The upskilling imperative : 5 ways to make learning core to the way we work / Shelley Osborne, VP Learning at Udemy and Patricia Witkin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Introducing the era of continuous learning -- Why are we talking about learning at work? -- What have we learned about learning? -- Building a learning culture means getting comfortable with change -- Part II: Five ways to make learning core to the way we work -- Develop and foster agile learners -- Feedback is fuel for learning cultures --Tthink like a marketer to drive learning and development -- Put learning into the flow of work -- Signal the value of learning -- Part III. Making upskilling imperative to your business -- Making the business case for a learning culture -- Care and maintenance of your learning culture.

"Discover easy-to-implement programs and strategies for workers and leaders to usher in learning as a transformative force to help sustain careers -- and companies -- for decades to come. Anyone in today's workplace knows that keeping up with the pace of change can feel impossible. What many don't realize is that the concept and nature of learning at work needs to change, too-and this book shows how employees and managers can adopt a new way of thinking about learning and integrate a continuous learning mindset into their organizations to drive business performance. In The Upskilling Imperative, Shelley Osborne, vice president of learning at Udemy, provides a path to gaining and maintaining knowledge and skills that's more effective for both individual employees and organizations. If you're a leader, you can implement the five main components of a learning culture-and start closing that frustrating skills gap. If you're an overwhelmed manager, you'll become more comfortable with getting your employees ready for rapid change. If you're a team leader, you can discover how to encourage direct reports to embrace learning as a means of improving performance. This valuable evolved mindset can make the inevitable next workplace upheaval or technology something to learn from and even look forward to-instead of something to dread"--

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