As a supervisor or manager, it is difficult to be a master of all trades. It is more likely that you and each individual employee has expertise they can bring to the table. A great leader is one that can delegate duties so that the manager can focus on the portion of their job that they do best, while individual employees can focus on their areas of expertise. Then, everyone can come together with the best version of the project. Continue reading →
The concept of a learning path considers training employees on an ongoing process, rather than a one-time event. Growing companies with emerging leaders are increasingly seeing this is the most efficient way to ensure a well-trained, highly productive workforce. Continue reading →
While breaking big courses down into small chunks is one of the hottest e-learning trends in 2014, the concept originated nearly 60 years ago.
In 1956, George A. Miller, a cognitive psychologist at Princeton University, suggested in a research paper that the average human can retain seven items in his or her working memory at any one time, plus or minus two. We now refer to this as “Miller’s Law.” Long before corporate training was delivered online, “Miller’s Law” was an industry standard in determining how much information should be covered at one sitting. Continue reading →
American companies spend more than $130 billion a year on training their staff. Despite efforts by employers to give their workers the chance to learn new skills and absorb more knowledge, only 30 percent of U.S. employees describe themselves as “engaged at work” according to a recent Gallup study.
What is even more disconcerting is that these numbers have barely budged over the last 12 years. Continue reading →
Today’s companies must respond quickly to sudden influxes of business and rapidly changing markets. Because of this, an increasing number of businesses are using e-learning to cross-train their employees so they are able to perform several jobs within the organization. Continue reading →
The Choose Your Own Adventure book series, which many adults may remember from childhood, involved the use of branching logic to engage readers. Continue reading →
The bulk of training dollars is spent on teaching employees job functions, such as how to use specific equipment or follow set processes to create products and services.
And yet, when asked what makes their employees valuable, most business owners cite a completely different skill set than straight technical and functional skills.
We live in the information age, when data flows freely and in all directions at a finger’s click on a keyboard.
But as more and more businesses are discovering, having great data is not the same thing as using great data effectively. Continue reading →
Angel Cabrera, president of George Mason University, believes that employees who think business is nothing more than making money are short-changing their corporations. Continue reading →
Sir Richard Branson doesn’t mince words about the importance of training in startup businesses.
In a blog posting called How to Train Your Employees published on www.entrepreneur.com, the founder of Virgin Group with its 400 companies around the world lays out his strategy:
“The first goal of any new business is simply to survive. One of the best ways to do this is by hiring excellent people who believe in your company and share your goals, and then by helping them to learn and improve their skills. This isn’t optional.” Continue reading →
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