If you can anticipate what’s ahead, you can make choices to ensure the best possible outcome when it comes to investing in training.
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For business to remain competitive, corporate learning must enter the 21st century. There’s no better time than now to start making the transition.
The key trends for 2017 reflect how the training industry continues to evolve. And the trends we see are not those flash in the pan, short term, hot applications – but rather, changes to the market that will have a lasting impact for years to come.
Our learners need to see why learning matters to them, why it will make their lives better. They need to believe the course will improve something they value. In short, they need to be sold.
Ensuring that learning portfolios are relevant, linked to the business, and deemed effective and efficient requires organizations to engage in a learning portfolio transformation exercise.
Doing more with less is about efficiency but being “lean” is about appropriately allocating future resources for strategic growth. Lean is nothing new to business, but it is something very new for L&D.
This is the time of year that our team at Training Industry reflects and takes inventory of the ideas that have impacted our industry over the past 12 months, and a look ahead to the trends that will impact our business moving forward.
What is the value of training? This simple question heralded the start of Nestlé’s learning effectiveness journey.
Getting demonstrable results has long been the “holy grail” for training and development departments. But maybe we should think of it more as our Achilles’ heel.