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 Accelerate Employee Development
Employee development is the foundation of success for your entire organization. This is how you close skill gaps, retain key talent, and help people grow into new positions. However, it can be a slow, laborious process at times. You must put in place a plan to accelerate employee development if you want to be able […]
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Empowering Employees with Learning: How Self-Assessed Learning Goals Fuel Success
Learning and development (L&D) is the other side of the performance management coin. Without both, employees are stuck. Growth and improvement become impossible. Self-assessment learning goals are a critical piece to standing up highly focused and productive teams. To develop an efficient, engaged team, though, you need to empower your employees. There are a myriad […]
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Want to Improve Employee Engagement? Help Employees Develop Crucial Soft Skills
Employee engagement is the unicorn every organization is chasing today. Coupled with the ongoing complications from COVID-19, it leads to a complicated situation. Thankfully, there are proven ways that you can use a learning management system to drive engagement. One of those is to help your employees develop crucial soft skills. What Are “Soft” Skills? […]
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How Coaches Can Help Support Learning and Development Success
“Coaching” in the business realm has traditionally been synonymous with course correction and employee performance reviews. There has been a punitive note to the word, a connection with the idea that coaching is only necessary when performance must be improved. If true turnaround is desired in employee performance, managers as coaches However, when the bigger […]
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Social Learning: Your Guide to Implementation and Success
Humans are social creatures. We only thrive when we’re in groups. That applies to more than you might think, too. When it comes to learning and development in organizations, it is important to remember this as we craft our social learning strategy. Learning is a great example of this. How do toddlers learn? Through social […]
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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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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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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 […]
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Foster a Culture of Learning and Collaboration with Remote-Work-Friendly Tools
The shift toward more and more remote work presents many challenges. One of the most significant is fostering a culture of learning and collaboration within an organization. Is it even possible to create and enforce a culture in a remote-work situation? It is, but you’ll need the right technology to support your efforts. We’ll explore […]
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The Evolution of Learning Management Systems: How They Will Change in the Future
Learning management systems have played a central role in employee training and education for some time now. They’ve also been used in the world of formal education for quite some time. Distance education, online universities, college classes delivered via your home PC – all of these are based on an LMS and its capabilities. They’ve […]
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Is Team Building Worthwhile?
Team building often gets a bad rap. As soon as people hear that team building activities are going to take place, groans, grumbling, and eye rolls flood through the workplace. But is team building all bad? Is it worthwhile? Does team building add to retention and productivity? Does it make employees happier and more engaged? […]
