How to Train Your Employees to Learn

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, Grovoalex@grovo.com

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Thank You!

Alex KhurginDirector of Learning, Grovo

alex@grovo.com@LearninKhurgin

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