3 Types of Mentors Your Employees Need
Adding to yesterday’s post, here are three more types of mentors your employees need to succeed.
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?
The Economic Risks of Outdated Education and Technology in the Workplace
The Associated Press recently highlighted research released by Accenture, and the findings are staggering and concerning for organizations of all shapes and sizes. And L&D professionals and members of the C-suite everywhere will need to take notice immediately to help mitigate the issues that will start to arise.
Why You Should Develop and Promote Strengths Training
Too often, we focus on skills that employees lack and what they’re not very good at and where they need to improve. But we hardly ever focus on what they’re already good at and how we can help them become even better at what they’re already good at doing. And this is a major error […]
The Importance of Having Master and Advocate Mentors
According to research parsed by Forbes®, Millennials planning to stay with their employer for more than 5 years are twice as likely to have a mentor (68%), compared to those who aren’t planning to stay (32%). And 81% of them are happy with their mentor. But among Millennials planning to leave their employer within 2 […]
Engagement Issues During the Holidays? Here are 4 More Ideas to Try
Adding to yesterday’s post, here are four additional L&D ideas to consider if you want to keep your employees engaged during the holidays.
3 L&D Ideas to Keep Employees Engaged During the Holiday Season
While 51% of employees claim to be happy during the holidays, 35% claim that they’re more stressed during this time of year. It’s also no secret that employees can get distracted and become less productive during the holiday season. And many employees don’t think about training or learning and development (L&D) during the holiday season […]
3 Things to Do When Mobile Learning Distracts Rather Than Develops
Did you know that 47% of organizations are already using mobile devices in their training programs? Experts are also currently predicting that the mobile learning market will be worth $37.6 billion by 2020. And there’s no surprise that it’s taking off because of its many benefits and because it’s effective.
Holiday Hiring Woes? Reskill Workers to Solve Holiday Shortfall
Black Friday is right around the corner, and for retail employers who are struggling to find talent, the key to a successful and profitable holiday shopping season may lie in reskilling your existing workforce.
Conducting a Lessons Learned Meeting
You and your team have put in months of effort, had some ups and some downs and, whatever the result, the project is over. Time to move on to the next initiative? Not so fast! A key aspect of projects that so many people overlook technically comes after the project is over; however, it is […]
Excessive E-Mail Harming Manager Performance
The advent of e-mail revolutionized the way people communicate in office settings. When e-mail arrived on the scene, fax machines had already allowed the ability to send messages in print to recipients around the world, but e-mail made that ability much more efficient, convenient, and ubiquitous—not to mention cheaper.