Learning Management & Talent Development Insights
Latest trends, ideas and reports in the world of talent development, learning management and edtech
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How Does Training Affect Company Culture?
In prior articles, you might remember us mentioning the term “company culture.” This term is defined as the overall atmosphere, environment, and attitude of a company in regard to employee behavior. The company culture holds a certain standard that employees are expected to adhere to. A company’s culture plays a significant role in the type […]
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Budget-Friendly Ways to Improve Your New Hire Training and Onboarding
Budgeting: it can be the bane of an organization’s existence at times. There are so many aspects of your company that require you to budget carefully and correctly, and training is no exception. Training new employees is absolutely critical to retaining them and making sure that they are successful within your company. It’s well known […]
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Evaluating New Hires
Evaluating new hires after their first year can be challenging. This is especially true when your new employees don’t know what to expect. In this article, we’ll give you ideas on how to turn new employee reviews into a tool instead of a chore. It’s not only helpful to new employees to know what their […]
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Tips for Boosting Employee Morale in 2021
Employee morale has lowered since past year. Last year was tough, and this year didn’t necessarily start in the positive way that everyone had hoped it would. Even though things are starting to return to normal, you can’t expect employee morale to just miraculously bounce back to what it was before 2020. It’s going to […]
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Why Outsourcing Your Compliance Training Might Be Risky
Outsourcing your compliance training is a common decision for organizations to make. In the right circumstances, outsourcing training can assist with cost reduction and also help employees to benefit from the expertise of a professional eLearning company. With that being said, there are some training programs that might be better off being developed in-house. Unfortunately, […]
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Your Guide to Creating and Maintaining a Safe Workplace
A safe workplace will always ensure the success of an organization. Workplace safety is a critical consideration, whether you run a warehouse or operate within an office building. Creating a safe workplace can be challenging, though. It requires the right combination of training, awareness, and strategy. With that being said, it is not an insurmountable […]
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Assessing the Trainers: Ensuring Your Trainers Can Achieve OJT Success Stories
Assessing the trainers might sound strange, though, as most organizations simply assume that other employees are willing and able to provide accurate OJT for new hires or are capable of training other employees in what they do. That is not always the case. One of the most crucial aspects of a successful on-the-job training program […]
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Understanding Common Mistakes When Developing Custom Training
Pre-made learning content can be an invaluable asset. It allows you to get your L&D efforts off the ground quickly, without the time and expense involved with creating custom training. However, despite that value, “boxed” content is only good up to a point. Eventually, you will need to create custom content for your learners. When […]
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How to Loop Employees into Career Path Development
The employment landscape has changed a lot over the past few decades. We’ve seen the end of an era – when employees worked for one employer for decades, to eventually retire with a pension. We’ve seen the rise of something new and arguably better – an era where employees are unafraid to jump ship if […]
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Employee Morale and Learning: Understanding How L&D Can Drive Morale
There is (rightfully) a lot of focus on employee engagement. It’s a critical measure of success and, without good engagement, it’s impossible to move forward as an organization. However, the same attention is not paid to employee morale, which is equally crucial for success and, in many ways, can be used as a barometer of […]
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People Capability Development: Key Tips to Improve Your Results
What is it that makes someone admire an organization? Is it the ability to turn a profit? Is it how a company sets a particular strategy? If you were to ask most people what they admire most about some of the leading companies today, chances are good that the answers would trend toward the other […]
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Understanding the Five-Fold Strategic Role of L&D
Learning and development is a critical component of a successful organization. However, leaders all too often neglect L&D because they fail to understand just how it slots into achieving mission-critical goals and objectives. Understanding the five-fold strategic role of learning and development within your business will not only help ensure that L&D initiatives are seen […]
