intelligent corporations encourage
learning to promote efficiency and reduce expenses. Many motivated employees,
however, learn about their daily work tasks outside of the company’s training
curriculum.
The Chief Learning Officer (CLO)
should grasp that employees are learning from:
- · Searching online: 85%
- · Peers, articles, blogs: 70%
The entire organization benefits
when employees are engaged, growing, and learning on the job. One recent study showed
that a learning company experienced:
- · 1.4% increased revenues
- · 3.2% higher profits
An added benefit is that engaged
employees who are consistently learning are generally happier in their
careers.
Thus, if your corporate strategy is
to encourage a corporate learning culture, how do you do so? The CLO is charged
with the responsibility of the learning culture and should know “the three Es:”
- · Excite - learners should possess autonomy, focus, and ownership
- · Engage - learning is wedded to personal and organizational goals
- · Embed - learning is tied to daily tasks on the job
How does the CLO implement
collaborative learning?
- · Reward learning with a financial flexible education account
- · Curate relevant materials for on the job training
- · Track specific skill sets and job roles for employees
I invite your comments, questions
and feedback to discuss details on how this can be done.
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G. Mick Smith, PhD is a Senior Educational Technology Executive
with more than 20 years of experience solving
intractable problems across diverse fields. He can be reached directly
at gmicksmith@gmail.com.
