Benefits and Advantages of the 20/20 MDS®
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TO THE LEARNER |
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Higher retention/Lower turnover of staff as people stay to complete programs |
Program participation leads to formal and externally recognized qualifications, helping to build a sense of achievement and self-worth |
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No employee on-the-job time lost to attend day-release or summer school (keeping employee knowledge and IP in-house) |
Qualifications attained are highly portable on an international basis |
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Talent “cream” more quickly identified and “fast-tracked” to reach the top |
Courses are entirely self-paced and time to completion flexible. |
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Organization has better/more objective knowledge about employee skills and behavior from strong assessment and testing systems |
Programs are broadly based and modular allowing employees to try and benefit from parts without undertaking complete programs |
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Best/better talent attracted to the organization-increasingly becoming the employer of choice |
Blended learning approach provides high levels of variety to the individual learner (including working individually and in a team setting) |
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Direct returns from Action Learning Projects is likely to be substantial (increasing efficiency, effectiveness and performance given learner focus) |
Courses are highly assessment-driven helping learners to self-identify specific or particular areas in need of greatest leverage/development |
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Much lower cost of employing people as participating employees become more productive and cost of “buying in” talent falls |
Programs are Action-Learning based allowing real workplace issues and challenges to be tackled as part of the learning experience |
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Much greater employee alignment and teamwork through common to all leadership learning system (including much greater inter-generational cooperation) |
Courses or programs are multi-level allowing students to go as far as they wish to develop themselves as leaders |
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Common language and approach created for leadership and management decision-making at all levels |
Courses are innovative and non-traditional focusing on teaching people to know how to ask the right questions rather than trying to always have the right answers |
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Cheaper/more cost effective than other external educational/training institutions/approaches |
Courses are highly interactive, teamwork oriented and fun in terms of participation |

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