Dive Brief:
- America's 53 million Millennials present a new challenge for HR leaders trying to create an effective learning culture, according an article at About.com.
- Millennials expect learning to be part of their job and constantly mobile, so meeting Millennials’ career development needs may partially conflict with the needs of other age demographics in the workforce.
- There are 5 steps to learning success: establishing clear links between learning and performance; making sure what employees learn is applied on the job; identifying subject matter experts; making employees more accountable for their own learning path, and making learning a strategic initiative rather than an administrative task.
Dive Insight:
Learning ought to be a core part of the culture. In fact, it is a good way to keep the company's culture grounded and scalable. However, companies are shying away from more paternalistic cultures, meaning most HR initiatives, including learning, are swiftly become a two-way involvement instead of dictation from the employer.
Learning also increases employee engagement and productivity, and as such learning must be seen as a core strategic initiative. So that means it's critical to communicate what skills are required to support the company’s strategy, and tie all learning opportunities to that strategy.
Overall, the learning industry has seen massive growth that many believe will continue to increase thanks to mobile innovation.
