The 70/20/10 blended learning model
Before we look at the average week of a manager, I want to place our focus on some different training models that you can implement during on-the-job learning or within more formal training. Whatever model you choose, you'll need to give yourself and any relevant team members enough time to implement it.
To put this into the wider context of your overall work, the most widely understood and followed approach to training is the 70/20/10 blended learning model. Before we break down what that means, Catalent has this great graphic, in Figure 4.1, which helps to visualize the model itself:
Source: http://www.catalent.com/index.php/about-us/Catalent-Careers2/Overview/Learning-Development
What are the three arcs of the 70/20/10 learning model here? Well, if you are working on this training model then you think of it like this:
- 70% of learning is experience, which takes the form of on-the-job participation and discovery learning.
- 20% is through exposure, where you will learn through other people's experience, such as coaching, mentoring, shadowing, and other relational means.
- 10% is through education, which is where you attend formal training courses and interactive learning, including computer-based training.
For each type of learning, there are some practical actions that you can take in order to maximize the amount, and the pace, of your learning. It will be useful to now explore each of the three types of learning that feature in this training model.