The industrial society is moving towards the learning society in parts of the world. In a learning society, employees want to make products and services smart. An important skill for employees to achieve this is to master self-regulation in learning contexts. The employee must to a greater extent carry out self-management. Therefore, the ability to regulate oneself becomes more important in the future.

TalEction uses Self-regulated learning , which refers to one's ability to understand and control one's learning environment. Self- regulation abilities include : planning, self-monitoring, evaluation, reflection, effort and self-efficacy (Zimmerman).

How to regulate your learning (instructions to coach):

• Guide learners' self-beliefs, goal setting, and expectations.
• Promote reflective dialogue.
• Provide corrective feedback.
• Help learners make connections between abstract concepts.
• Help learners link new experiences to prior learning.

Self-management, which is also referred to as “self-regulation”, is our ability to manage our behaviors, thoughts, and emotions in a conscious and productive way at work. Self-management means you understand your personal responsibility in the learning society, and you do what you need to fulfill that responsibility

Planning: The ability of the person to create mental representations of the problem to determine effective strategies for its solution (Ward & Morris, 2005) .

Self-monitoring: The ability to monitor and regulate self-presentations, emotions, and behaviors in response to job profile (job context). It involves being aware of your behavior and the impact it has on your job profile (context).

Evaluation: Evaluation means looking at the strengths and weaknesses of research: what features are done well and what features can be improved. It also means making comparisons and simulations: looking at how research is similar to or different from other research into the same area.

Reflection: Reflection is a means of processing thoughts and feelings about an incident, or a difficult day and gives us a chance to come to terms with our thoughts and feelings about it. Reflection can be particularly useful in dealing with a difficult or challenging situation. Reflection helps people to understand themselves better and how they personally impacted on their work. Reflection helps in the understanding of and engagement with clients

Effort: An effort is the activation of mental or physical power to do a task. An example of effort is someone using their brain to make a plan.

Self-efficacy: Self-efficacy refers to an individual's belief in his or her capacity to execute behaviors necessary to produce specific performance attainments (Bandura, 1977, 1986, 1997). Self-efficacy reflects confidence in the ability to exert control over one's own motivation, behavior, and job environment.