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The Impact of Workplace Learning on Employee Engagement
Workplace learning has become an essential element in shaping the modern workforce. As businesses aim to remain competitive, they increasingly focus on developing their employees’ skills. But more than just a strategy for personal growth, workplace learning has a direct and measurable impact on employee engagement. This article explores the profound effect workplace learning has […]
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Perfect Your Online Training: What Not to Do
The biggest online training mistakes are often the easiest to avoid, so long as you know what you are doing and you have a plan in place. Of course, this is where a number of people drop the ball. Instead of taking the time to plan an online training course, they simply throw some ideas […]
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How to Ensure You’re In Compliance With HIPAA
If you work in the healthcare sector in any capacity, it is essential to understand the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, otherwise known as HIPAA, and to ensure that all your employees also understand HIPAA’s complex rules. HIPAA guidelines exist to ensure the security of healthcare information (e.g., confidential patient records). Unfortunately, following the […]
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How to Develop a Successful On-the-Job Training Program
Younger employees are entering the workplace. Employees require new skills and desire career growth opportunities. Lack of employee engagement is costing organizations billions in lost revenue. Enter on-the-job training programs. Employee learning and training programs engage employees, provide learning and growth opportunities, and encourage loyalty and productivity among employees. See the eLeaP OJT system in […]
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Are You Guilty of These Onboarding Mistakes?
One of the biggest mistakes we see a lot of businesses make in terms of onboarding is not using a learning management system to deliver key content. Along with not using a learning management system, another issue we frequently see is that businesses don’t have any onboarding strategy at all. Even when companies have an […]
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The Risks of Firing Employees
In this series of posts, we’re talking about something that affects a lot of businesses, small and large: the risks associated with firing an employee. If a firing isn’t handled the right way, it can ultimately mean huge financial or legal ramifications for a business. Despite the pitfalls that can come with firing employees, it’s […]
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The Top Ten Reasons Training Initiatives Fail
While there is no question that workplace training matters, a high percentage of training initiatives also fail. It is essential to know why workplace training often fails and more importantly, to know how to avoid the pitfalls of ineffectual training. After all, training initiatives that go awry not only come at a cost, they can […]
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Five Training Videos to Help You Prepare for Black Friday
If you’re a veteran retailer, you know what’s waiting after Thanksgiving Day festivities with family and friends. You’ll get up early, well before dawn, and at work to find dozens and even hundreds of customers already camped outside your retail outlet waiting to take advantages of those special deals reserved for door crashers only. By […]
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Generation Z: Coming to Your Workplace
Generation Z, also known as the iGen and as the post-millennial generation, will begin to arrive in the workplace en masse. While the actual definition of Generation Z is subject to debate (it is generally seen, to begin with people born in the mid to late 1990s), there is a growing buzz about the fact […]
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Changing Careers? Retrain Online
Whether you’ve outgrown your current job, or are ready to scale back for retirement, career changes are inevitable. At some point, we want or need more from our jobs or simply want a change. Indeed, over the course of the career cycle, most people change careers for professional, financial and circumstantial reasons several times and […]
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“Show, Don’t Tell,” with Articulate Storyline 2
If you’ve ever taken a writing class, you’ll already know, the number one rule of good writing is “show, don’t tell.” Indeed, most great writers and experienced professors of writing will tell you that when you show your readers something, you are more likely to captivate them than when you tell your readers something. Why? […]
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Small Businesses See Big Gains from Investing in an LMS
Learning management systems (LMSs) have now been widely adopted in large enterprises, but many small companies, including family-owned business, continue to overlook their value. Two assumptions appear to be at the root of the problem. Many small companies don’t think they need to engage in formal training, and others worry that the cost of adopting […]
