How to Support Your Team for Learning: 7 Things

A big part of how I see my responsibilities as a team leader is in developing the skills, talents, and knowledge of the people under my care. I need to support them for learning.

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This video is part of course module number 4.3.4
Program 4: Managing & Leading Groups
Course 3: Teams
Section 4: Supporting Your Team

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LESSON NOTES
Supporting your team for learning means seven things:

1. Understanding their personal preferences, aims, talents, goals
Get to know each person

2. Allocating work that meets those needs
…but stretches their capacity

3. Creating opportunities for people to learn
…formally (training, shadowing) and informally (assignments, reading)

4. Creating (or commissioning) a Training Needs Analysis (TNA) for your team
…and building a plan to fulfill it – along with fighting for the budget you need

5. Being prepared to guide, mentor, and coach:
Guide: nudges and advice
Mentor: benefit of your experience
Coach: help to find own solutions

6. Offering high-quality feedback
…supporting the process of reflective learning

7. Recognition
…and celebration of learning and progress


RECOMMENDED EXERCISE
1. How well do you know each individual team member, in your team? If you need to, make a plan to get to know all of them better. (1 + 2 MC CPD Points)
2. What opportunities are you already creating for people to learn? What further ways can you adopt, to create even more opportunities for team learning? (3 MC CPD Points)
3. Do you have a TNA. If not, what steps will you take, to create one? (2 MC CPD Points)
4. Do you set aside time, to coach, mentor, and guide your team members? If not, set time aside now. (1 MC CPD Points)

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RECOMMENDED READING
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team https://geni.us/wbIE
The Wisdom of Teams https://geni.us/7i1AL
The Belbin Guide to Succeeding at Work https://geni.us/Kzc4GV4
Dream Teams: Working Together Without Falling Apart https://geni.us/oAgEOdA
Pulling Together: 10 Rules for High-Performance Teamwork https://geni.us/zUVV3G
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Teams https://geni.us/0DLsNe4

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