Embedding learning in your team is the key to improved employee satisfaction, increased team performance and better organization resiliency.

How does a culture of learning on your team help you get sustainable results?

I help leaders incorporate learning into their team culture to support employee development, increase engagement, drive team performance and improve innovation and adaptability.

Learning needs to live in the DNA of teams

The training and development function provides formal training programs in organizations. In my 25 years working in learning and development, I’ve realized that these formal programs only get us part way there.

Leaders need to take ownership of developing their employees and create a culture of learning. in doing so, they create higher-performing teams that adapt better, innovate more and become a magnet for motivated, productive employees.

Bridging formal learning and learning culture

When considering the roles of formal training and leader-led learning, it’s helpful to think of a partially constructed bridge. The bridge represents organizational adaptability, high-performing teams, and employee engagement.

One side represents Learning and Development and formal training programs. So often, I’ve seen learning and development professionals create fantastic programs only to have them fall short. The programs fail to change behaviour or impact business results.

The other side of the bridge represents People Leaders and their teams. For teams to be high-performing, organizations agile and employees engaged at work, leaders need to take ownership of employee development and foster a learning culture. They need to Lead with Learning.

I bring my 25 years of experience helping learning professionals create and implement formal training programs to leaders and their teams to build a learning culture. I bridge the gap between formal training and learning embedded in the DNA of teams.

What I Do

I help organizations, leaders and their teams by developing a learning mindset and team culture to drive organizational adaptability and resiliency, leader growth and team performance.

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64% of employees in OECD countries are quiet quitters

passively putting in time but not engaged with or passionate about their work. (Source)

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$8.8 trillion is the cost of low engagement to the global economy

accounting for 9% of the global GDP. (Source)

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70% of team engagement is attributable to the manager

which supports the need for leadership development. (Source)

By helping leaders foster a culture of learning on their team, they increase employee engagement.  

Services

I support clients in learning, leadership and building cultures of learning through speaking, Masterclasses & Workshops and Coaching & Mentoring.

Speaking

Keynote presentations for conferences and team events that inspire employees and shift their thinking.

Masterclasses & Workshops

90-minute masterclasses focused on a specific topic.

Half-day and multi-day workshops for targeted skill building in a specific topic.

Coaching & Mentoring

Increase awareness and build capability through thought-provoking coaching questions and mentoring guidance and advice.

What Others Are Saying

When our firm rolled out our 3 year Business Strategy my L&D team and I saw the need to create a new L&D Strategy to support our Staff and Leaders in achieving the business objectives set forth in the Business Strategy. We quickly realized we could benefit ...
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Sam Sidhu
Human Resources Director at McCarthy Tétrault
When our firm rolled out our 3 year Business Strategy my L&D team and I saw the need to create a new L&D Strategy to support our Staff and Leaders in achieving the business objectives set forth in the Business Strategy. We quickly realized we could benefit from some expert support in assessing our current state, identifying our top learning needs and defining a future state for learning at the firm. In essence we were looking for an experienced L&D professional to "join" our team and help us buildout our strategy. That's where Hannah came in. Hannah brought her expertise in needs assessment, project management and learning methodology to help us create a framework for our new L&D strategy. Hannah played a critical role as an Advisor to our team, proposed a project plan to achieve our goal, played an active part in our data collection and analysis, and most importantly helped us refine our recommendations. With Hannah's assistance we were able to create an L&D strategy that was approved and endorsed by our Senior Leadership and which we are actively engaged in implementing. If you are considering working with an experienced L&D professional consultant to help you and your organization meet your L&D needs I would strongly suggest you consider working with Hannah Brown.
Sam Sidhu
Human Resources Director at McCarthy Tétrault
Hannah’s business is Performance Matters, where she has established herself as a thought leader in learning strategy and design. Hannah deftly guides businesses to balance that juxtaposition of performance as outcome and performance as a learning capacity across the enterprise. Be prepared to engage with a personable...
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Dr. Richard Hodge
The Mentors’ Mentor | Executives Working Artfully Together to Make Things Happen | Trans-Generational Leadership
Hannah’s business is Performance Matters, where she has established herself as a thought leader in learning strategy and design. Hannah deftly guides businesses to balance that juxtaposition of performance as outcome and performance as a learning capacity across the enterprise. Be prepared to engage with a personable, enquiring and astute mind, ready to help you shape learning into the very fabric of your organisation. If performance matters to your business, Hannah has one of the best and safest pair of hands to guide your developing a first-class learning environment. Your employees will thank you for it, and so too your stakeholders. If you get the chance to work with Hannah, grab it with both hands.
Dr. Richard Hodge
The Mentors’ Mentor | Executives Working Artfully Together to Make Things Happen | Trans-Generational Leadership