CERTIFIED LEARNING STRATEGIST® PROGRAM – Phase 1, Part 1 (Professional Competencies)

What I will learn?

  • Strategic Skills consisting of Design Thinking; Ideation; and Strategic Planning and Execution
  • Leadership Skills consisting of Consulting; Business Acumen; and Leadership / Change Advocacy
  • Interpersonal Skills consisting of Coaching and Mentoring; Inclusiveness; and Collaboration
  • Technical Skills consisting of Data Science; Digital Dexterity; and Learning Agility

Course Curriculum

STRATEGIC SKILL: Design Thinking

  • Elements of Design Thinking
  • Element of Design Thinking: Learner Centric
  • Element of Design Thinking: Results Focused
  • Element of Design Thinking: Pragmatic in Scope
  • STRATEGIC SKILL: Design Thinking

STRATEGIC SKILL: Ideation

STRATEGIC SKILL: Strategic Planning and Execution

LEADERSHIP SKILL: Consulting

LEADERSHIP SKILL: Business Acumen

LEADERSHIP SKILL: Leadership Change Advocacy

INTERPERSONAL SKILL: Coaching and Mentoring

INTERPERSONAL SKILL: Inclusiveness

INTERPERSONAL SKILL: Collaboration

TECHNICAL SKILL: Data Science

TECHNICAL SKILL: Digital Dexterity

TECHNICAL SKILL: Learning Agility

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BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE RELATED RESOURCES FOR THIS COURSE

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  • Learning Performance Convergence (Tools)
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  • Core Learning and Development Priorities (Research Snapshot)
  • Learning Performance Convergence Model (Tool)
  • Enabling Elite Performance (Research Data Highlights)
  • How L&D Can Lead Organizational Success in the Future of Work (Research Note)
  • Are Your Employees Learning Anything? Insights from Experts (Research Note)
  • How to Move to Skills-Based Employee Development (Strategy Brief)
  • UBS GWM Learning Team — Let’s Grow Together: Best Learning Team (Case Study)
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  • KORDSA’s Mentoring and Coaching as a Mindset: Best Advance in Coaching and Mentoring (Case Study)

REQUIREMENTS

  • THIS IS PART 1 OF PHASE 1. THE CLS CERTIFICATION PROGRAM IS A 3 PHASE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.
  • You must complete each section before moving on to the next.
  • You may pause/exit at any time and pick up right where you left off the next time you sign in.
  • Phase 1 - Parts 1 and 2 -- must be completed before moving onto Phase 2.
  • Be sure to review all of the related material for both Parts 1 and 2 of Phase 1.
  • You must pass each quiz with a minimum score of 75%.
  • You may request to have the course reset which will allow you 3 more attempts to pass. To request a quiz reset, please reach out to us at [email protected]. While we try to respond to these requests as soon as possible, please understand that it may be the next business day if your request is received after our working day.
  • Please note: Correct answers to the quizzes will not be provided after quiz attempts in order to maintain certification integrity.
  • Once you successfully meet these criteria, you will move onto Phase 2.

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About Course

Every learning strategist needs to develop a comprehensive set of competencies that builds broad capabilities to develop and execute strategic plans and solutions that impact business outcomes. Developing these competencies enables a strategist to play a meaningful role in supporting their employees and better serve their customers, communities, stakeholders and society.

The learning competencies leverage Brandon Hall Group’s more than 30 years of expertise in the industry as the preeminent research and analyst firm in the human capital management space. The competencies have been vetted through a rigorous and continuous quantitative and qualitative research effort into all areas of human capital management.

There are two competency groups. One group focuses on individual professional competencies of the learning strategist and the other group focuses on the competencies the strategist will need to support organization objectives.

Each group has defined skills that serve as the building blocks to mastering the group. In Phase 1, Part 1, we will focus on 12 Professional Competencies as follows:
Strategic Skills consisting of Design Thinking; Ideation; and Strategic Planning and Execution
Leadership Skills consisting of Consulting; Business Acumen; and Leadership / Change Advocacy
Interpersonal Skills consisting of Coaching and Mentoring; Inclusiveness; and Collaboration
Technical Skills consisting of Data Science; Digital Dexterity; and Learning Agility

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