Creating a learning culture within your team

- High-performing teams are constantly learning,…adapting, and growing.…As a manager, you play a critical role…in advancing your organization's…learning and development goals…and keeping your employees engaged.…Study after study shows us that employees who are engaged…are much likelier to stay with the company…and will put their best effort forward.…This is especially important because high-performing teams…show high levels of discretionary effort.…What do I mean by discretionary effort?…Based on their job descriptions…and the expectations you've set,…each employee has an idea of the minimum requirements…for acceptable work performance.…

We can call this curve the have to do curve.…However, there's probably much more…each employee on your team is capable of achieving…if they're motivated to do so.…That desire maps onto the want to do curve.…You see, there's a big gap between what one must do…and what one could do.…That gap is discretionary effort.…The gap is that extra mile team members take…in accomplishing their work tasks.…