It’s been a busy year in the training industry. Learning professionals have spent the year revamping old content to create fresh, new programs that appeal to a more versatile workforce. Organizations have focused on onboarding and knowledge retention strategies to more effectively manage the flow of information.

Building trust, inspiring team members and driving business value through the utilization of technology have been key objectives this past year. Understanding the language of measurement has helped learning leaders translate training dollars into business revenue; while leading with a sense of purpose and a clear vision of business goals have been at the heart of the industry.

These trends were among those reflected in the top articles published on TrainingIndustry.com and Training Industry Magazine, with authors and business experts from around the world sharing thoughts and ideas with readers. Let’s take a moment to pause and reflect on those insights and inspirations by reviewing some of the most-read articles in 2014. These articles are listed in no particular order.

Here are the Top 10 articles of 2014 from TrainingIndustry.com:

• Combating the Forgetting Curve
• Five Things Proactive Sales Managers Do Differently
• Achieving Business Objectives via Team Building
• How Training is Like Vacuuming
• Measuring Informal Learning
• Six Tips for an Impactful Onboarding Program
• The Direct Path to Training ROI
• Improving e-Learning Usability
• Five Ways to Inspire Your Team
• L&D for the Next Generation of Leaders

Here are the Top 10 articles of 2014 from Training Industry Magazine:

• What L&D Professionals Need to Know About Gamification
  (Spring 2014)
• Women, Leadership and Emotional Intelligence (Winter 2014)
• The Currency of Trust: The Difference between Flourishing and Floundering (Summer 2014)
• Giving Old Content New Life (Fall 2014)
• Raising the Bar: The Impact of Sales Training on Effective Customer Engagement (Winter 2014)
• The Business Leader’s Bottom Line: Aligning Learning with Organizational Needs (Winter 2014)
• How Games Drive Learning (Spring 2014)
• The Language of Measurement: When to Assess, Evaluate and Test (Winter 2014)
• From Mind-full to Mindful: The Intention/Instruction Intersection (Summer 2014)
• Gamification in Sales Training: Seven Critical Considerations Before the Games Begin (Spring 2014)

Our annual key trends report continues to be a top article each year, showing that learning leaders have a vested interest in planning and analyzing the future of the marketplace. For a look ahead, please view the Key Trends for 2015 article.

Training Industry will continue to publish timely articles on both TrainingIndustry.com and Training Industry Magazine, so stay tuned for ongoing resources from industry thought leaders. And as always, please feel free to reach out to our editorial team and share what’s most important to you.

For more great content, check out the top 10 articles of 2016 and 2015!