The Learn to Grow Podcast is an anecdotal look at the learning landscape aimed at L&D and HR professionals. I interview leaders in learning about their experience first-hand in the world of learning and development helping people and organizations reach their potential. We discuss top trends including learning technology, the role of learning cultures, and the foundations of a successful learning experience.

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When change is inevitable, learning and growth are essential. We believe learning and growth are intertwined, both for individuals and organizations. Individuals learn to grow within their roles, careers, and personal lives. Organizations learning programs are now major contributors to business success, helping them attract and retain top talent, upskill and reskill, and adapt to the inevitable changes the future will bring. In this podcast, we speak to leaders in the learning and development industry about the learning landscape.

Rashim Mogha is an innovative leader, mentor to many, and prominent women-in-tech evangelist. She is the best-selling author of “Fast Track your Leadership Career” and has been recognized as one of top 100 keynote speakers.

She advises startups, mentors emerging leaders, and runs a successful podcast, all while leading the global education and enablement team at Automation Anywhere.

In this conversation, we talk about:

• Disruption and change as challenge and opportunity
• The role of training strategy in business success
• The importance of culture and mindful leadership
• eWOW’s “intellectual framework for success”
• The intertwining of learning and growth for individuals and organizations

Find Rashim in the following places:

• Website: https://rashimmogha.com/
• Buy here Amazon bestseller here: Fast-Track Your Leadership Career: A definitive template for advancing your career!
• Learn more about eWOW at their webiste
• Connect with Rashim on LinkedIn

At SureSkills, we deliver learning and enablement services to the worlds leading technology companies and global organizations.

To learn more, head over to www.SureSkills.com or download our latest eBook: Foundations of a Successful Learning Experience.

After each podcast we like to do a short, follow-up musing prompted by the conversation. When I talked with Rashim Mogha, I asked her about mindful leadership and she was adamant that a productive culture begins with mindful leadership.

It reminded me of the 2020 Workplace Learning Report that emphasizes the massive role that managers play in driving learning engagement and building a culture of learning.

Changing the culture can seem like a massive task. One that requires a huge budget and months if not years of planning.

But there is so much about establishing a learning culture that is absolutely free!

• There is no budget required to share something you’ve learned with your team members.
• There is no budget required to highlight a TED talk that resonated with you.
• There is no budget required or to reach out to someone you work with, superior, peer, or subordinate, and ask them what they’re learning.

I’ve always loved dominoes as a metaphor for the big impact of small gestures.

A 2-inch domino can knock over another domino 1.5 times its size.

Line up more dominoes, each 1.5 times larger than the last, and

• the 12th domino would be 15 feet tall.
• The 17th would dwarf the statue of liberty.
• The 19th would overshadow the Empire State Building.
• The 50th would knock over a domino the size of the distance between the earth and the moon.

Small actions create big chain reactions.

Leaders can inspire their teams with small gestures like a demonstrated interest in what their team members are learning!

Leaders have this responsibility. But the thing is. We are all leaders. In a democratized learning culture, everyone is a catalyst. Everyone has the chance to inspire people around them.

All it takes is to push the first domino.