The Challenge of Managing Training for the Hybrid Work Environment
As offices re-open and companies are requiring employees to spend at least a few days per week back in their former workspaces, managing training for this hybrid work environment will be a challenge. Even with virtual or eLearning in place, the hybrid work environment presents several obstacles to training delivery: For classroom-based learning, some learners […]
Is This Truly the End of Classroom-Based Training?
Though the sound of the drumbeat of its demise has been growing louder and louder, classroom-based training is not quite dead yet. According to Training magazine’s 2020 Training Industry Report—published in November 2020, while the pandemic was still underway—the majority (54 percent) of respondents indicated that they plan to return to some classroom training post-pandemic […]
Does Your L&D Team Need Project Management Software?
The answer of course is Yes, but digging deeper, the question arises: what special needs do L&D teams have regarding features of project management software, that off-the-shelf solutions might lack? Of course, project management software has exploded in popularity. Crowdsourced software review site G2 counts 397 project management software solutions currently available. Indeed, simply because […]
The Great Resignation: How L&D Can Slow the Effects of the Workforce Exodus
With the Great Resignation underway, companies are scrambling to fill positions, maintain operations with their existing employees, and prepare for the potential long-term effects of the pandemic and an altered workplace. While early into the pandemic, businesses laid off millions, the opposite is happening now: millions are quitting. Employees might be hesitant to return to […]
6 Ways to Make Your Training Budget Stretch Further
Everyone is doing more with less today—especially today’s beleaguered L&D teams. With the need for training and skill support at an all-time high, L&D teams can benefit by seeking efficiencies and discovering ways to make their training budgets stretch further. Let’s have a look at a few strategies that can help learning leaders accomplish more […]
Why L&D Has a Crucial Role to Play in Tackling the Skilled Labor Shortage
“The Great Resignation” is well underway. While early into the pandemic, businesses laid off millions, the opposite is happening now: millions are quitting. This has been driven by several factors, including employees’ reluctance to go back to the office due to increased health risks. Others have resigned to switch careers or pursue their passions, as […]
Learning & Development in the Insurance Industry
Henry Ford once famously said, “The only thing worse than training your employees and having them leave is not training them and having them stay.” In the fast-paced, constantly-changing world of insurance, this couldn’t possibly ring more true. 2020 saw job requirements shift and the need to train employees on new processes and skills massively […]
Conducting an L&D Audit: Assessing and Calculating Team Capacity
In this installment of our L&D Audit series, you’ll learn how to calculate and audit your training team’s capacity. In a recent update to an ongoing ATD study on the time it takes to create training, the researchers added some survey questions to the study. They asked respondents to name the top barriers to faster […]
5 Signs Your Training and Development Project is Succeeding
Once a project is planned and kicked off, the role of the project manager is more than simply nudging team members—digitally, of course—to complete their projects on time. The project manager must find ways to encourage and engage team members to add quality and effort that may not have been laid out in the plan. […]
How to Make Compliance Training Engaging and Effective
While engagement has always been an important element for any learning experience, it is usually lacking when it comes to compliance training. Why is that? There could be several factors. For one, the content needing to be delivered in compliance training is often complex and rigid, and so instructional designers place compliance training in its […]
