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4 Reasons to focus on upskilling employees in 2023

Upskilling is more than a buzzword. It’s a golden strategy for brands that are serious about helping their companies and employees grow personally and professionally. In fact, companies worldwide spen...

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9 Types of LMS assessments for evaluating employee skills

Corporate learning is continuously evolving, but what's certain is that learning management systems (LMSs) are the preferred technology, with 82% of organizations using it. It's a big step forward for...

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How managerial training programs benefit your business

Every C-suite executive knows that even the most experienced managers can benefit from consistent learning and development. This is where managerial training programs can be hugely beneficial. Besides...

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4 Skills development activities for real-world knowledge building

Skills development activities can take many forms. From traditional methods that require all employees to be present in the same training room and listen to a seminar or go through a presentation to m...

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What is customer training? Benefits and how to successfully create it

When we hear about corporate education, the first thing that comes to mind is employee training. This is the most common type of training since it has an immediate and direct impact on company perform...

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The top 4 employee requirements that a skills development program has to address

This article was originally published in eLearning Industry on July 11, 2022. When employers assess the rationale for a skills development program, they usually focus too much on the business need to ...

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Competency-based workplace learning: How to figure out which skills employees need

This article was originally published in eLearning Industry on July 26, 2022. In today’s fast-paced corporate world, employees are looking for companies that take into account their needs and preferen...

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How to ensure compliance in the workplace in 8 steps

Keeping your company compliant is essential, and not only because it’s mandated by law. Non-compliance costs businesses $1.6 million per year on average, according to CYPHER’s 2024 compliance report. ...

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Top 5 communication problems in the workplace and how to solve them

Communication is essential to a smoothly running business. