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To build effective work connections, leaders need the relationship skills to manage up, collaborate and motivate others. These skills begin with being approachable. Being approachable opens the door for leaders to navigate their careers more successfully.
While training professionals usually prefer to teach in a live classroom, the webinar is a teaching modality that’s here to stay. With the growth in distributed teams, workforces are now too spread out to have all training classes in a classroom.
AI and automation — while exciting and efficient — are disrupting the workplace and causing some discomfort for today’s workforce. These emerging technologies promise to streamline repetitive tasks, which has left many workers with a sense of anxiety.
Performance management is as simple as achieving agreed-upon goals — something that is important for individual and organizational success. If it’s that simple, why does it feel so hard? The answer is to focus on performance development.
The best guess is that the world of work in 2030 will be a lot like it is today. It is a safe bet that trends in motion now — gig work and automation, at least in manufacturing — will continue. But there is unlikely to be any run-away change spiral.
One surefire way to ensure that your training event produces actionable insights in participants is to incorporate emotion. The reason movies, plays, concerts and sporting events produce such vivid memories is because of the emotions they generate.
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When you work on a college campus, fall is exciting. This past fall, however, I lost a team member, who left our organization. While some may say the hiring process is exciting, the prospect of going through it in a tight job market is not.
Many managers are guilty of delaying performance reviews when something “more important” comes up. These managers often don’t see performance management as a priority. However, performance management should be a priority if they want tasks completed.
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Compliance
KPA announced today the upcoming release of the Vera SuiteTM software platform for managing EHS, workforce compliance, online training, and regulatory management in a single integrated cloud system.
360factors, Inc., the industry leader in risk and compliance intelligence software, announced today that the company has released a major upgrade to its compliance-centric Learning Management System (LMS) application within its Predict360 software.
Now that the dust has settled from the transition into the 2020s, let’s take one last look at the mergers, acquisitions and investments of 2019, this time focusing on the fourth quarter.
Content Development
While training professionals usually prefer to teach in a live classroom, the webinar is a teaching modality that’s here to stay. With the growth in distributed teams, workforces are now too spread out to have all training classes in a classroom.
One surefire way to ensure that your training event produces actionable insights in participants is to incorporate emotion. The reason movies, plays, concerts and sporting events produce such vivid memories is because of the emotions they generate.
This e-book offers high-profile examples of well-crafted L&D programs that help create an internal pipeline of high-performing talent. Use it as a guide for upskilling your workforce while creating real returns on investment.
E-Learning
Sharpist, the digital ecosystem for personalized learning & development, today announced that it has raised $5 million in seed financing led by Vorwerk Ventures. The financing round was joined by co-investors btov Partners and APX.
Now that the dust has settled from the transition into the 2020s, let’s take one last look at the mergers, acquisitions and investments of 2019, this time focusing on the fourth quarter.
EdCast has extended its Open Skills Cloud to leading HR systems used by G2000 companies. The Knowledge Cloud by EdCast now allows the largest enterprise learning content library to work with all open skills libraries.
IT and Technical Training
In the workplace, we use many tools to communicate, such as email, instant messaging and conference calls. When using these kinds of technologies, we risk creating communication silos and breakdowns when we don’t use them the right way.
Now that the dust has settled from the transition into the 2020s, let’s take one last look at the mergers, acquisitions and investments of 2019, this time focusing on the fourth quarter.
L&D organizations that are not partnering with technology departments to understand their training needs may have a learning curve to overcome. The learning challenges that technology-led departments face are unlike any other learning needs in a company.
Leadership
To build effective work connections, leaders need the relationship skills to manage up, collaborate and motivate others. These skills begin with being approachable. Being approachable opens the door for leaders to navigate their careers more successfully.
Shifting the focus from the managers to the employees risks a diffusion of accountability that, over time, will lead to less feedback. Training professionals who are committed to building strong leaders need to stay the course and double down.
