All Learning Is Self-Directed

Lead employees to independence and maximize the advantages of employees committed to self-directed learning.

Learning has increasingly become the responsibility of individuals, yet organizations often provide little direct support for their new self-directed learners. Use employee development strategies that will enable employees to meet workplace challenges, build and use a knowledge network, and grow and sustain an independent learning culture within your organization.

Dan Tobin is the dean of Getronics Virtual University. He is also the president of Corporate Learning Strategies, an independent consulting organization dedicated to helping HR and training organizations align their work more closely with their companies' strategic business directions and expand their repertoires from traditional training activities to a more encompassing model of employee and organizational learning.