What makes up an effective Enterprise Learning Strategy?
Many companies today are facing an increasingly volatile and competitive business environment. To be able to effectively compete in such an environment, an Enterprise Learning Strategy must be able to address the following issues:
· Aging workforce resulting in loss of intellectual capital
· Business silos leading inconsistent, non-cohesive training approach
· Identify opportunities to streamline functions and reduce costs without impacting employee performance
· Retain and fully engage top talent
· Identify metrics designed to relate Enterprise Learning to organizational return on investment
· Provide governance and standardization designed to meet regulatory and compliance standards
Organizations should consider a talent management mindset that links together the overall business strategy and the competencies in order to successfully realize the vision. An Enterprise Learning Strategy is a vital component of the broader Talent Management Strategy. An effective Enterprise Learning Strategy takes into account the identification, alignment, and management of the 7 key considerations in the Learning & Development realm:
· Strategic Business Alignment: Coordination of learning activities for the purpose of achieving strategic objectives
· Governance: Monitoring, through policy, of the long-term strategy and direction of organizational learning activities
· Learning Culture: The strategy, structure, systems, values, skills, and leadership that define how an organization encourages learning
· Enterprise Learning Platforms (Technology): The selection and maintenance of the enterprise technical tools that support the most effective and efficient learning management architecture and infrastructure
· Content Management: Designing, developing, managing, tracking, using and reusing learning content
· Learning Delivery: Selection, implementation, maintenance, and management of the optimal mix of learning delivery methods
· Learning Evaluation: The measurement of learning initiatives for the improvement of planning and implementation of delivery events
An integrated, coordinated, and measurable enterprise learning framework will drive tangible benefits across an organization.
