Let Them Choose: Cafeteria Learning Style for Adults

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GETTING BUY-IN FOR CAFETERIA LEARNING

So you’re thinking about implementing Cafeteria Learning within your organization, but first you need to get approval from your company’s stakeholders and executives. What are some of the best ways to do that? How have others done it? Could it really work for your organization?

Answering these questions starts with obtaining a deep understanding of the unique benefits Cafeteria Learning provides to the learner, the organization, and the learning professional. Let’s explore each one of these in turn. Then we’ll discuss common obstacles that often stand in the way of adopting a Cafeteria Learning approach, along with advice for overcoming them and getting buy-in from executives and organizational stakeholders. ...