| | NOVEMBER - 2021MANAGEHRMAGAZINE.COM8In MyOpinionWithin my first six months on the job, I was ready to deploy my first training for the sales teams. The training had been designed, developed and launched using our best in class Learning Management System. The first question sales executives asked was "When is it due?" I was stumped. This was not the first question I'm typically asked when deploying training. I had taken the role of Director, Learning and Development to build an L&D function within a company who thought of training as their annual compliance training necessary to meet their credentials. Quickly, it became clear to me that one of my first tasks at hand, was not to actually increase the number of curriculum offerings beyond compliance, but to build a learning culture within the organization that supported independent development, encouraged curiosity, rewarded and recognized those who took opportunities to develop, and provided an environment, either virtual or in the office that supported learning.Ask people within L&D and you will get varied answers about building a learning culture. I have chosen to break it down into clear and accomplishable areas in which I could measure success short, medium and longer term.A learning culture can be created with the right foundations in place. Three pillars I use to create a learning culture in my organization are: Leadership Support and Role Modeling, Line Manager Support for Learning and Providing a Safe Environment for Employees to learn, create and share learning.Leadership Support and Role ModelingMost companies influence their employees and drive strategy and culture through their leaders. What leaders do, how they act, and what they say are the biggest drivers of how employees will behave. They set the tone and drive the messaging for their teams and the rest of the organization. Therefore, a learning culture has to be supported and even more so, role-modeled, from leaders. By Rachel Horwitz, Global Learning and Development Director at ConvaTecTHREE PILLARS OF BUILDING A LEARNING CULTURE
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