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Aligning learning & talent
in 21st century law firm
Hints & tips for getting started
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Introduction
One of the biggest obstacles learning and development professionals
face is the diversity of their learners. It makes aligning learning with talent
within a firm somewhat challenging. But it’s a fact that although faced
with similar issues, each learner is different and one solution won’t fit all.
So how do you approach such a challenge?
In this short guide you’ll learn a few tips that can help you start making
learning and talent work well together within your firm. We hope you find
them useful!
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HINTS & TIPS
for getting started
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Start from getting to
know your learners
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Don’t assume that you know your learners. Find out what they actually need to
learn to do their job better and faster. Ask them what their aspirations are and
what would they like to achieve at work. Find out how they like to learn, when and
where. This all might help you find the best learning solutions for your workforce
and identify gaps that might be significant in the success of your learning and
development strategy. This will also allow you to recognise the hidden talent in
your firm.
Hint: We said it before and we’ll say it again - one of the best solutions to getting
to know your learners is social learning and the tools social learning technology
has to offer. Blogs, forums, live chats, ability to promote internal experts (potential
mentors in your firm), status updates, and so on – all these give you an
impressive variety of ways in which you can reach your workforce and learn
what they really want.
For more information on how social learning can help you, read this guide with
8 simple steps to introducing social learning successfully to your workforce.
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Create a platform
with on-demand
learning
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The first place people turn to to find information they need to perform in their job
is the internet. The problem with the internet is the sea of information that fills it.
Finding the answers your employees need becomes time consuming, but there’s
also the issue of the validity of the information they find. How do you know your
staff are gaining their knowledge from the legitimate source? There’s lots of false
data out there. Anyone can become an expert on the internet.
Hint: Take control over that and build a learning platform where people can easily
and quickly find the information they need to do their jobs. Support your learning
resources with tools such as reviews, recommendations, sharing features and
“likes”, but above all make sure your content is relevant (which ties in with
knowing your employees).
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Navigate and
give direction
to your staff
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It’s not enough to simply open the door to all available training and
learning technologies and assume people will take advantage of it.
They need navigation and direction. Once you identify what your
learners really want, make it available to them but make sure you keep
encouraging them to use what you have on offer. Make it clear what’s in
it for them.
Suggestion: You might want to read ‘The alluring nature of self-
initiated learning’ to learn more about giving instant access to relevant
information to your learners, and how to support self-paced learning.
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Support your
employees
in their CPD
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When it’s up to an individual to make sure their CPD portfolio is kept up to date,
it’s in the interest of the organisation to share the responsibility of continued
professional development with its staff. CPD plays a vital role in career
progression, motivation and satisfaction.
Consider incorporating CPD into your learning and development and talent
management strategies, and take an active role in your lawyers’ CPD journey.
Your employees will feel that their efforts and their expertise is valued, while you’ll
have the opportunity to map the CPD objectives to the corporate
objectives. CPD is part of an individual’s learning and development journey
within the organisation and should be managed as such.
Hint: There is now learning technology available that incorporates CPD
management features. It’s a great tool that is easy to use for employees and
allows L&D managers to promote, monitor and report on their staff’s CPD
progress. Have a look around!
Suggestion: You can find a CPD management tool on our website.
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Are you READY to START?
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We hope you enjoyed reading our mini guide. It should have given you an idea
on what to focus your attention on when thinking of aligning learning and talent in
your firm. You might want to have a look at the latest social learning platform,
altoconnect, if you’re interested in supporting your learners with new technology.
And as an additional read, we also suggest an article inspired by Towards
Maturity Managing Director, Laura Overton, who’s an expert on organisational
learning and development, titled: Labelling learners vs. what do learners
really want
Now off you go to learn something new about your learners!
In the meantime, if you have any questions or need more information on the CPD
tool, social learning or the best learning technology for your organisation. You
can contact us on [email protected].
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