5 key benefits for learning organizations include: improving performance and building capacity, reducing feelings of stagnation and increasing morale, enhancing leadership, creating a positive work environment, and retaining teachers. Recommended initiatives for learning include formal education courses, e-learning programs, and building interpersonal relationships through mentoring and coaching. Key points are that development strategies should meet organizational and individual needs, positive environments develop leadership and retention, and experienced mentors can guide others.

3. 5 Key Benefits for
Learning Organizations
O 1. Improve Performance and Build
Capacity
O 2. Reduce Feelings of Stagnation and
Increase Morale
O 3. Enhanced Leadership
O 4. Positive Work Environment
O 5. Retention of Teachers

5. Recommended Initiatives
and their
Benefits
Formal E-Learning Interpersonal
Education Relationships
Courses may be offered by Provides online, self-paced Employees learn from
universities or consultants, training / learning more experienced peers
designed specifically for programs. Gives the through mentoring or
the company’s employees. trainees more responsibility coaching.
for their development.
In house programs can be Incorporates: quick –views, Mentoring relationships
easily tied to directly to learning labs, interactive may be formal or informal
business needs and modules and collaboration. and are built on the mutual
provide easy evaluation interests of the mentor and
tools. mentee.
Companies who provide Trainees have unlimited The role of coaching is to
tuition reimbursement see access to material and help employees learn for
an increase in productivity development activities. themselves through
and employee retention. feedback and
reinforcement.

6. Key Points to Remember
O Development and training strategies should be based on
the needs of the organization as well as the needs of the
individual.
O Positive work environments will contribute to the
development of leadership skills and employee
retention.
O Experienced mentors or coaches can assist others by
sharing their experiences and guiding them in the right
direction.
O “An effective development strategy will involve
individualization, learner control, and ongoing support”
(Noe, 2010).

7. References
O Noe, R. A. (2010). Employee training and
development (5th ed.). New York, NY:
McGraw Hill.
O Pace, A. (2010). Unleashing positivity in
the workplace. Training and
Development, 64(1), 40–44.