When to Partner with a Third Party for Training Programs
As the learning and development (L&D) department continues to become one of the most innovative departments inside its organizations, it’s starting to gain more and more responsibilities.
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?
5 Tips for Training and Developing Employees Across Generations
Many articles have been written about the differences between each generation and how they don’t understand one another inside the workplace. But there is actually substantial research that proves generational differences inside the workplace are a complete myth and that every employee essentially wants the same things:
Effectively Offering Financial Incentives to Employees
Since the early 2000s, seminal studies have revealed that employees aren’t actually motivated by compensation and financial incentives alone, although they both help some. But still, most Human Resources managers and learning and development professionals believe that to retain employees and keep them engaged, they must pay them more or offer them more ways to […]
Teach Employees Situational Awareness in Advance to Help Prepare for Workplace Violence and Other Emergencies
Every security officer’s top priority is keep their facilities and workforce safe. While advances in technological solutions such as access control and surveillance systems have helped accomplish that goal, they are not completely fail safe. According to security experts, when creating a good security plan to deal with for their organizations, security officers need to […]
Implementing After-Action Reviews
In a previous article, we discussed the concept of After-Action Reviews (AARs), a military practice that involves extensive analysis of training events after the fact.
How to Gain a Sponsor
In a previous post, we discussed the difference between mentors and sponsors in the workplace.
What We Can Learn from the Military’s AAR
Businesses and the employees who populate them are often so busy moving from project to project that they don’t have time to sit down and evaluate what went well and what went wrong.
Mentorship vs. Sponsorship: What’s the Difference?
We’ve talked a lot about the profound impacts a mentor can have on an employee’s learning and development. Effective mentors can provide their protégés with valuable insights into their experiences in the industry as well as the organization and can help guide them on the path to career advancement. But we haven’t talked a great […]
Implementing After-Action Reviews
In a previous article, we discussed the concept of After-Action Reviews (AARs), a military practice that involves extensive analysis of training events after the fact.
Can Employees Be Too Collaborative?
Effective collaboration and communication are often high on the list of factors of success in any organization, whether it’s government, the military, sports, or business. Collaboration brings together the input and, hopefully, best ideas of a wide group of people who can share their different experiences, perspectives, knowledge, and skill sets. So, what could be […]