Learning at Work Week is an annual event in May organised by the Campaign for Learning since 1999. It aims to put a spotlight on the importance and benefits of learning and development at work. See website.
Learning at Work Week offers encouragement to companies big and small to provide learning within the workplace. Each year, thousands of organisations, campaign to promote a learning culture within the workplace and to actively engage employees in learning.
Learning at Work Week is not prescriptive in terms of what your company should do, but it’s about encouraging a learning culture linked to your business goals and the needs of your employees, so both employer and employee benefit from the long term impact.
For your own organisation, the reasons will depend on your particular context and goals. Companies and individuals that encourage continual training and learning report a wide range of opportunities and benefits:
These are just a few examples, find out more about how encouraging and introducing workplace learning and training improves productivity and business success.
See 10 must know facts focusing on the benefits of induction training systems, and how this one system alone improves turnover and saves money. Imagine now what a combined continual learning and training programme can bring to your company.
You can use workplace learning and training in any way that adds value to your workplace and organisation. Here are a few ways in which some companies we have worked with have integrated training and learning systems into their everyday operations.