Why Better Learning Journeys Should Be Your Company’s Top Focus

It’s every company’s desire to achieve better business results. To get there, they realize they need at least two things: a great product and happy customers. And of course, neither of those can be successful without a skilled workforce.  But company leaders also realize that it doesn’t stop there. Organizations aren’t a “set it and …

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What to Do Before You Measure the Impact of Learning

Whether you are a learning professional or someone who has been tasked with implementing new training within your organization, you’ve probably been asked to measure and articulate the results by your leaders. This is something that should be expected. After all, it’s important to know that any training courses, regimes, etc., are having an overall …

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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 …

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Building a Culture of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Work

How is diversity, equity, and inclusion defined within your workplace? The disruptive events of 2020 forced organizations to rethink many areas of their business. New approaches to training, employee engagement, performance reviews, and other practices were developed as a response to the pandemic. In many cases, these developments required organizations to pay increased attention to …

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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 …

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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 …

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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. …

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3 Reasons for HR to Connect Learning and Performance

So much has changed in the HR, learning, and talent development field over my 15-plus-year career: the fluctuation of talent pools, the demands of a modern workforce, and the speed of change that businesses face. Add the coronavirus to the mix, and any ideas you had about change management were about to, well, change. The …

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