Skillsoft’s Global Leader Forum is an exclusive group of customers who have proven strategies of success around Engagement, Alignment, Adoption and Value – the Four Building Blocks of Learning and Talent Success. As part of the Forum, these clients regularly collaborate with other leading organizations and to share best practices, resources and tips within the new Client Community portal. They are also invited to participate quarterly in short research efforts around key topics that are of interest to the Skillsoft and industry-wide learning and talent communities. Our 2016 Spring research topic was dedicated to the challenges and opportunities of building a successful and strategic learning culture. Our leaders shared their definition of a true learning culture, who is the owner of an organization’s learning culture, as well as what barriers stand in the way of a strong learning culture. Lastly, and most importantly, we learned what business outcomes they have seen positively impacted by having a strong learning culture.

1. Members of Skillsoft's Global
Leader Forum share insight
on learning culture.
Members of Skillsoft's Global Leader Forum say "empowering employees" has
the most profound effect on the learning culture in their organizations.
ACCORDING TO BERSIN RESEARCH, THERE ARE 6 ELEMENTS OF LEARNING CULTURE.
Learning culture is a mindset of an organization's employees. It is a curiosity and desire
for learning through values, processes, tools, etc. to enable employees to actively and
constantly develop capabilities aligned with the business direction.
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LEARNING CULTURE IS A MINDSET.
We partner closely with leadership to encourage and reward learning. Our learning
culture encourages experimentation, strives for excellence in its spheres and aims to
create an enabling environment for individual competence building.
Skillsoft Global Leader Forum Member
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We have developed innovative and creative programs encouraging employees to both
develop their own knowledge as well as to share their knowledge with others.
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We help our learners understand and demonstrate the value of their learning via
day to day accomplishments and documentation of their talents.
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BUILDING TRUST DEMONSTRATING LEARNING’S VALUE
ENABLING KNOWLEDGE
SHARING
ENCOURAGING
REFLECTION
Global Leader Forum members believe Skillsoft and managers play
a significant role in building a strong learning culture.
Feel they have or somewhat have a strong
learning culture.
93%
Feel that the Skillsoft/SumTotal partnership
strongly and positively supports their
learning culture.
97%
Believe that the employee's direct manager
plays the biggest role in living out the
principles of a strong learning culture day
to day, more so than anyone else.
63%
Those that operate without a strong learning culture cite 3 barriers:
Improved customer satisfaction, increased workforce expertise and
employee producitivity are the top learning culture business outcomes.
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*Skillsoft surveyed 40 of its elite customers who are part of the Skillsoft Global Leader Forum
*"High-impact Learning Culture: the 40 Best Practices for Creating an Empowered Enterprise." David Mallon, Bersin & Associates.
LEARNING CULTURE ENCOURAGES AND SHOWS VALUE.
LEARNING CULTURE IS INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE.
LEARNING CULTURE IS DRIVEN BY LEADERSHIP.
No recognition of
learning's contribution
to the business
Knowledge is
guarded/not
routinely shared
Employees are not
encouraged to take risks
or make decisions
Learning
Agility
34%
Innovation
37% Customer
Satisfaction
45%
Employee
Productivity
55%
Workforce
Expertise
55%
s k i l l s o f t . c o m
EMPOWERING EMPLOYEES
FORMALIZING LEARNING
AS A PROCESS
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