Workplace Learning Professional's Role in Shifting Culture, 3-Part Series, Management Concepts Community of Change: Shaping and Shifting Culture, April 2019 (Part 1),  May 2019 (Part 2), and June 2019 (Part 3)

I co-facilitated this three-part series with Lahaja Furaha and Cammi Markham. This community was a space for leaders to share knowledge, and network with other professionals who care about shaping culture to enhance performance. Members of the Community of Change, were able to:

• Gain tips, techniques, and tools from Management Concepts on how to effectively integrate culture change into the work that you do

• Learn how other organizations are effectively shaping culture

• Discuss “hot topics” that are impacting the public sector and its relevancy to culture

• Develop a sense of community with leaders who are advocates of building a constructive culture

We created an invaluable learning network where people from across the public sector were able to collaborate and build more constructive cultures in their organizations. 

In this three-part series, we discussed how to help federal workplace learning professionals (WLPs) to evolve into a trusted advisor who is seen as a value-add as opposed to a cost-center and overhead. Specifically, we helped attendees tackle questions the workplace learning professionals are asking, Here’s what we covered:

Part 1: The Evolution of the Workplace Learning Professional

• What is the current reality of the workplace learning professional?

• Why must the learning professional role evolve?

• What does it mean to make this shift from order taker to trusted advisor?

• Who are the primary customers/clients?

• What does the trusted advisor role look like?

Part 2: Making the Shift from Order Taker to Trusted Advisor

• How do you go about making this shift?

• What relationships are needed?

• How do we get there?

• What are the challenges that you may face?

Part 3: Sustaining the Trusted Advisor Role as a Workplace Learning Professional

• How do we continue to demonstrate value to the organization?

• How do we measure success?

• How do we keep the momentum going?