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Today’s workforce is more generationally diverse than ever. From highly experienced baby boomers to high school and college graduates of Generation Z, generational diversity means diverse ideas and experiences, making the workplace an exciting place.
Workforce shifts are leaving organizations with a sizeable knowledge and skills gap and the dual challenge of retaining millennial employees and transferring boomer knowledge before they retire.
You’ve got your eye on your next big technology investment. But what’s your plan for how to use it? What will people actually be learning? When it comes to creating effective digital learning experiences, technology plays a key role, but so does content.
Have you been disappointed because you didn’t receive the promotion you were hoping for? You could be far more successful (and less stressed) going down a different road. You could be a great follower, instead! Without great followers, businesses fail.
Leadership development coaches and trainers are failing the people they are hired to serve. Will we continue to point the finger and play the blame game, or will we look ourselves in the mirror and realize our training methods are the real problem?
Panopto, the leader in enterprise video platforms, today announced a new release of its integration with Zoom Video Communications, Inc., available for the first time on the Zoom App Marketplace.
If employees are constantly complaining or being negative, it can sap the energy and morale of everyone they come into contact with. It’s all too easy for this negativity to become a vicious cycle where everyone feels irritable and discouraged.
Let’s dive into why game-based training isn’t the same as gamification, how games improve learning outcomes and why your non-millennial employees will not only tolerate game-based training but might even use it more than the millennials.
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Compliance
Attracting, retaining and developing a diverse, qualified workforce is vital for companies to compete and succeed. Employees’ unique backgrounds, experiences and cultures help provide superior value to customers and investors.
It’s now generally agreed that maximizing profits is an insufficient achievement to offset harm to the environment, employee well-being and the common good. Companies are accountable to employees, shareholders, their communities and society at large.
In theory, diversity and inclusion should be simple: Create a culture that embraces differences and welcomes a diverse workforce that can thrive. However, diversity training is often ineffective due to oversimplification of the issue.
Content Development
You’ve got your eye on your next big technology investment. But what’s your plan for how to use it? What will people actually be learning? When it comes to creating effective digital learning experiences, technology plays a key role, but so does content.
Let’s dive into why game-based training isn’t the same as gamification, how games improve learning outcomes and why your non-millennial employees will not only tolerate game-based training but might even use it more than the millennials.
Video can be a powerful, emotive medium. While video has been a key part of digital learning for many years, there’s been a recent resurgence in the use of video as an engaging tool that supports efficient, relevant and high-value content creation.
E-Learning
Leading eLearning solutions provider, eThink Education, and the world’s largest compliance, professional development and general training platform, GO1.com, have entered into a partnership to provide total learning solutions.
When L&D doesn't function effectively, there can be repercussions for employee retention and overall company goals. As you plan for 2020, make sure your strategy will improve training impact across the organization.
In the age of blockchains, 3D printing, CRISPR cas9 — and the inevitable new technologies that are yet to emerge — today's workforce is struggling to keep up with the latest developments. Finding resources for workers to learn from can be challenging.
IT and Technical Training
Companies with mature data fluency competencies experience markedly higher revenue growth, customer satisfaction, profitability, market share and employee satisfaction.
If your company hasn’t been compromised yet, congratulations. However, know that it will be. Evidence shows that the toll a breach takes on a company depends on how prepared its IT team and stakeholders - including all employees - are for the inevitable.
In the age of blockchains, 3D printing, CRISPR cas9 — and the inevitable new technologies that are yet to emerge — today's workforce is struggling to keep up with the latest developments. Finding resources for workers to learn from can be challenging.
Leadership
Leadership development coaches and trainers are failing the people they are hired to serve. Will we continue to point the finger and play the blame game, or will we look ourselves in the mirror and realize our training methods are the real problem?
We typically think of mistakes as something we want to avoid as much as possible, but this mindset means we are missing out on a wealth of learning potential. We can harness mistakes made during training as a tool to enhance learning by providing feedback.
Is your strategic plan at risk of vanishing? Being able to bridge the gap between creating and executing a strategic plan requires recruiting and developing leaders who possess the right technical (business) and leadership skills.
Learning Technologies
You’ve got your eye on your next big technology investment. But what’s your plan for how to use it? What will people actually be learning? When it comes to creating effective digital learning experiences, technology plays a key role, but so does content.
Panopto, the leader in enterprise video platforms, today announced a new release of its integration with Zoom Video Communications, Inc., available for the first time on the Zoom App Marketplace.
If building competence is the objective, particularly in corporate L&D, does it make sense to have one group of learners who “gets” the material and another group who does not — with a bell curve of variations in competence in between?
Measurement and Analytics
Emplify, a data-driven employee engagement improvement company, today announced a $15 million investment led by growth equity investor Edison Partners.
Jacksonville, Florida-based Wired2Perform is the latest firm to power its own platform with DNA Behavior International's "behavioral chip."
Today’s assessments can increase engagement and change behavior. They measure knowledge and skills mastered, and, at the same time, training leaders can use the data to precisely identify areas of strength and weakness within a learning program.
Outsourcing
Findcourses.com’s parent company EMG - Educations Media Group has partnered with Verdane, a leading Scandinavian investor in tech and e-commerce to expand their market presence.
As a learning leader, you understand the importance of leadership development programs. Do your stakeholders? Download this infographic to build a business case for leadership development at your organization.
Sales training is an important part of any business organization. It teaches new knowledge and skills to the sales force and, if done correctly and with the right resources in place, can generate a high return on investment (ROI).
Performance Management
Lattice, the people management platform, announced $25 million in Series C funding today in a round led by Tiger Global. This round comes on the heels of the strongest quarter in company history.
Jacksonville, Florida-based Wired2Perform is the latest firm to power its own platform with DNA Behavior International's "behavioral chip."
In a time when customers can cripple a company with bad online reviews, “workplace transparency” sites have become powerbrokers in the world of job hunting. These platforms are now a go-to source for job seekers.
Sales
MindTickle unveiled its Spaced Reinforcements solution. Using advanced gamification, microlearning and smart notifications to engage sales representatives, this latest innovation proactively and automatically helps bridge knowledge gaps.
All sales managers know is that they need an effective way to get the most out of their sales team. If they want their organizations to achieve top performance, they need to go one step further: Invest in sales coaching.
Want to boost company sales and productivity? Don’t look to your top salesperson. Hold off on expanding your sales team. Skip the flashy incentive program. Instead, look to the unsung heroes of the sales organization: the frontline sales managers.
Strategy, Alignment and Planning
Attracting, retaining and developing a diverse, qualified workforce is vital for companies to compete and succeed. Employees’ unique backgrounds, experiences and cultures help provide superior value to customers and investors.
If employees are constantly complaining or being negative, it can sap the energy and morale of everyone they come into contact with. It’s all too easy for this negativity to become a vicious cycle where everyone feels irritable and discouraged.
Not taking risks is riskier than taking risks. If you continue to do what you did yesterday, you will grow stale. Growth comes from taking risks. People who take risks in and out of their professional lives tend to be happier and more successful.
Workforce Development
Today’s workforce is more generationally diverse than ever. From highly experienced baby boomers to high school and college graduates of Generation Z, generational diversity means diverse ideas and experiences, making the workplace an exciting place.
Workforce shifts are leaving organizations with a sizeable knowledge and skills gap and the dual challenge of retaining millennial employees and transferring boomer knowledge before they retire.
This week, Guild Education, a mission-based company providing opportunities for America’s workforce through education, received an investment from Stephen Curry of the NBA Golden State Warriors to accelerate Guild’s mission and impact.