A follow on from the Top 10 strategies for learning at work this article looks at the challenges that we find people have

All people want to grow. From the recently promoted CEO who needs to change their style and learn new ways of getting things done to the new grad who wants to succeed fast. And to grow involves learning. It is in the context of work that most of our learning as adults takes place. So it is worth looking at the 10 key aspects we know about how to make learning work Tie your learning to real results that you can impact and measure the value of. It adds motivation Learn through the context of real problems and real situations.

Designing Programmes
We are pleased to be working with lots of great and innovative organisations. This has allowed us to develop a comprehensive body of thought on what it takes to make a successful graduate scheme.

Our not too surprising first outcome is that there is not a common answer to what a great scheme is. What works for a large multinational investment bank is unlikely to work for a small UK retailer and so on. The context of the organisation is the dominant factor.

Induction is important. We developed the Naked Graduate programme as a way to create relevant impact at this stage. The core themes of the prgramme are

• Get ready for a major transition
• Get ready to learn in a new way
• Get ready to build new types of relationship