September 9th 2009

jml Training and Consultancy has designed this programme to provide managers with a practical understanding of how to develop a learning organisation and the skills and confidence to lead in a learning organisation.

What is a Learning Organisation?

A learning organisation is one that learns collectively and develops its ability to be adaptive and responsive to its external environment. The process involves individual, team and organisational learning and the results of learning are used to achieve better results.

The organisation supports continuous employee learning, critical thinking and risk taking with new ideas, learns from mistakes and from experience. It also disseminates new knowledge and information through the organisation to inform day to day activities.

The Learning Organisation may not necessarily invest significantly in formal education or training, but it does ensure that learning at work is captured as a value added resource.

Key benefits of a Learning Organisation

Developing a Learning Organisation - Possible next steps

Whilst it is vital that an organisation chooses strategies that fit their particular organisation there are common approaches that will contribute towards the development of the learning organisation.

We have outlined a number of possible approaches any of which can be combined or delivered as individual elements. Each element can be tailored to meet the specific requirements of the organisation.

Element One - A series of one day workshops

Who should attend?

Initially senior managers interested in developing more responsive and adaptive ways of thinking and learning in their organisation in order to achieve better results and ensure a competitive advantage.

Workshop 1 Developing a Learning Organisation

Workshop 2 Leading in a Learning Organisation

Element Two - Coaching Skills in a Learning Organisation

A three day coaching skills course for managers and supervisors that develops the skills and confidence of managers to use a coaching approach in a management role and to develop their ability to use coaching skills to support a learning culture and organisational performance.

This experiential course covers the core skills of coaching and will provide a practical coaching framework to help develop an effective coaching style. The course is divided into one two-day module and a one-day module.

The first two days will cover:

How adults process information and learn, introduce a self-directed learning approach, explore power relationships and best practice in a coaching relationship.

The core skills of coaching: establishing the coaching agenda, levels of listening, use of powerful questions, planning outcomes and encouraging coachees to action.

Participants will get the opportunity to practice their new skills in a coaching practice session. They will also be expected to practice their coaching skills in their workplace during the period between the first and second modules.

The third day will follow one month later and will focus on: reflections of self as coach, giving effective feedback, exploring the impact of self-limiting beliefs and creating options for change.

Element Three - Action Learning Sets

An introduction to an effective collective approach to learning in organisations through the practice of Action Learning Sets.

'Action learning is an approach to the development of people in organisation which takes the task as the vehicle for learning….' Mike Pedler 1991.

Change does not necessarily imply learning but an organisation that can problem solve, learn and develop more innovative and effective ways of moving forward will more likely achieve both and in turn develop its competitiveness. Action learning sets can provide a mechanism for this to happen.

This workshop will develop the competence of participants to participate in action learning that focuses on real work-based problems with a view to solving them.

It will include: developing an enquiring mind set, framing and reframing problems, using an effective questioning approach, reflection in action, recognising subtle influences on decision making, tips on analysing information and dealing with challenge constructively.

Gráinne Suter a Director of jml Training and Consultancy said " A work culture that is open, enquiring and prepared to learn from its mistakes is one that will not only survive challenge but will flourish. This programme will assist organisations to develop a learning mindset and the flexibility to respond in a changing environment, essential ingredients for success."

Further information and contact details can be found at the jml Training & Consultancy website www.jml-training.com

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More information about jml Training

jml Training and Consultancy is a specialist training company offering "in-house" training courses to local government. universities, councils and companies - both small & multi-national. It has been established over ten years and apart from providing training services in the UK, its' trainers also train in France, Ireland & worldwide.

The specialist areas include leadership and team development, executive coaching, and management development programmes and diagnostic assessment, diversity and inclusion, customer service training, more information at www.jml-training.com

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