Dare to Grow Unleash Your Company’s Potential With Continuous Learning
PROVIDE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR TEAM. You can’t expect your staff to go out and sign up for professional development courses on their own. Some certainly will, but others may
There’s a very famous saying: “If you’re not growing, you’re dying.” The ownership of the quote is tossed around to many celebrities like Tony Robbins, William S. Burroughs, and Lou Holtz. But regardless of who said it first, the quote is true — and it applies to your business. If you are not doing something to actively push yourself or your organization forward, you’re falling behind. We don’t mean growing by size, revenue, or profit, either. We mean growing in the evolutionary sense, where you’re pushing your business every day to be the best possible version of itself. We’ve found the best way to do this is to create a company culture of continuous learning and development. And it’s not too late to start if you didn’t initially build your business upon the desire to learn, grow, develop, and evolve. In fact, most businesses didn’t when they first started out, but companies that emphasize learning at all levels of their organizations can better adapt to changing markets, generate more ideas, and reduce employee churn.
not even know free or sponsored resources exist. So, give your staff space to learn and encourage them to do so. This can look like outsourced training or internal cross- training opportunities, book clubs, workshops, and off-site conferences alike. REWARD LEARNING WHEN YOU SEE IT. If you want your company to value
learning, it’s a good idea to make learning valuable. Sure, knowledge is an important asset, but many working Americans are simply trying to get through their day. Attaching a tangible reward to courses, classes, books, and workshops makes
So, how can you create a culture of learning and development at your business?
SHARE THE LEARNING LOVE. The first way to create a culture of learning is to talk about learning. If you take a professional development course, share what you learned and thought about the course with your team during a meeting. Or,
upskilling a favorable choice for everyone, leading to a workforce that participates in learning independently.
if you know a team member who just participated in a class, course, or even read a professional development book, ask if they’d be interested in sharing what they learned.
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