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How to Make Learning More Continuous and Engaging
Employee learning and development (L&D) is vital for the success of your business. From mandatory corporate training to professional CE and career development, it plays many critical roles. However, it can also be pretty challenging. Many organizations struggle with learning and development. They can’t get their learners to continue their efforts. Their content is not […]
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How to Analyze Your Company’s Culture: The Quest for Better L&D
We’ve talked a lot on this blog about the importance of developing a culture that values learning and innovation. We’ve also discussed some of the negative consequences, both to L&D and to the company as a whole, that stem from having the wrong corporate culture. However, what we really haven’t addressed in any real depth […]
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Learning and Development Tips to Help You Maximize ROI
It would be nice if L&D could exist for no other purpose than to help employees become their best selves. However, it is intrinsically tied to your budget and, if you don’t see the return on that investment you need, it can be tempting to make drastic changes, even cuts to your training initiatives. Balancing […]
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Debunking the Most Common L&D Myths: Building a Better Organization
In the corporate world, learning and development often take a backseat to performance management. Ostensibly, that’s because managing performance has a more immediate impact on success than L&D, which is untrue. That’s not the only myth that might be crippling your organization’s ability to grow and thrive, either. In fact, quite a few myths about […]
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Setting Priorities for Learning and Development
Learning and development initiatives are critical to the success of your business. They’re also essential for professional development and even tie into the personal satisfaction of your employees. However, not all L&D efforts have the same value or urgency. You must be able to set priorities and ensure that everything moves forward correctly. The challenge […]
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10 Tips for Your L&D Team: Creating Success through Learning and Development
Are your L&D efforts lagging? Not seeing the traction that you need? It’s not uncommon, particularly today, in this world of remote working as the new normal. Between employees being overwhelmed by working from home to employers scaling back on critical efforts, it can be easy to see your success decline. Thankfully, there are ways […]
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Get Your Team Excited about Learning
Let’s be honest for a moment. Not many of your employees look forward to sitting down in front of a workstation in HR and completing their corporate training. It’s ok – it is what it is. Most people don’t relish time taken out of their already-busy schedules to complete training. Many of them probably look […]
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Guide Employee L&D by Asking the Right Questions
Struggling to get your employees on board with learning and development? Not sure how to create learning paths that offer value, traction, and rewards for your learners? You’re not alone – it’s a common challenge, but it doesn’t have to be your fate. There are quite a few ways that you can change how L&D […]
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Employee Learning and Development Trends for 2021
While it seems like 2020 has lasted for several years, we are finally closing in on the end. It’s been quite a rollercoaster, and we have yet to return to the previous “normal”. That may never happen. As we approach the final weeks of 2020, what does the future hold for employee learning and development? […]
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5 Tips to Increase Employee Engagement through Learning and Development
Employee engagement is one of the most critical metrics for managers to consider. It affects everything from performance to retention, and everything in between. Increasing engagement can bolster profitability, success, and more. Of course, increasing engagement (free white paper) can be incredibly challenging. One tool at your disposal that you might not have thought about […]
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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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Designing a Weekly Developer Check-In for Learning and Development
Usually, check-ins and conversations relate more to performance management than to learning and development. However, they’re actually two sides of the same coin. You can’t have one without the other, and when you get right down to it, the lines that separate the two tend to blur when looked at closely. That makes it natural […]