LeadershipHQ Magazine 3rd Edition September Issue | Page 29

Blended Learning for
Leadership and Diversity
by Sonia McDonald

We’ve always said that although
there are certainly some born
leaders in our world, there are
many more great leaders who
have acquired and polished
their leadership skills over a period of time. So, we know that
with training, great leaders can
be created.
Modern training techniques
have evolved to reach beyond

the training room, and offer a
much more practical learning
experience. By taking advantage of technology, workplaces can now offer a form of
education which uses a mix of
formal (face-to-face) learning
with an online component.
It means learners can access
online material from work or
home, when it is convenient
for them to learn. This works

especially well for knowledge-based learning.
Limitations of training
Until now, training has been
fairly one dimensional. Leaders usually attend a formal
training course where they
practice their skills, then they
go back to the workplace and
are expected to use them. Often there is no follow up or
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