learning and development week for asphaleia staff

Last week, asphaleia held its annual Learning and Development Week (L&D) for staff across the organisation.

It is an opportunity for staff to examine a particular theme related to our work as an organisation and gain new knowledge, skills, and insight to apply to current practices. This year’s theme was -

Policy with Purpose:

Driving Culture, Compliance & Capability

learning & development week; allowing policies to shape practices

Policies aren’t just rules, they’re reflections of what our organisation values. The week explored how well-crafted policies can foster safe working practices, trust, inclusion, and continuous learning.

The week aimed to support staff to refresh their understanding, explore new developments, and connect policy to ‘real-world’ practice.

what the week involved

An email arrived in staff members' inboxes each day with content that helped them develop skills and knowledge within the Policies theme we were focusing on.

Content for the week included:

• Clarity around the purposes behind policies, highlighting specific policies and their impact on workplace culture and safety

• Relationships between compliance and policy

• Staff feedback about using policies

• Scenario-based activities to practice putting policies into practice

• A quick-reference guide template

• A final quiz for a bit of fun!

Staff were also asked to review a policy together in team meetings, examining how the policy supports or challenges our workplace culture and making suggestions for development.