Talent Management and Tomorrow’s Leaders
What every Talent Management Professional needs to know about Millennials in the workplace. Commentary on articles by Forbes.
Successful social learning and knowledge workers: Don't forget they are people first and foremost. They have much in common with skilled craftsmen.
Social Learning or Collaborative Learning has come of age: A radical concept just a few years ago, most organizations now aspire to being a learning organization. Firms recognize organizational learning is taking place on a real-time basis, with the pool of knowledge shared always evolving, changing and becoming more valuable. When the mentor matches work, mentoring is a powerful tool for encouraging social learning.
The vocabulary around knowledge management seems to change every few years. Earlier today, I was visiting Josh Bersin’s blog and learned that his 2009 blog on “We-Learning” remains among the most popular blog ever written by the firm. Bersin & Associates’ blog offers meaningful insight into the development of social learning. (I had truly forgotten that there was a time when trainers and managers worried employees were spending too much time in front of computers.)
Still, as I reread the article, I was stuck by how he missed the “social” in “social learning.” Social-based, knowledge management, which includes mentor programs, works best when people feel connected. It’s a human thing. Whether we are talking about 17th century barrel manufacturers and blacksmiths or today’s knowledge workers, their motivation is the same human needs: Pride of work, connection to community and compensation.
The imagery is amusing, jumping from a craftsman in an apron working at a forge to an analyst on the road armed with a PowerPoint and iPad. But here is the takeaway: if you organization's mentor program can help employees feel a connection to a community and they can see that social learning is tied to success in the organization and pride of work, with this alone you have a “killer app” for knowledge management, social learning and employee engagement.
It's time to talk to a mentor guru about how your mentoring program can be modified to enhance social learning.
What every Talent Management Professional needs to know about Millennials in the workplace. Commentary on articles by Forbes.
A fundamental responsibility for managers is to develop people for future needs. Help your employees develop skills to perform in the future.
The War for Talent in the 1960's - IBM's lessons on seeking to best talent available.
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