In this episode of Powered by Learning, Ajay Pangarkar, co-author of Learning Metrics: How to Measure the Impact of Organizational Learning, joins us to discuss why measuring learning outcomes is crucial for aligning L&D with business goals. He shares powerful insights into how L&D professionals can connect learning to performance metrics, creating measurable value that resonates across the organization.

Show Notes:

Here are some key takeaways from our conversation with author Ajay Pangarkar. 

Accountability Drives Organizational Value: L&D must focus on delivering measurable results tied to business goals; when budgets are cut, it often reflects a lack of demonstrated value.

Align Metrics with Organizational Goals: Successful L&D metrics should connect learning outcomes with operational and performance metrics rather than relying solely on internal benchmarks.

Engagement Across Levels of the Organization is Essential: Gaining buy-in requires engaging three key groups: senior leaders, mid-level managers, and the learners themselves.

Mission-Driven Learning: When unsure of L&D’s focus, professionals should look to the organization’s mission to align training objectives with core business needs.

Use Performance Metrics as a Roadmap: L&D teams should assess and utilize existing organizational performance metrics to identify and address specific pain points, ensuring learning initiatives drive tangible improvements.

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Learning Metrics is a practical book for L&D professionals which answers these questions and provides guidance for measuring and communicating the impact of L&D activity in the business. It covers how to measure participant engagement with learning, learning retention and changes in employee performance post-learning. There is also guidance on how to measure on-the-job behavior change as a result of learning, as well as metrics for measuring the organizational impact of learning. This book also has essential guidance on how to use learning analytics to assess the return on investment (ROI) of learning and how to use these results to adopt a data-driven approach and map learning metrics to organizational KPIs. Learning Metrics also includes guidance on how to communicate the impact of the company's learning and development activity to all business stakeholders.

Powered by Learning earned Awards of Distinction in the Podcast/Audio and Business Podcast categories from The Communicator Awards and a Gold and Silver Davey Award. The podcast is also named to Feedspot's Top 40 L&D podcasts and Training Industry’s Ultimate L&D Podcast Guide.

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