CIPD and Towards Maturity join forces to use thought leadership and research to drive practice and innovation in L&D
3 Jun 2014 11:05 AM
A
new partnership between CIPD, the professional body for HR and people
development and Towards Maturity, the learning and development research
company, will deploy robust research to help drive better practice in the
design, delivery and application of learning and development in the
workplace.
The
strategic partnership, unveiled today, is built around a commitment from the
two organisations to jointly contributing to each others’ research on
current practice and new innovation in learning and development. This,
they argue, is needed to ensure truly effective learning cultures are developed
more consistently, contributing to organisational success and individual
advancement. Immediate priorities will include:
- CIPD urging its members to participate in Towards
Maturity’s highly respected annual Benchmarking Survey. L&D leaders
can use the Benchmark to confidentially review their current learning strategy
athttps://www.research.net/s/TMBenchmarkCIPD14 before 31July. All
participants will receive their Personalised Benchmark Report with comparisons
analysis and activity recommendations in early September.
- Towards Maturity participating in a series of
forthcoming CIPD research projects on the key drivers of change in learning and
development.
Over time, the partnership will build on the shared
vision and insight of the two organisations, driven by research, to develop the
most effective tools for improving practice and closing knowledge and
capability gaps in the delivery of learning and development.
Andy Lancaster, Head of Learning and Development
at the CIPD, said: “CIPD and Towards Maturity are united by
a shared commitment to using excellent research to drive better practice in
learning and development, for the benefit of businesses and the people they
employ.
“There is much good and even great practice in
learning and development. However, it can still be difficult for
organisations to gain clarity on what their most effective activities and
approaches to learning and development are, what gaps they have, and how best
to address these gaps. Some of the biggest challenges businesses and
economies face right now involve skills shortages, and the consequent need to
develop and better utilise skills in the workplace. The pace of change
and scale of global competition today means significant and ongoing changes are
needed in the way we approach learning and development. The necessary
responses to this need for change must be based on the very best, deepest and
most broadly based research available. By working together CIPD and
Towards Maturity bring an unrivalled level of collective reach and credibility,
which will make a real difference to the speed with which innovative and
effective best practice in L&D can be developed and
promoted.
“This partnership with Towards Maturity is yet
another clear signal from the CIPD of the importance we attach to doing more to
support learning and development professionals to remain at the cutting edge of
thinking and practice.”
Laura Overton, Managing Director of Towards
Maturity, said: “Modernising L&D in today’s fast
changing economic climate is not about redesigning the course, the model of
learning or even the technology, it is about delivering results. For the last
10 years, the Towards Maturity Benchmark Study has provided independent
evidence to help L&D professionals modernise their learning strategy in
order to deliver those results faster.
“We are thrilled to be partnering with the CIPD
who share our vision that rich research should be freely available to any
L&D professional looking for an evidence-based approach to support learning
innovation.
“We look forward to working together with CIPD,
our Ambassadors and our wider industry supporter network to use research to
encourage the ongoing professionalism of the L&D
industry.”