Learning Imperative : Raising Performance in Organisations by Improving Learning

In 'The Learning Imperative' Mark Burns and Andy Griffith examine the key ingredients that ensure effective learning, and offer leaders step-by-step guidance on how they can achieve it in their own teams and organisations.

Learning is central to the long-term success of any team and is far too important to dismiss or to relegate to a nice to do list. In 'The Learning Imperative', bestselling authors Burns and Griffith explore the common barriers to effective learning and present a range of practical tools and strategies to help teams bring about and reap the benefits of a more positive culture around training and development.

Together they map out the key stages of the learning journey and provide a comprehensive guide for team leaders and managers who want to improve learning in their teams. They also share essential advice on the design and delivery of effective training programmes, and punctuate their instruction with a range of illuminating case studies drawn from real-life contexts across the public, private and third sectors.

The book has been split into three sections. Part I sets out why creating and maintaining a learning team needs to be a high priority, and provides an easy-to-use framework to help leaders establish their team s starting points. Part II is designed to assist leaders in fostering an open-to-learning mindset in their teams offering tools to diagnose any closed-to-learning mindsets and supplying straightforward strategies to facilitate team members development in becoming habitually reflective, curious and responsive to feedback. The final part of the book concerns the designing and leading of effective learning, whether it is packaged within a one-off session or a multi-session programme, and will help leaders ensure that the learning their team participates in is engaging, appropriately challenging and, most importantly, will develop their performance.

Whether you are an experienced leader or just starting out in the role, this user-friendly manual will empower you to boost your team s performance and to make a powerful impact on their learning.

'The Learning Imperative' has been shortlisted in The Business Book Awards 2019 in the HR and Management category.

'The Learning Imperative' has been named a finalist in the 2018 INDIES Book of the Year Awards in the business and economics category.

'The Learning Imperative' has been named the winner of the HR and Management category of The Business Book Awards 2019.

Mark has worked intensively over the last twelve years working with thousands of teachers and leaders across the UK and abroad supporting the development of teaching and its' impact on learning in schools and colleges.  Using the learning from this, he co-wrote two best-selling books; Engaging Learners and Teaching Backwards which have translated into several other languages. 

His latest, The Learning Imperative, won at the Business Book Awards 2019. This focusses on supporting leaders in all fields to raise the performance within their teams through effective learning.  Mark was a finalist in the CIPD People Management Awards 2018 for Best Learning & Development initiative in Public/Third Sector.  His track record in the field of learning has been recognised with the award of Fellowship of the Learning Performance Institute.

Andy Griffith is the founding director of MALIT Ltd. He has won a national training award for his work in education and has consulted for a number of organisations including the BBC and Comic Relief. Andy's prime focus is to design training and learning opportunities that challenge people to strive for excellence. Andy's work has been shortlisted in the Best Learning & Development Initiative Public/Third Sector category of the 2018 CIPD People Management Awards.