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Employees are valuing career development more than ever—it’s a sign that the company is willing to invest in their future. How are businesses approaching training today? What are their pain points, and what topics are being addressed in training?
Did you know that 47% of organizations are already using mobile devices in their training programs? Experts are also currently predicting that the mobile learning market will be worth $37.6 billion by 2020. And there’s no surprise that it’s taking off because of its many benefits and because it’s effective.
Black Friday is right around the corner, and for retail employers who are struggling to find talent, the key to a successful and profitable holiday shopping season may lie in reskilling your existing workforce.
You and your team have put in months of effort, had some ups and some downs and, whatever the result, the project is over. Time to move on to the next initiative? Not so fast! A key aspect of projects that so many people overlook technically comes after the project is over; however, it is […]
The advent of e-mail revolutionized the way people communicate in office settings. When e-mail arrived on the scene, fax machines had already allowed the ability to send messages in print to recipients around the world, but e-mail made that ability much more efficient, convenient, and ubiquitous—not to mention cheaper.
Most organizations already understand the importance of compliance training. Even if they aren’t experts on the subject, they at least know the fees and penalties associated with violating applicable laws and regulations. Its value comes down to dollars and cents, which is why it’s so surprising that many companies view compliance training as merely a […]
Communication is key to the success of any organization. The challenge is often that there are different groups within organizations that have more or less ability to communicate with one another.
Most of us have experienced burnout, whether personally or having witnessed it among coworkers or subordinates. As a manager, one of the biggest challenges can often be keeping employees motivated.
We’ve spent a couple of posts now discussing the concept of ownership in the workplace.
In a previous post, we discussed the results of the State of Continuous Performance Management Survey. The survey results showed significant reductions in some of the negative impacts of only performing annual reviews when companies instead utilized what is known as continuous performance management.
In a previous post, we talked about the concept of ownership in the workplace. This could apply to having ownership over a specific project or initiative or, more generally, having ownership over a team or department.