With so many demands for employees to upskill and stay up to date with changes in their fields, there has been an intentional shift in how we view L&D in the workplace. Traditionally, employees would participate in mandatory compliance and onboarding training, either in traditional face-to-face settings or through eLearning... more
Compliance training: you have to assign it, your learners have to take it, and you probably don’t think it’s anyone’s favorite flavor of workforce learning. You might be wrong, however. While compliance training falls firmly into the must-do category and isn’t nearly as fun as the nice-to-have training (meditation and... more
We all remember the learning experiences that shaped us. Maybe it was an assignment in school, or something that happened in daily life. Whatever your transformative learning experience was, it connected with you, and suddenly something made sense. You learned something, and your perspective of the world shifted a bit.... more
There are a variety of reasons why learners participate in workplace training, ranging from mandatory compliance requirements, upskilling, to career development. While different goals might have different timelines for completion, learners often have time to complete them at their leisure or over an extended period. Just-in-time training is a time-sensitive... more
Businesses of all kinds are finding that they easily have up to four generations of employees working within their organizations. While having a multigenerational workforce certainly adds an element of age diversity to a company, it may also add some challenges. Meeting the training needs of employees who have different... more
When it comes to creating a compliance training program, mastering the fundamentals is not just a choice – it’s the cornerstone of success. If you’re managing the launch or overhaul of your organization’s compliance training strategy, you might be feeling a bit overwhelmed. Between the complexities of your industry’s changing... more
If you build the learning, they will come, right? Well, as most veteran learning and development (L&D) professionals can tell you: not always. Sometimes all you get is crickets. Why is that? Why does some of your best work get ignored by learners and — most importantly — what can... more
You’ve hired a new member of your sales team. You’ve sifted through applications, gone through the interview process, and found the person who fits your requirements, your culture, and your organization’s revenue needs. You have high expectations for them. Maybe they’re replacing a top performer on your team. Perhaps you’ve... more
What do learners want? It’s a big question for Learning and Development (L&D) pros everywhere, and for anyone who has ever begged a learner to fill out a survey or questionnaire after a training module. Training Industry’s most recent Learner Preference Report has once again answered that question, surveying hundreds of... more
The technology industry is a whirlwind. Things change at a breakneck pace; what was cool yesterday is passé by next week. Competition is fierce—there’s no such thing as resting on your laurels, even when you’re at the top of your industry. You need to keep pushing and innovating, or risk... more
