Harvard Business Publishing Introduces Latest Updates to Harvard ManageMentor® to Improve Learning Agility in the Workplace
Boston, MA (PRWEB) October 18, 2017 -- Harvard Business Publishing, today has announced updates to three lessons in Harvard ManageMentor®, the premier on-demand learning resource for leadership management and development. In the latest update, the Coaching, Career Management and Strategic Thinking lessons have been updated with a refined focus on learning agility and the role it plays in each of these topics.
In a fast-paced business world filled with complexity, leaders and organizations need to be able to quickly adapt. By developing learning agility – the ability to learn quickly, to let go of old ways of thinking, to be open to new experiences, and to take smart risks, learning from both successful and unsuccessful outcomes – today’s leaders can spread their knowledge and foster learning faster. Rather than compartmentalizing learning agility and trying to develop it on its own, the best results are received by weaving learning agility throughout learning and development programs.
To become agile learners, leaders and organizations must change the lens through which they view situations. Instead of reacting to challenges and opportunities with the same fixed set of responses, it is important to take the time to reflect on the circumstances and try to think independently and creatively to come up with new solutions. To keep up with the rapid pace of change and complexity facing businesses around the globe, Harvard ManageMentor is continuously updated to support the varied learning needs of today’s on-the-go mobile workforce. In the latest update, Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning outlines how companies can facilitate this mindset shift and details updates to these core topics such as:
-Coaching:
One of the best ways for learning agility to take shape across an organization is when leaders are engaged as teachers and help instill a growth mindset in their teams. This coaching topic has been updated to help leaders develop the learning agility they need to embrace new ways of thinking, acknowledge and learn from mistakes as well as successes, challenge assumptions that may be holding them back, and seek out and capitalize on new opportunities.
-Career Management:
Today’s career advancement paths are not linear. Being an agile learner helps you succeed in this environment, allowing you to think creatively about career options, and advance in a variety of different ways. Learning agility can help with career management by teaching learners how to develop a growth mindset through greater self-awareness and to focus on job crafting versus job sculpting where the learner alters their own job to better achieve personal objectives. This agility can help leaders quickly adapt to new circumstances and be ready for the next opportunity.
-Strategic Thinking:
Strategic thinking in today’s business world isn’t just for senior managers – it’s for everyone. This means looking beyond the boundaries of a role to look for ideas for change, growth and opportunity. Through learning agility, you can get there. In this update, Harvard Business Publishing has added content to help learners practice divergent and convergent thinking, identify new opportunities and to anticipate the future to help learners improve strategic thinking skills.
In addition to new and updated content, these regular updates to Harvard ManageMentor help organizations contextualize content to their organizations, personalize the experience for individual learners, and better evaluate usage and impact.
To learn more about the latest updates to the Coaching, Career Management and Strategic Thinking lessons and other updates to Harvard ManageMentor, visit Harvard Business Publishing’s Leading the Way blog. To see the latest videos from this update, visit our YouTube page. For more information on Harvard ManageMentor, visit http://www.harvardbusiness.org/harvard-managementor.
Also new on the Leading the Way blog:
• Our client, Assurant, transformed its business by developing its high potential mid-level leaders to become better strategists and decision-makers. Hear first-hand how their program came to be – and how it succeeded – in “Enabling Transformational Change Through Leadership Development at Assurant.”
• Three of our clients – Assurant, Merck, and Capital Group – won Brandon Hall Human Capital Excellence Awards earlier this fall. Hear about their award-winning programs in “Setting the Right Goals: Lessons from Award-Winning Leadership Development Programs.”
• Insights from the CLO Symposium PLUS+ in Huntington Beach, CA
About Harvard ManageMentor
For over 20 years, Harvard ManageMentor has set the standard for on-demand leadership development. It combines the highest quality content with a unique design focused on putting learning into action. This combination has helped organizations around the world develop high performing leaders and elevate performance. Harvard ManageMentor gives leaders insights that matter, with content fueled by the latest in thinking and proven practices from Harvard Business Publishing’s and other renowned world-class experts. Whether used at their desk or on-the-go, Harvard ManageMentor helps learners quickly apply new concepts and skills. Learn more at http://www.harvardbusiness.org/harvard-managementor.
About Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning
Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning partners with clients to create world-class leadership development solutions for managers at all levels. We leverage the management insight, thought leadership, and expertise of Harvard Business School faculty and authors from Harvard Business Review to create tailored leadership development solutions. With more than 20 years of practical experience, our innovative, technology-enabled solutions drive meaningful and lasting results. For more information, visit http://www.harvardbusiness.org. Follow us on Twitter @HBPCorpLearning and connect with other talent development leaders on LinkedIn through the Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning Group.
Marisa Naughton, Harvard Business Publishing, http://www.harvardbusiness.org, +1 (617) 783-7508, [email protected]
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