Learning Management & Talent Development Insights
Latest trends, ideas and reports in the world of talent development, learning management and edtech
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10 Tips to Help You Create Continuous Learners
Continuous learning is critically important for today’s organizations. In the past, businesses could afford to hire based on an existing skillset alone. Today, that’s not the case. Increasing global competition, reduced access to important skills, and empowered professionals who are choosier about where they work have changed the situation. One of the most important things […]
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How L&D Can Help You Build a Sense of Psychological Safety in Times of Uncertainty
We live in very uncertain times. Most businesses are still operating remotely. COVID-19 continues to rear its head. The stock market is up, then down, then up, then down. If we focus on those things, it’s easy to feel lost, unsure, even in danger. The good news is that it’s possible to create a sense […]
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Learning and Development: 5 Tips for Setting L&D Goals
Learning and development has always been an important part of business success. Mandatory corporate training, professional continuing education, and mandatory upskilling all play into that. However, L&D can be so much more. With the right approach, you can use your learning and development platform to build a stronger, thriving organization. It can help your team […]
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Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity: More Than Mandatory Corporate Training
Chances are good that when you think about concepts like “inclusion”, “diversity”, and “equity” in the workplace, you immediately go to mandatory corporate training. That’s natural. It’s been hammered into us for decades at this point. However, those concepts need to be more than just text on a computer screen. They need to be more […]
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How Learning and Development Can Improve Resilience in the Workplace
What would you say are the most important qualities of a successful team member? Professionalism? Knowledge? A willingness to go the extra mile? These are certainly important, but you cannot neglect resilience, particularly today. In the age of COVID-19, resilience – the ability to roll with the punches – is absolutely crucial. Why, though? And […]
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How to Support Employees in Becoming Their Best Selves
Hiring and onboarding are costly, time-consuming processes. And, when employees jump ship in pursuit of better jobs, you’re forced to start all over again. What if there was a way to accelerate the onboarding process, improve your hiring practices, and even retain key talent for longer durations? There is, but it might not be what […]
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Your Guide to Instituting Self-Development at Work
When we talk about L&D in the workplace, we generally think of things like mandatory corporate training, or professional upskilling. However, we cannot overlook the fact that human beings are singular organisms. There is no “work side” and “personal side” to us. We’re one individual. The immediate upshot of this realization is that self-development can […]
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Tips to Improve Employee Growth and Development
Few things are as critical to running a successful business today as encouraging employee growth and development. In the past, it wasn’t so essential. You hired an employee to perform a task, and they might stay in that position for the duration of their employment. Today, employees demand career progression opportunities, or they will seek […]
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How to Maintain a Learning and Development Focused Mindset While Working Remotely
It’s tough to maintain a mindset focused on learning and development in a socially distanced, remote-work world. It’s much easier to feel disconnected, cut-off, and alone. For leaders, managers, and decision-makers, that’s a terrible situation in which to find yourself. However, it doesn’t have to be your truth. There are ways to ensure you’re able […]
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Using Learning and Development to Improve Work-Life Synergy
Once upon a time, we used to talk about work-life balance. It was a term that implied we had two sides to our lives – personal and professional. The goal was to help ensure that each side occupied roughly the same amount of our time. Work-life balance is a lie. It’s patently untrue. Why? We […]
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Remote Work Is the New Normal: Here’s How It Will Affect L&D
Remote work is nothing new. It’s been a growing trend for well over a decade at this point. However, it’s gotten a great big push from COVID-19. Today, remote work is the norm for most office employees, but even after we deal with the pandemic, there’s a good chance that this will remain our new […]
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Work-Life Synergy and How Learning and Development Supports It
There’s a pretty pervasive myth out there. It says that we can achieve a work-life balance. To be clear, there is no way to balance your work and personal life. They’re two sides of the same coin. They’re not separate – you have just one life. Because you have just one life, you cannot balance […]