Understanding how the brain works could revolutionize your learning business. Consider the following principles to accentuate your business approach to learning.
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As businesses look to become more digital and efficient, HR and training technology providers are developing offerings that integrate HR and L&D processes on one platform.
Despite the dedication, heart and hours that learning professionals pour into developing corporate training programs, learners often fail to foster the same level of enthusiasm for training as the developers.
The best corporate training departments operate as small, entrepreneurial businesses within the greater enterprise.
Early in my career, I worked for a mid-sized, mostly stagnant company. The business had an unhealthy culture focused on margins and cutting costs in some of the worst ways.
Businesses demand that their leaders work across boundaries, share ideas and communicate effectively to arrive at the best decisions.
Hundreds of studies have demonstrated a tradeoff between positive learner attitudes and the actual knowledge and skills acquired from learning experiences.
The language of alignment is data. In order to become more aligned with business leader partners, L&D must make the best use of business data to make decisions, monitor progress, troubleshoot issues and make directional adjustments.
Just as important as understanding best practices is recognizing some elements that are critical not to do.
Should trainers be subject matter experts in the topic they are teaching, or do they just need excellent presentation and facilitation skills that enable them to train on any topic?