- People are the intellectual and emotional asset of your organisation
- Intellectual innovation is a critical market differentiator of the third millenium
- Targeted learning can yield a return on investment of more then 30%
- Training, mentoring and coaching creates your next leaders
- Where 2 companies have the same offerings, the one with the people that learn more effectively will perform best.
- The speed and agility of your organisation will be determined not by the fastest and smartest people, but by the slowest and least skilled.
- Drive inspiration, solidify motivation and reap the benefits of discretional effort
- Truly talented people seek companies who are committed to invest in their continous learning
- Learning, working and living are now one and the same thing
- Bank superior cohesion, engaged employee emotion and imagination
Building significance in your skills bank
“The increasingly competitive nature of the economy, and demographic, occupational and workplace change, have had a significant impact on the nature of the workplace. These changes have meant that the skill level of employees must be continuously developed. The skill mix required by organisations is changing, with employers demanding generic skills such as communication and problem-solving skills, in addition to technical skills. As such, workplace learning, both formal and informal, is taking on an increasingly important role in the education and training of the workforce”. Johnston 2002
The Future of Australia: What skills do we need?
According to Employability Skills for the Future; Commonwealth of Australia 2002, Australia is the 14th largest economy in the world. It has 10.4 million economically active people between 16 and 64. That's a lot of people to forge a strong economy.
The Allen Report, "Training to compete: a report to the Australian Industry group", Allen Consulting Group, 2000 surveyed 350 enterprises and listed the following generic skills required for competitive enterprises:
- Literacy
- Numeracy
- Information technology capability
- Understanding of systems relationships
- Communication
- Team work
- Customer focus
- Project and personal management
- Capacity to learn
- Willingness to embrace change
- Independent problem solving and reasoning capacity
- Practicality and a business orientation
What skills can you identify with? Where do you or your organsiation require strengthening?
6 Key findings for the ‘ideal’ workplace learning situation
- Workplace learning is aimed at increasing innovative capacity in enterprises.
- Organisational culture supports and values training and learning.
- Training and learning are a part of doing business and are included as an integral part of the strategic planning cycle.
- Training and learning in all forms are valued and used according to the appropriate circumstances.
- Training is customised to individuals and to increase work capability.
- Networks, partnerships and supply chains are used to facilitate training.
Australian National Training Authority, "What makes for good workplace learning"