6 Clear Signs of Bad Workplace Training
The good news for training professionals is that more and more companies are seeing the value of investing in training. According to LinkedIn’s 2023 Workplace Learning Report, 83% of organizations …Read More
The Difference Between Coaching and Training
We’ve all heard it. We might have even said it. It usually sounds something like, “This training was no good—people are still doing things the wrong way.” Sometimes it sounds …Read More
8 Management Mistakes And How To Avoid Them
Recent studies from Gartner and LinkedIn highlight employee skills gaps as one of the top contenders for the 2023 employee crisis. Between the great resignation, talent shortages across many sectors, …Read More
How to Build Work Community: A Step-by-Step Guide
People are funny. They are filled with contradictions they don’t even realize, and these are woven into our workplace communities.
On the one hand, Gen X’ers and older employees feel that …Read More
The Instructional Design Process: A Step-by-Step Guide
Growing up, it seemed that all the working adults had titles that were short and easy to understand: doctor, nurse, teacher. These days, titles have gotten longer and more ambiguous: …Read More
Instructional Designers vs Auditors: Partners In Learning
A few months ago, a client’s training department underwent an audit. The external auditor, an intelligent, analytical, and somewhat cynical man, asked, “Why bother using instructional designers to create the …Read More
10 Tips for Improving Employee Time Management
If you want to enhance your employees’ time management skills, the process is simple: send them to the training provider that offers the best value for a generic course. Hundreds …Read More
Microlearning vs. Macrolearning: Which Is Right for You?
Women’s fashion in the 1800s was characterized by maxi-dresses which came all the way to the ankles. By the 1940’s, skirt lengths crept to mid-calf with the introduction of the …Read More
How to Network Effectively: 5 Essential Tips
When it comes to preparing us for adult life, schools do a pretty good job. We learn basic skills like reading, writing, and mathematics and advanced skills like critical thinking, …Read More
What’s New with What’s New?
The holiday season is nearly upon us, which means that party season is also about to kick into full gear. Between workplace and club end-of-year parties and friends’ holiday happy …Read More
Not Your Father’s Compliance Training
Every year, employees in countless organizations engage in the “check the box ritual:” They attend mandatory training to comply with safety, financial, or legal requirements. In the past two decades, …Read More
Short, Sweet, To the Point, and not Rambling On and On…
Jim Rohn, the American entrepreneur and philosopher, famously said, “The more you know, the less you need to say.” If you really understand something, you can summarize it in a few …Read More