Give new employees a clear path into the role, with tools for managers to support them.
Example deliverables
Learning paths · New-hire resources · Manager guides
LEARNING DESIGN & PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Learning, programs,
& facilitation.
We design training, onboarding, mentoring programs, and working sessions. We also support employee groups, engagement survey follow-up, and speaking events.
SERVICES
How We Help
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Learning & manager development
Build skills through custom learning, realistic practice, and feedback.
Example deliverables
Custom training · Practice scenarios · Job aids
Work through the findings, choose priorities, and prepare managers for follow-up conversations.
Example deliverables
Results review · Facilitated prioritization · Action plans
Plan employee-group programming and mentoring programs, with tools for leaders and participants.
Example deliverables
Employee resource and affinity group planning · Mentoring program design · Participant tools
Workshops & facilitation
Facilitated sessions to work through decisions, set priorities, and agree on next steps.
Example deliverables
Planning sessions · Decision-making · Team alignment
Speaking engagements
Talks and interactive sessions for employee events, leadership gatherings, and ERG/ARG programming.
Example deliverables
Decision-making · Prioritization · Pressure-testing ideas
Resources
Worksheets and examples you can use with your team. When you request a resource, Dorothy will follow up by email to see whether you need support.
Onboarding
Plan a new hire’s first 30 days
Choose three tasks, plan supported practice, and set a manager checkpoint. Includes a filled example and worksheets.
4 pages · Fillable PDF
Engagement survey follow-up
Your survey results are in. Now what?
Choose one improvement with your team, assign an owner, and plan the review. Includes an example and worksheets.
4 pages · Fillable PDF
Mentoring programs
Mentorship Program Launch Map
Define the people, structure, matching, support, and measures for your mentoring program in a fillable planning workbook.
8 pages · Fillable PDF
Read the resource descriptions
Meeting Reset: Decide which meetings to keep, rethink, delete, or replace.
30/60/90 readiness path: Useful participation at 30 days, reliable execution at 60 days, and independence and judgment at 90 days. Manager checkpoints: review the work, agree on support, and choose the next step.
About Common Material
Common Material brings together experience in learning design and program management to help organizations develop their people and put programs into practice.
Founder Dorothy Willoughby has built training functions, led learning programs across multiple business teams, and established mentor circles. Her experience includes onboarding, employee learning, and knowledge resources, from creating the materials to coordinating rollout.
Dorothy leads each engagement, bringing in team members with complementary expertise based on the needs of the project.
Selected experience from Dorothy’s previous roles
900+
Referenceable resources organized into a shared content library.
Built from the ground up
An organization’s first training function, including onboarding and learning systems.
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