AXIOM Insights - Learning and Development Podcast

In this episode, we discuss building a learning culture. There’s been an ongoing conversation and focus on the ‘learning culture’ of an organization for at least the past decade, and there are many articles over that time which talk about the connection between a culture that supports individual learners’ interest in learning and connects it with the mission and goals of the organization. And over the past few years, we’re seen some statistics which suggest a learning culture is at least correlated with business performance. This episode looks at building a learning culture through the experience and guidance of Rachel Horwitz, the global director of learning and development at Convatec. Rachel describes how she and her team implemented a strategy to support a learning culture in the organization, structed around four pillars: Senior leadership partnership and sponsorship Curriculum Learning Operations Measurement

Most often, online classes succeed or fail based on the person leading the class, according to Kevin Siegel. After migrating his own course content to vILT delivery, Kevin developed a train-the-trainer program to teach how to train online, which led to the creation of the Certified Online Training Professional (COTP) program. The COTP program covers synchronous and asynchronous eLearning fundamentals, establishing instructor credibility, supporting learners in the virtual environment, and requires learners to demonstrate specific practical skills in online facilitation. In this episode, we discuss what makes a great (and effective) online learning experience. Kevin Siegel speaks from his expertise as a Certified Technical Trainer, a Certified Master Trainer, and a Certified Online Training Professional, and his decades of experience as a technical communicator, a face-to-face and virtual trainer, e-learning developer, publisher, and keynote speaker.

Learning technical skills and management skills come "from different directions" for IT professionals, explains Eric Bloom, executive director of the IT Management and Leadership Institute. Eric is a former CIO with a deep background in information technology, an author and speaker on learning for the IT professional, including what IT professionals need to expand beyond technical skills and develop business acumen and the additional management skills necessary to lead teams or organizations.

In this episode, we learn from Cleon McClure and Enid Crystal about the process they followed to create a Learning Center of Excellence at Becton Dickinson, the global medical device company, including how they assessed the organizational need and created learning resources, structures and processes to support the organization's global teams.

Culture and language can create barriers to understanding, to team cohesion, and to organizational culture. Lauren Supraner is founder and president of CAL Learning, a New York-based intercultural communication training, coaching and consulting company, who works with global professionals to help them communicate clearly and effectively across cultures. In this episode, we explore how culture and language combine as obstacles to communication, and how both native English speakers and non-native English speakers can adapt their communication style to be understood and to understand more effectively.

Organizations want to have proven processes, proven methodologies and proven content for leader development programs — and want that tailored to meet their specific needs. Curated Leadership Programs are created by AXIOM to meet our clients' needs and objectives. In this episode of the AXIOM Insights podcast, we explore how leader development programs can be developed to help organizations meet the current and future needs of their organizations — aligning leader development models and approaches around the organization's desired outcomes, including the beliefs, behaviors and mindsets that will enable their leaders and organizations to be successful in the future.

Why creating meaningful change requires a sustained effort, and what every employee can do to lead the change. In this episode of the AXIOM Insights Podcast, we're joined by diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) expert Karen Hinds.

In this inaugural episode of the AXIOM Insights podcast, we're talking about changes in the business and social climate, and the evolution of the training profession to help businesses navigate change. We're joined by two industry leaders with a wealth of experience managing learning programs through changing business conditions. What can we learn from our own history that will help us, as learning and development leaders, lead our organizations forward? Guests: Doug Harward, Executive Chairman, Training Industry, Inc. Herb Blanchard, President, AXIOM Learning Solutions