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Training and development simply have an outsized impact on business bottom-line. Skimp on training and development and pay the ultimate price. Invest in training and development and reap the benefits.
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Five Types of Training to Improve Employee Performance
When employees are performing at their very best, so is the organization. After all, any organization is really just the sum of its parts. If the parts are rusty, stuck, old, or broken, the whole is not going to be an effective machine. This is why attending to employee performance is critical. In the past, […]
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Leverage Training to Drive Employee Performance
Over the past decade, there has been a growing preoccupation with measurement in the workplace. Increasingly, employees are being watched and measured on every possible level from productivity to interpersonal skills. In most workplaces, these metrics form the bedrock of annual reviews. While metrics can be useful, there are now a growing number of experts […]
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Making Your Corporate Learning and Development Strategic
Are you searching for the most effective way to gain a competitive advantage? Strategic learning and development is one area should you put an effort into. Put your focus on learning and development. Time and time again when research is conducted on the topic we see that high-performing companies and organizations have one thing in […]
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Take Pride in LGBT Awareness Training
As communities across the United States celebrate Pride Day, businesses are also paying attention. This year a record number of businesses scored 100% on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index and among other factors, this means that these businesses offer awareness training on both gay, lesbian and bisexual issues and transgender or gender identity […]
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Leadership Training Development: Is Yours All about Power and Style?
It is common for supervisors and managers to confuse leadership with power. Effective leaders, however, don’t have to rule with an iron fist. Ensure that your leadership training development program helps leaders learn how to create the right balance between power and influence, while also being able to apply the right leadership style to the […]
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Part One: Developing and Training a Social Support Team
Social media is not just a way to elevate your brand and market to potential customers. It’s also rapidly becoming one of the primary ways businesses connect with current customers on another level: as a customer support channel. Think about this: customers certainly research brands and businesses online and on social media. They turn to […]
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7 Must-Know Tips and Tidbits for Training Employees On Tablets
Tablets represent a unique, efficient and engaging way to deliver training. They’re somewhat of a middle-ground between e-Learning that has to be done on a desktop or laptop computer, and modules available on a mobile phone. Using an iPad or another type of tablet is advantageous because it offers a larger screen than training on […]
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7 Ways To Use Big Data in Training and Development
As we often discuss, big data is no longer reserved for only big companies. There are so many software platforms allowing even very small businesses to harness the power and analytics available through the collection and maintenance of big data. Take a free trial and see how eLeaP empowers organizations of any size to make […]
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A Guide to Outcome-Based Learning and Training
The Theory of Outcome-Based Learning Here at eLeaP, we often cover various learning theories and concepts, because we think it provides a valuable foundation for creating e-learning and employee training to suit a range of needs. One learning theory worth exploring is called outcome-based, and it’s a hotly debated issue in school systems and within […]
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Exploring the “Train the Trainer Model:” The What, Why and Hows
The Concept of Train the Trainer Train the Trainer is a model used to describe, much as the name would imply, training potential instructors or less experienced instructors, on the best ways to deliver training materials to others. What are the challenges of the “Train-the-Trainer” model? When we think “trainer” our minds may automatically go […]
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Promoting Diversity in the Face of Tradition
This year’s Academy Award season has been marked by more than excitement about which of the year’s films will end up receiving one of cinema’s highest honors. Indeed, debates about whether or not Brooklyn is more deserving than Spotlight or Matt Damon is more deserving than Leonardo DiCaprio have been eclipsed by debates about the […]
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Are Wellness Programs Good for Business?
Today, businesses large and small are embracing workplace wellness programs in an effort to lower healthcare costs and raise productivity and workplace morale. While the technology sector was an early adopter—with many companies offering on-site gyms and organic juice bars decades ago—today, wellness is finding a home in a growing range of workplaces, even those […]
