Category Archive For "Learning and Development"
Employee Experience: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It Matters
All employers invest in the customer experience (CX), but what about the employee experience (EX)? As businesses increasingly realize that their workforce is their greatest asset, employee experience is gaining traction as an important line item in employers’ annual budgets. But what is employee experience, exactly? Is it just another buzzword for employee engagement? How …
Why It’s Important to Focus on Both High and Low-Performing Employees
In any business or organization, there are naturally some people who perform better than others. This could be for a multitude of different reasons. Some you will have control over, some you won’t. What you can control is how you manage both your high-performing employees and your low-performing employees. How does your organization focus on …
L&D Trainers: How to Offer Solutions That Differ from Your Organization’s
How can L&D trainers give the best training advice possible? What if someone asks for training, but you want to suggest an alternative? As a trusted learning professional, it’s your job to assess the need for training as well as implement it. But how do you give good advice if it’s contrary to what the …
How to Improve Your Hiring, Onboarding, and Training in 2021
How are you approaching hiring, training and onboarding in 2021? Onboarding new hires may look very different today from how they looked this time last year. Many businesses now have a remote workforce meaning that new employees may have to be integrated and trained remotely. With traditional shoulder-to-shoulder training no longer possible for many, how …
Measuring the Business Impact of L&D: Turn Insights into Action
This is the final part of a four-part series on how L&D teams can effectively demonstrate the business impact of their learning programs. Read parts one, two, and three for added context. As mentioned in part three of this series, if the bare minimum ‘table stakes’ metrics are all you’re tracking, you will never be …
Measuring the Business Impact of L&D: Link Learning Data to KPIs
This is part three of a four-part series on how L&D teams can effectively evaluate, measure, and demonstrate the business impact of their learning and development programs. In part one of this series, we began by honoring the reality of the pandemic’s impact on L&D and the need for organizations to “reset.” Part two introduced …
Top 12 Tech Tools for Your L&D Toolkit
How comprehensive is your L&D toolkit? If you’re a trainer or educator, you’ll have plenty of tools in your arsenal for delivering effective learning. You’ve built these up over years of experience, from your education, research, communication with other educators, or even created some yourself. But does your L&D toolkit meet diverse needs? Do they …
How to Shape an Ideal Company Culture Using L&D
A company’s culture affects everyone within it. It can generate happier employees and greater business success, but it can also have a negative impact if concerns aren’t raised and addressed. But how can you access employee insights into your organization’s culture? Schoox’s VP of Learning and Brand Success, Matthew Brown, reveals how you can discover …
3 Reasons Businesses Should Focus on Relationship Building
What could better internal relationships help your organization achieve? As many businesses move their communications online, internal relationships need to be actively nurtured in order to thrive. Whether you are friends or colleagues, forming relationships with the click of a button rather than a handshake is common. While this can make you feel connected to …
Measuring the Business Impact of L&D: Collaborate and Align
This is part two of a four-part series on how L&D teams can effectively evaluate, measure, and demonstrate the business impact of their learning and development programs. Read part one here. To measure the impact of learning, you have to collaborate with other departments and align your learning and talent functions with the business strategy. …
