Would you like to optimize your continuing education in the sense of new learning? In the article, you will learn how your company culture influences internal training and what you should consider. With a few tricks, training sessions become even more successful!
In times of digital transformation, the need for new competencies and continuous training is growing among all your employees. For your company to remain successful, a new form of education is required: the so-called new learning. But what is this actually about?
Further education in the sense of new learning no longer consists solely of frontal instruction. The competencies to be conveyed must consider all dimensions of your company. This means: The organization itself, your employees, and the entire environment have an influence on company culture – and company culture in turn influences learning processes.
In short: New learning in the context of one’s own company culture is particularly to be seen in the context of digital transformation and focuses on the individual: competencies should be conveyed individually and must simultaneously align with the company's goals.
The advantages of new learning at a glance:
Your employees motivate themselves through self-determined and individual continuing education.
This freely chosen learning process specifically addresses the needs of your employees.
You as a leader or HR developer receive a changed task by supporting the individual learning process of your employees rather than explicitly determining it.
New learning: what tasks must continuing education fulfill?
Modern learning concepts focus on the individual support of your employees and aim to qualify them for future tasks. With the digital transformation, your employees must take on new roles and especially expand their digital competency. The goals of your further education primarily arise from your company’s objectives – therefore, these must be defined in the first step!
Targeted further education begins where your employees can no longer proceed on their own. Competence development must be individual and situational, adapted to your employees’ workflows. Knowledge must be available exactly when it is needed – instead of only months later in a training session!
Encourage individual learning among your employees
The basis for this new learning is a place that all employees can access to obtain the required information.
1. Solve acute problems through lookup
Create a kind of wiki for frequently asked questions that occur during work and prevent your employees from focusing on their tasks. Short learning units, e.g., in the form of microlearning, are particularly suitable for this.
For more complex issues, you can set up a help chat. This way, your employees can support each other through user-generated content.
2. Promote individual training on specific topics
Curious employees need a lot of input to improve their competencies. For this, you can offer online courses that your employees are free to choose.
For topics that are relevant to all employees, you can offer joint courses, which can be supplemented by freely selectable online offerings. Blended learning is a suitable format for this.
3. Provide the opportunity for self-assessment
Give your leaders a new task and make them supporters of your employees who are supposed to help them define and achieve their own learning goals. Enable your employees to reflect on their learning progress through feedback forms.
Make the results of your training measures measurable through feedback and regular evaluations. This way, you ensure that each measure meets the needs of your employees and is implemented according to your company culture.
New learning thus not only changes the learning process itself. The way HR representatives and employees think and act is also changing. The entire learning process becomes more individualized and aims to promote each individual. Because: The leading company culture and the associated goals influence how learning processes occur and in which direction they should go.
Are you looking for inspiration and help with how your new learning concept could look? We have compiled additional free learning materials and helpful guides for you on our website.
