Description: Discover how organizations are empowering their workforce to take the reins of their own development, creating tailored and impactful learning journeys. Hear real-life examples, inspiring stories, and actionable strategies that will transform the way you approach professional growth and training within your organization. Resources: Amanda's Article in Association for Talent Development's TD Magazine  MRA Learning & Development  MRA Membership  About MRA  Let's Connect: Guest Bio - Amanda Mosteller  Guest LinkedIn Profile - Amanda Mosteller  Host Bio - Sophie Boler  Host LinkedIn Profile - Sophie Boler  Transcript: Transcripts are computer generated -- not 100% accurate word-for-word. 00:00:00:00 - 00:00:21:03UnknownHello everybody and welcome to 30 minute Thrive, your go to podcast for anything and everything HR, powered by MRA, the Management Association. Looking to stay on top of the ever changing world of HR? MRA has got you covered. We'll be the first to tell you what's hot and what's not. I'm your host, Sophie Boler, and we are so glad you're here. 00:00:21:05 - 00:00:41:19UnknownNow it's time to thrive. Well, hello, everybody, and thanks for joining us today. I'm here with Amanda Mosteller, director of Talent Development. She's in our MRA, Ohio division. But, Amanda, welcome back. I know you've been down on one show so far. We're glad to have you back for a second one. Thank you. Thank you for asking me to be back. 00:00:42:00 - 00:01:13:19UnknownOh, of course. But for those who don't know, don't know. Amanda, Amanda's area of expertise really aligns with areas of the talent development industry. She spends her time in developing learning programs, designing talent development strategy, driving business metrics assessed through their people, and individual success through coaching. So today, we're really going to be covering employee design learning. And when when we talked about doing this episode, Amanda, you were also middle of writing an article on this topic too. 00:01:13:20 - 00:01:52:09UnknownSo our listeners, to stay tuned for that release date and we'll get you the link. Absolutely. But kind of starting off a little overview here. Could you explain what employee design learning really means and how it differs from traditional approaches to professional development? Yes. Yes. So employee designed learning programs, put the employees in the driver's seat of creating the learning experience of the program that they themselves, their colleagues and future individuals that come into roles like theirs will experience in terms of their development. 00:01:52:11 - 00:02:28:12UnknownSo the difference here is we are leveraging the instructional designer to design and build everything. We are leveraging employees that have a passion for development and a desire to really shape what they, their colleagues and their future selves will be impacted by what they're going to go through. This is a knowledge base and a resource to tap that is really going to impact what everything looks like and really what we focus on. 00:02:28:14 - 00:03:01:12UnknownSo how it differs is instructional designers become more of a consultant and a coach to an employee individual or team, depending on how big the learning program's going to be. So traditionally instructional designers own and manage and go through all of this and they touch on smells and this feels different because you are leveraging different resources and you are positioning yourself as the designer in a different way. 00:03:01:14 - 00:03:28:04UnknownSo those are the ways that we see this differ in employee design learning versus traditional instructional design processes, because the employees play the largest role. And in creating this program or programs depending on how large it is. So in your experience, what are some of the key benefits of involving employees in the design of their own learning experience? 00:03:28:07 - 00:03:55:05UnknownAnd how d