How good is your organization at measuring employee engagement? Research has shown how important it is for organizations to identify potential disengagement and address the contributing factors that can lead to it, such as: Absence of job resources Lack of job control Low job complexity Lack of organizational support Establishing strong employer-employee relationships is critical to reducing the risk of disengagement and helping to retain top talent. While there is no magic formula, there are a variety of best practices that can lay the groundwork for creating a culture of engagement. Chief ..read more

When your employees want to develop new skills or contemplate other opportunities within your organization, do they have the learning support they need? It’s important that learners know what’s available and where to easily connect with it. In a perfect world, your learners are proactively investigating programs that can help them boost their careers and job skills. So the secret sauce of any learning strategy is to ensure that you cover all your bases and that you are offering a diverse selection of highly relevant courses. For example, the need to train in remote team management has become a ..read more

Corporate training gamification and game-based learning are becoming the gold standard for training. As we discussed in our post, “Boost Compliance Training Effectiveness Through Gamification,” learning programs using game-based thinking and mechanics have the potential to motivate and promote learning, and help learners develop problem-solving skills. Whether they take part in immersive learning or simple games, learners have fun experiences and can learn from mistakes while receiving coaching and feedback in real time. But can gaming provide skills training that truly impacts behavior and jo ..read more

In the learning management system (LMS) market, business is booming. From recent reports, it’s estimated to nearly quadruple in size from 2018 to 2023. Fueled by the increased need to provide remote learning and operations during the pandemic, the LMS has become a critical component of L&D strategy. An LMS can be a powerful tool to support learning through: Smart administration Effective learning engagement Granular learning analytics The key to leveraging the full power of your LMS is to better understand what it is capable of doing. Unlike using intranet sites or cloud-based collaborat ..read more

One of the first signs of a toxic culture is the absence of awareness that the company may be in it. This extends to leaders who, for one reason or another, refuse to consider the possibility that they have an impact on culture, and they may be the cause. It’s a tricky and sometimes political issue to address change at the leadership level, but the responsibility falls on every person within the company. The result of doing nothing can be catastrophic. When employees begin to jump ship, new hires unexpectedly drop away, and recruiting becomes a blocker, someone needs to step up to rally for tr ..read more

Sales training is critical, but also complex. As sales professionals will tell you, best practices require a diverse skill set that balances hard and soft skills to nurture prospects and close deals. Seasoned pros need to pass on knowledge and experience, but there are often time constraints to contend with. This was one of the challenges facing a client-partner of ours seeking to empower new and existing sales associates with the hard and soft skills they needed to manage growth and drive revenue. In this article, we take a closer look at the success story of the organization’s L&D journe ..read more

Staff augmentation can be a highly attractive strategy when you want to accelerate project delivery and increase your internal team’s productivity and capabilities. But you may be wondering when to employ a staff augmentation strategy, when to work in-house, when to fill a position with a permanent hire, or when to completely outsource projects. There are pros and cons to each of these choices and you need to be aware of your options before you make a decision. In this article, we want to provide you with some free consultation advice and give you a sense of what the market looks like for staf ..read more

One of the first signs of a toxic culture is the absence of awareness that the company may be in it. This extends to leaders who, for one reason or another, refuse to consider the possibility that they have an impact on culture, and they may be the cause. It’s a tricky and sometimes political issue to address change at the leadership level, but the responsibility falls on every person within the company. The result of doing nothing can be catastrophic. When employees begin to jump ship, new hires unexpectedly drop away, and recruiting becomes a blocker, someone needs to step up to rally for tr ..read more

So you’ve made the decision to leverage agile talent to boost the capabilities of your L&D team. You’ve explored the benefits and discovered that staff augmentation is the right choice for your organization. But now you’re faced with the challenge of vetting the various options in front of you. Internet searches will reveal a sea of staffing vendors, all with the apparent qualifications to fill the talent gaps you’re looking for. The question becomes: What vendor is the right choice for your organization? The job of the L&D professional is never done. You now need to be a business anal ..read more

Over the past two years, many organizations made the successful transition to working in a virtual environment. However, as the dust settles on the “new normal,” challenges have arisen when ensuring Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the hybrid workplace. One notable example includes recent research from Brigham Young University, which surfaced last year, suggesting that nearly 45% of US women business leaders found it difficult to speak up in virtual meetings, while 25% felt entirely ignored. The question of how to address gender disparity and hybrid workplace DE&I is becoming a top conc ..read more