At the end of the day, employees are a company’s biggest asset. Learning & Development initiatives are just one of many ways to help bring out your workers’ potential. LinkedIn found that 83% of organizations want to build a people-first culture, and 81% of L&D departments are helping to make that happen. In the first days of 2025, what were the most influential trends, initiatives, and best practices that shaped the L&D space?
Let’s take a look back at HR Daily Advisor‘s best L&D content of 2024.
The Middle Management Squeeze: Alleviating Pressures and Fostering Success
In this feature, we share input from employers, managers, and industry experts on the unique challenges of middle management and strategies to help alleviate the burden.
Boosting Employee Socialization in a New Hybrid Work World
The changes that remote and hybrid work have brought about have definite implications for work relationships ranging from friendships, to mentorships, and even to potential romantic relationships.
Using Gamification to Engage—and Educate—Employees
Employers are increasingly turning to innovative strategies to engage and develop their workforce, with gamification emerging as a key player in modern employee training programs. This approach, which integrates game design elements into non-game contexts, is revolutionizing how companies approach learning and development.
Exploring Creative Uses of Generative AI for Employee Communication and Connections
While many workers lamented—even feared—the disruptive impact and what it might mean for their jobs, others quickly embraced the new technology, finding ways to streamline and augment their work, freeing themselves from rote, administrative tasks to focus on more interesting aspects of their jobs.
Navigating the Potential of a 4-Day Workweek
Many employers understandably remain skeptical of the promised productivity boost and wary of the logistical and legal challenges of implementing a four-day workweek. We spoke to business, HR, and legal experts to get their insight on the challenges and strategies of implementing a four-day workweek for US businesses.
HR Work Break: Keeping Employees Engaged
What can leaders do to keep their workforce engaged? Shannon Gabriel, Vice President of Leadership Solutions at TBM Consulting, shares her advice and best practices.
HR Works Podcast: Kindness is King—The Power of Empathy in Leadership (Part I)
Jamie Graceffa, VP, Learning, Development & Culture at Quanterix, joins to discuss the impact of kindness and stigmas associated with it, the value of kindness in the workplace, practical strategies for HR leaders to develop their own empathy skills, common mistakes leaders make when trying to be more empathetic, and more.