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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?
If you’re like most HR professionals, you probably don’t enjoy terminating employees. In fact, you probably would prefer to avoid it altogether. However, sometimes it’s part of the job and there are those employees who simply need to be delivered the bad news. Here are six steps to take to effectively and professionally terminate an […]
In yesterday’s post, we featured three benefits of adaptive e-learning in the workplace; here are five more worth considering: 4. Improves Overall Understanding and Engagement Because adaptive e-learning technology adapts to each learner’s learning goals, learning progress, and learning style in real time, it can improve each learner’s mastery of a topic.
Employee training is an essential function for many businesses and most large businesses have a formal training function in place. Those that don’t would be well advised to consider one; in fact, even smaller organizations can benefit. Where do you start?
Effective training can have significant, positive impacts on a company’s bottom line, and we encourage all organizations to implement training programs for their employees. However, it is not the case that some training is always better than no training. In fact, poor training can be extremely counterproductive.
A CLO is a Chief Learning Officer and is often referred to as a Training Director, Head of Learning and Development, or something similar. Over 90% of CLOs have 10 years or more of corporate experience.
According to research and reputable studies, blended learning courses and techniques offer companies a more cost-effective and efficient way to deliver engaging and successful learning content to their employees.1 But how should learners taking blended learning courses be evaluated so you know that real learning is actually taking place both inside and outside of the […]
Yesterday’s post highlighted the benefits of blended learning, as well as the first three tips and best practices for blended learning in 2018. Here are the remaining six. 4. Focus on Learner Engagement When developing in-classroom training sessions, think of ways you can get your learners engaged and involved in what they’re learning. Have them […]
While the e-learning market is anticipated to be worth approximately $65.41 billion by 2023, it’s not the only learning medium that should be considered. Many instructors in the workplace still provide in-classroom training sessions and often combine their in-classroom instruction with e-learning methods, blending their learning methods together. In fact, the blended learning market is […]
According to a Bridge study about knowledge retention from training, 70% of employee respondents admitted to forgetting something they had been taught during a training within 24 hours of learning it.1 And because so many organizations invest so much time and money developing their training programs, this number is quite alarming. Is there a way […]
Millennials are flooding the workplace and now make up a majority of the entire workforce.1 And over 60% of them want and expect mentors or are already benefiting from having one. 2 So, you’ll want to consider implementing a viable mentorship program to attract and retain top talent in the years to come. If you’re […]