Learning Management & Talent Development Insights
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Designing a More Effective Learning Experience
Effective Learning Experience is required in the training and development of the most organizations today. However, that does not mean that all organizations take the same approach, or even see the value in learning and development (L&D). Many reasons exist for this disparity, although one of the most common causes is that organizations lack effective […]
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Signs of Resistance to Training: Building a Better Training Experience
Resistance to training of employees is common, it’s important to understand what is causing it and organization should take steps to avoid it. Employee training and development are both critical to business success. Without a fully-trained and well-developed workforce, it becomes difficult to compete within your industry, deliver an outstanding customer/client experience, and achieve other […]
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Structuring Your Formal OJT Program: Tips to Help You Build the Best Program Possible
OJT Program (On-the-job training) has played a vital role in the workplace for a very long time. It remains one of the most common means of upskilling employees, retraining workers, and onboarding new hires. However, informal programs can only offer so much value. Formal OJT programs deliver better value, replicability, and efficiency. However, to see […]
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Measuring Training Effectiveness: Its Importance
Training effectiveness is an important tool to grow your employees. Most organizations today understand the importance of providing training for employees. This can take place during the onboarding process, be provided to close skills gaps, offer employees a path forward in their career, for legal compliance, and many other reasons. However, if you are not […]
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The Kirkpatrick Model: An Overview of this Training Model
Building a more effective training system is critical. If you’ve identified breakdowns and bottlenecks preventing your learners from fully absorbing the information being presented, finding solutions to that problem should be a priority. In a perfect world, those solutions ensure that your learners are engaged and moving forward. With that being said, you also need […]
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The Signs of Ineffective Training
Ineffective training can cause serious problems for an organization. Employee training should deliver critical benefits. Your L&D initiatives should help you build a stronger, more resilient organization, avoid legal/compliance issues, and engage your employees. If your training efforts are not yielding those results, chances are good that they are ineffective. Get a 15-minute free consultation […]
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Closing the Soft Skills Gap: Tips to Help Leadership Identify Soft Skills Missing from the Workplace
Soft skills gap is an important factor to figure out. In the skills gap conversation, a lot of attention goes to so-called “hard” skills. That is logical, though. You need people with the skills required for specific roles in place throughout the organization. However, too often, that leads to overlooking soft skills. We spend so […]
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Help Employees Thrive with Self-Directed Learning in the Remote Workplace
Self-directed learning in remote workplace is of great significance. For learners locked into a remote-work existence, progressing through corporate-mandated modules can be a slog. This is, at least in part, because those types of programs are not really designed to help learners master knowledge. They’re designed to build the minimum skills necessary for employees to […]
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Improving L&D Delivery to Increase Learner Engagement: Trends for 2021
Has your L&D engagement dropped with the move to remote work? You’re not alone. In fact, that lack of direct connection is one of the largest problems for learning and development initiatives around the world. Learner engagement has always been a great challenge for many organizations around the globe. Humans are social animals, and we […]
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Tips to Help Assess Learning and Development Programs
How effective are your learning and development programs? That is a critical question, but many administrators cannot answer it. The reason? They are unsure how to assess their L&D programs’ effectiveness. To be fair, it can be challenging. There are so many parts to a learning and development program, so many different learners and potential […]
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The Art of Setting Learning Objectives: Creating Measurable, Actionable Goals for Employees
Learning and development without objectives is fruitless. Objectives give meaning and context to the learner’s journey. They help organizations define the value of and ROI needed for L&D initiatives. However, setting learning objectives can be challenging. It requires understanding not just of the employee’s current role, but their existing knowledge, what they need to know, […]
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Expanding Your Toolbox: Integrating Other Learning Tools with Your LMS
Some additional learning tools with LMS can make the learning experience way better. The modern learning management system (LMS), is a critical component of your learning and development initiative. It brings all your training together in one place, making it available to learners both in the office and working remotely, and provides administrators with tracking […]
