Learning and Development Handbook

A Learning Practitioner's Toolkit
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-78966-332-7
Verlag: Kogan Page

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 810 g

The skills needed in today's business world are not the same as they were in the past. Therefore, upskilling, reskilling and developing staff has never been more important. However, classroom training isn't the best way to achieve this with employees forgetting more than 70% of what they've been taught within just one day. Learning outside the workplace is social, digital and immediate and companies need to embrace this to achieve the productivity, performance and revenue benefits that come from effective learning.The Learning and Development Handbook
is a practical guide for L&D professionals wanting to move away from traditional classroom teaching but not sure where to start. Full of practical tips and advice, this is urgent reading for anyone in the learning profession.


The Learning and Development Handbook
includes advice on how to embed social and digital learning, make the most of blended learning, adopt brain-friendly learning and design more effective learning content for improved employee engagement and performance. This book also provides guidance on how to identify learning needs in an organization, gather evidence to engage stakeholders and align L&D strategy with overall business strategy. There is also expert guidance on how to evaluate and measure the effectiveness of learning, where to find the data needed to support learning activity. Written by an L&D practitioner, for L&D practitioners, this book is packed full of tips, hints, tools and models that can be used to improve both employee and overall business performance in the immediate, middle-term and long-term future.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parry-Slater, Michelle

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter - 00: IntroductionSection - ONE: Practical L&D Tips;Chapter - 01: Practical L&D – Getting Started;Chapter - 02: Strategy for L&D;Chapter - 03: Stakeholder engagement;Chapter - 04: Consultative L&D;Chapter - 05: Data and Evaluation;Chapter - 06: Social Learning;Chapter - 07: Digital Learning;Chapter - 08: Blending Learning;Section - TWO: Frameworks;Chapter - 09: ICE – Information, Communication, Education;Chapter - 10: EPC – Environment, Permission and Culture;Chapter - 11: The 3Rs – Required, Resourced, Referred;Section - THREE: Strategies;Chapter - 12: Evolution or revolution;Chapter - 13: Reflective practice;Chapter - 14: Hold it lightly and celebrate success

Über Autor(innen)

Parry-Slater, Michelle
Michelle Parry-Slater is an award-winning L&OD professional with more than 20 years' experience in the industry. She is the Founder and Director of Kairos Modern Learning, an L&D consultancy specializing in driving a shift from traditional courses to embrace the best of digital, social and face-to-face workplace learning. Working with clients such as the CIPD, Co-op, Shelter, the Charity Learning Consortium and Garden Vets at Keele, Michelle was also the Lead Volunteer for L&D at Girlguiding UK for over five years. She was listed as one of the Top 20 Corporate eLearning Movers and Shakers of 2018 by eLearning Industry and named by HR Magazine as one of the most influential HR thinkers in 2023. Michelle is also the host of 'Learning From The Edges' podcast, looking at friction in work and how to overcome it.

Michelle Parry-Slater
is an award-winning L&D professional with more than 20 years' experience in the industry. She is the Founder and Director of Kairos Modern Learning, an L&D consultancy specializing in driving a shift from traditional courses to the best of digital, social and face-to-face workplace learning, working with clients such as the CIPD, Co-op, Shelter and the Practice at Harper Keele University Vet School. She was the Lead Volunteer for L&D at Girlguiding UK and was named by HR Magazine as one of the most influential HR thinkers in 2023.