how to train your employees to learn
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Teach Your Learners to Learn:How to Make Every Employee A Top Performer
Alex KhurginDirector of Learning, Grovo@LearninKhurgin
Today’s Speaker
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Train your employees like you plan on keeping themIn this webinar we’ll cover:
✓ Why not all employees are equally good at learning—and why you need to change that now
✓ Techniques you can use to make learning work for everyone
✓ How learning can help you prioritize long-term growth
Updating an old joke
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CEO
“What if we train our people
and they leave?”
CLO
“What if we don’t
and they stay?”
CDO
“What if we just train the top
people to leave...
and keep everyone else?
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Employees demand learning at work
90% 52%72%
1. The Harris Poll: The Digital Skills Gap, Harris Interactive Inc., (May 14, 2014)2. Montini, Laura. "Glassdoor Survey: Employees Want More Training Programs, Not Degrees." Inc.com3. “The Impact of Employee Engagement on Performance,” Harvard Business Review
of employees don’t feel proficient with the
technology they use every day.
of employees say they value on-the-job training
more than a college degree.
of companies cite training as an impactful driver of
engagement.
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Learners are not all created equal.
A tale of two employees
Zach Sam
Highly skilled New to the industry
A tale of two employees
Zach Sam
High salaryPoor learner
Just starting outElite learner
A tale of two employees
Sam
Zach
Skill
Time 2.5 years
A tale of two employees
Zach Sam
Obsolete Valuable
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Top talent will leave soon
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It’ll be hard to replace them
1. The Deloitte Millennial Survey 2014: Big Demands and High Expectations2. PWC report: "Millennials At Work Reshaping the Workplace"3. Internet Trends 2015 – Mary Meeker, KPCB
46%of the workforce will be
millennial in 5 years.
8%more millennials prefer learning
opportunities than cash bonuses at work.
59%of millennials say the
presence of state-of-the-art training is important
in deciding if they want to take a job.
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Don’t train your people to leave.
Develop them to stay.
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The 6 Es of Equilibrium1)Environmental2)Effective3)Effortless4)Experimental5)Evolutionary6)Ecosystemic
EnvironmentalCreate a place where learning happens everywhere
• Time• Encouragement• A sense of urgency• Accessibility
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Effective Learning needs to work
Practice techniques:• Spacing• Variation• Interleaving
• Elaboration• Incentivizing• Affective learning• Job aids
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EffortlessLearning is hard enough without the cruft
Microlearning:
Short bursts of content that bring information painlessly to learners of all strengths and abilities.
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ExperimentalMake big bets in small places, intelligently
Be open.Be discerning.Be honest.Be the innovator.
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EvolutionaryKeep learners performing for the long term
Develop metacognition by helping your learners build mental models.
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EcosystemicA harmony of content, platform, and know-how
An ecosystem makes learning available to every learner throughout their time at your organization.
Micro Frictionless Expert
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You’ll teach weak learners how to learn• Learning will become habitual• Learners will discern valuable
information for themselves• Metaskills will empower future
growth
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• Growth opportunities clarify• Culture becomes aligned• Learners have more
ownership of their careers and their companies
You’ll engage strong learners enough to stay
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Your only competitive advantage
In a future of spreading automation, people are your only competitive advantage.
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A Seat at the Table
L&D
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Teach your learners to learn
• Some great learners are born. The rest can be made.• Organizations can no longer keep top performers
who aren’t getting effective learning at work.• Teach your learners to learn using the 6 Es of Equilibrium:
• Environmental• Effective• Effortless• Experimental• Evolutionary• Ecosystemic
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Questions?
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Connect:Alex KhurginDirector of Learning, [email protected]
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Thank You!
Alex KhurginDirector of Learning, Grovo
[email protected]@LearninKhurgin
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