Over the years, the training profession has created a learning system that essentially consists of offering courses and checking a box. We can continue going down the same path, but we’re at a crossroads in the industry.
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There’s much talk of needing to be flexible and adaptable in the changing world of work. But, when it comes to enforced change rather than self-development of our own choosing, professionals can feel uneasy about the unknown and choose not to...
All too often, employees who receive any kind of training quickly forget the lesson they learned and revert to their old ways. Here are some tips to improve leadership training at your organization.
With the potential to reduce turnover and increase productivity, every organization should be asking this question: "Are we getting the most out of our onboarding?"
Congratulations! Your business leaders recognize how essential your employee development efforts are to ensuring business success. This may be surprising, especially if your budget was recently cut, but the reality is...
Have you ever left an important conversation and felt like you weren’t talking about the same topic? How many times have you wondered what the other person was thinking?
“Culture” and “engagement” are both buzzwords in the L&D and HR fields. But what do culture and engagement mean, how do they relate to each other, and why should L&D care?
Strategic planning is critical to successful organizations, as it provides forward-looking direction, outlines measurable goals, helps guide key decisions, and provides structure for evaluating progress and data for taking corrective action.
Business leaders routinely create or adjust strategy. Because execution is a people problem, L&D has a vital role to play in the implementation process by operationalizing and embedding new or refined knowledge, skills, and performance.
Many managers and trainers present employees with a series of situations and pre-packaged solutions to those problems. Some people might call that training, but I call it troubleshooting.