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Creating a Team Culture of Continuous Learning

There is mounting concern that organizational groups and teams often fail to learn from their past experiences. It’s pertinent to address this issue as groups and teams are often the main ways that work gets done in organizations. In this course, we examine the main reasons that groups and teams are often ineffective, which include: • The lack of organizational structures and support for teams and groups • The lack of understanding and emphasis on learning • Misaligned reward structures So, what can be done to create an enabling learning culture in teams? This course emphasizes practical and impactful ways to begin to address this state of affairs. Through the use of stories, scenarios with actors simulating different team issues, examples and dialogue, you learn how to: • Understand teams in their larger organizational context • Diagnose the learning strengths and barriers to learning on teams • Identify ways to develop a team and group that continually learns and impacts the larger organization positively • Create an organizational environment that encourages learning and innovation

Status: Organizational Development
Status: Discussion Facilitation
Course10 hours

Featured reviews

Reviewed Jun 9, 2020

Very interesting material well presented by the four instructors.

Reviewed Apr 17, 2020

The course is very well designed and presented as a team. Great balance of concepts and practical approach.

Reviewed Feb 21, 2018

Its amazing and new things learnt now my mind is towards building a good team

Reviewed Dec 22, 2021

E​xcellent course, thank you for the deep knowledge

Reviewed Mar 6, 2017

A lot of great insights on the way a team functions and generates ideas and projects. The format of this MOOC is quite original (discussion between a few speakers) and stimulating. I

Reviewed Nov 17, 2017

This course was really a great insight & learning for me

Reviewed Jul 14, 2019

LOVED how the instruction was set up. It made me feel part of the team discussions

Reviewed Apr 19, 2018

It reminds me about team building and a lot of memories regarding meetings ;)