13.40 Creating a learning culture is really difficult

2023-05-16

Here, Jacky Leonard and I work on what typically needs to change to truly create an organisational environment where talent is recognised and nurtured. We feel that line management have a major role to play, and that unless they are measured and remunerated on their development responsibilities it is perfectly reasonable to expect them to find other, higher priorities. It makes business sense to get the most from people, and yet beyond the fine words, too often there is little or no...

Here, Jacky Leonard and I work on what typically needs to change to truly create an organisational environment where talent is recognised and nurtured.

We feel that line management have a major role to play, and that unless they are measured and remunerated on their development responsibilities it is perfectly reasonable to expect them to find other, higher priorities.

It makes business sense to get the most from people, and yet beyond the fine words, too often there is little or no indications of genuinely valuing employees at all levels - so they leave and seek this elsewhere.

Towards the end of this short recording I begin to feel that current practices are too embedded, and the risks too great for large organisations in particular to change 'the ways things are done around here' - their developmental culture.

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