Category: Learning & Development

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?

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3 Things to Remember When Training Your Employees for the IoT Age

According to research highlighted in The Atlantic, the HR software market is now worth an estimated $15 billion (with learning management systems making up about $2.5 billion of that). But, up to 30% of the corporate training material that companies have developed with them is wasted. And these numbers might start to increase even more […]

Remote

A New Training Paradigm: Learning in the Flow

Redefining corporate learning and embedding it into the DNA of the organization entails shifting one’s mind-set to think of training and development not as something “to be done” (i.e., an event that delivers knowledge), but as something “that is” (i.e., a platform for powering continuous growth). This platform ultimately enables individuals and the organization “to […]

development

Continuing Employee Development as Your Company Is Downsizing

Keeping morale high and learning commonplace and desirable across your organization as it’s downsizing and letting employees go is no simple task—and can, of course, only happen after you’ve already proved that your L&D department is essential to your organization and its already stretched budget.

emotional

Step-by-Step: 3 Ways to Train for Emotional Intelligence

According to research conducted by Gallup, emotionally intelligent employees and leaders are much more engaged and are less likely to leave an organization. They also have higher customer ratings, prompt more profitability for an organization, have higher rates of productivity, report fewer theft and safety incidents, and have lower rates of absenteeism.

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The Importance of ‘Openness’ for Speakers

Let’s face it, public speaking doesn’t come naturally to most of us. Even for those for who are regarded as proficient public speakers, it often took a lot of hard work and practice to get to that point. There are a lot of factors that go into making someone an effective and successful public speaker: […]