8 Onboarding Trends for 2019
As organizations continue to compete for top-level talent, here are eight things they’re going to spend most of their time and money on in 2019.
Category: Learning & Development
Employees are valuing career development more than ever—it’s a sign that the company is willing to invest in their future. How are businesses approaching training today? What are their pain points, and what topics are being addressed in training?
What Employers Need to Consider in the Wake of the Government Shutdown
The U.S. government experienced a partial shutdown, which ended in late January 2019. The partial shutdown impacted many employees and businesses across the nation, and it cost the economy around $1 billion each week.
Does Your Sexual Harassment Policy Have These 8 Important Elements?
Sexual harassment policies need to be clear and complete, but the policy must then be followed by a strong and active training program.
4 Types of Hands-On Training Your Employees Need in 2019
Online e-learning and mobile learning are still gaining popularity in the workplace, but it’s important to note that workplace learners still prefer hands-on training and on-the-job training opportunities—even more than digital learning experiences. And research continues to show that blended learning is still critical to the modern-day workplace.
How to Prevent Your L&D Department from Becoming Siloed
Learning and development (L&D) departments are becoming the most innovative departments across organizations because they’re embracing new technologies and key strategic partnerships, as well as exploring ways to work with and around the limits and opportunities that come with big data. This is also why they’re no longer the siloed departments that they once were […]
What to Do About Your Burned-Out Millennial Employees
Yesterday’s post outlined why Millennials are burned out at work, and as you can infer, burned-out employees negatively impact organizational productivity, profit generation, engagement, and innovation.
How to Help Employees Avoid L&D Overload or Apathy
While technology has done wonders for learning and development (L&D) in the past decade or so, it still needs to be moderated well if it’s going to remain effective.
6 Types of Assessments Your Employees Need
Did you know that 53% of employers admit that they don’t actively track improved employee performance, even though 43% of highly engaged employees receive feedback on their performance at least once a week? And companies that implement regular employee feedback have turnover rates that are 14.9% lower than companies that don’t implement regular feedback.
New Trend: Reverse Mentoring by Millennials
What do companies like Microsoft, UnitedHealth, and Target have in common? They are all on board with a formal reverse mentoring program by Millennials.
Handling Red Flags in B2B Relationships
In two previous posts, we’ve been discussing the concept of red flags in the business-to-business (B2B) context.