A valuable partnership: why co-designed learning is the perfect fit for your organisation
Published on the 04 July 2023
As the pace of change in the world of work continues to accelerate, so does the need to adapt, upskill and reskill with purpose.
More leaders are acknowledging that vital skill gaps are holding their organisations back and are looking for a solution that will help them remain relevant and impactful while building a culture of supported success for the future.听
Lucy Thompson, Head of Learning Solutions at听AGSM @ 国民彩票 Business School, helps develop highly customised programs, so organisations can overcome challenges听while influencing organisational behavioural and cultural change.
鈥淥rganisations come to AGSM with either a specific challenge in mind, a clearly defined problem or something vague that they can't quite put their finger on. It鈥檚 our job to suggest a program of learning we think they will benefit from. We then work together to co-design a solution that is made for their business,鈥 Lucy says.
AGSM @ 国民彩票 Business School听is ranked 1st听in Australia and 40th听globally for Executive Education according to the听Financial Times 2023 Global Executive Education Custom Rankings.
AGSM also ranked 28th听in the world for the 鈥淣ew Skills and Learning鈥 section, which strengths our position as a global lifelong learning partner, especially in a post-pandemic world where there is an increased need for leaders and organisations to be equipped with the skills to effectively lead through disruption and face challenges successfully.
Here are five ways life-long learning can contribute to a positive organisation.
1.听听听听听听 Uplifting capability and embedding change
AGSM鈥檚 carefully constructed learning solutions enable organisations to support their teams in a targeted and purposeful way.
鈥淥ur programs are designed to actively change behaviours and practices. We support that change to be embedded back into the workplace, so people don鈥檛 just attend a course and then forget all that they have learned. They live it every day,鈥 Lucy says.
The Victorian Public Sector Commission (VPSC) turned to AGSM to co-design a program for their executives and people leaders to 鈥楲ead Through Challenging Times鈥. Commissioned when the pandemic hit in 2020, over 700 participants have completed the 10-week learning journey, comprising of webinars, small group coaching sessions, self-paced learning and action learning tasks 鈥 all delivered virtually through AGSM鈥檚 Online Navigator platform to meet VPSC鈥檚 immediate needs and requirements.
By interacting directly with AGSM faculty and subject matter experts, senior public servants and managers were able to take on challenges with enhanced capability, bringing new skills and frameworks into their teams.
2.听听听听听听 Innovative co-designed learning
AGSM is known for its suite of MBA programs and Short Courses for individuals, and we can draw on this expertise to deliver innovative bespoke programs that are designed to give organisations precisely what they need.
Through an in-depth discovery phase, we understand the problem, why it is happening and co-design a solution that is fit-for-purpose to the unique situation and learning development goals.
鈥淚t could be a retention problem, or a group of leaders that can鈥檛 manage difficult conversations. There may have been an incident that indicates deeper organisational issues that need to be addressed, or they might want to focus on increasing women in leadership positions,鈥 Lucy says.
鈥淲e listen to what organisational and industry partners are telling us and understand what they want to achieve. Because knowing what success looks like helps guide the program co-design.鈥
Relevant programs on strategic and adaptive leadership, how to be an authentic communicator or developing general management skills, for example, could be used as a framework, adapting to the specific needs of the organisation through contextualisation.听
South-Eastern Sydney Local Health District and The Sydney Children鈥檚 Hospital Network have worked collaboratively with AGSM to re-design their 鈥楲eading with Impact鈥 programs to align to their individual organisational needs.
Formally designed as one program, both organisations have retained similar content that focuses on developing self, leading teams and complex systems, but differ in face-to-face vs virtual delivery and personalised coaching support for individual participants.