If you are willing to invest the time and effort in developing critical thinkers, these managers and employees will reward you by producing more efficient and creative teams and, thus, a more successful business.
Learning Technologies
Udemy, the largest global marketplace for learning and teaching online, announced today that the company’s long-time partner in Japan, Benesse Holdings, Inc., has agreed to invest $50 million in Udemy with a valuation of $2 billion.
Mobile learning continues to evolve in unique and exciting ways to make learning increasingly more accessible and digestible. As a result, organizations must keep a finger on the pulse of mobile learning in order to effectively leverage the medium.
360factors, Inc., the industry leader in risk and compliance intelligence software, announced today that the company has released a major upgrade to its compliance-centric Learning Management System (LMS) application within its Predict360 software.
Measurement and Analytics
It is essential to demonstrate the effectiveness of a mentoring program to establish its credibility and value the efforts of all stakeholders involved. Fortunately, it is possible to assess and demonstrate effectiveness at various stages of the program.
Now that the dust has settled from the transition into the 2020s, let’s take one last look at the mergers, acquisitions and investments of 2019, this time focusing on the fourth quarter.
How do we sort through all the training options and pick the one that we think will be the most effective? How do we screen all our options? Shouldn’t we look for the observable evidence that training improved something for participants?
Outsourcing
Now that the dust has settled from the transition into the 2020s, let’s take one last look at the mergers, acquisitions and investments of 2019, this time focusing on the fourth quarter.
How do we sort through all the training options and pick the one that we think will be the most effective? How do we screen all our options? Shouldn’t we look for the observable evidence that training improved something for participants?
Baker Communications, Inc. announced today the creation of their Learning & Development Talent Solutions Group to augment their clients' workloads. The move was announced amid a growing tightening of the availability of qualified learning professionals to
Performance Management
Shifting the focus from the managers to the employees risks a diffusion of accountability that, over time, will lead to less feedback. Training professionals who are committed to building strong leaders need to stay the course and double down.
Performance management is as simple as achieving agreed-upon goals — something that is important for individual and organizational success. If it’s that simple, why does it feel so hard? The answer is to focus on performance development.
When you work on a college campus, fall is exciting. This past fall, however, I lost a team member, who left our organization. While some may say the hiring process is exciting, the prospect of going through it in a tight job market is not.
Sales
If you had to identify the most important selling skill that has delivered the most value to sales teams, what would it be? Are you thinking of negotiating, need development, reaching the decision-makers or prospecting? These answers are good guesses.
Sales coaching, the process of developing people to achieve excellence and performance by helping them master skills, is growing in importance. In a technology-enabled sales environment, companies have rediscovered the value of communication skills.
Now that the dust has settled from the transition into the 2020s, let’s take one last look at the mergers, acquisitions and investments of 2019, this time focusing on the fourth quarter.
Strategy, Alignment and Planning
AI and automation — while exciting and efficient — are disrupting the workplace and causing some discomfort for today’s workforce. These emerging technologies promise to streamline repetitive tasks, which has left many workers with a sense of anxiety.
The best guess is that the world of work in 2030 will be a lot like it is today. It is a safe bet that trends in motion now — gig work and automation, at least in manufacturing — will continue. But there is unlikely to be any run-away change spiral.
This e-book offers high-profile examples of well-crafted L&D programs that help create an internal pipeline of high-performing talent. Use it as a guide for upskilling your workforce while creating real returns on investment.
Workforce Development
Mobile learning continues to evolve in unique and exciting ways to make learning increasingly more accessible and digestible. As a result, organizations must keep a finger on the pulse of mobile learning in order to effectively leverage the medium.
Meritize, a pioneer developer of funding solutions for skills-based education and workforce development, today announced the launch of a new platform designed to expand access to in-demand, skills-based training programs.
Training has never been more critical to your company. In droves, your most seasoned employees are nearing retirement, requiring a transfer of knowledge to next-generation workers on a grand scale. Many companies are prioritizing next-gen training.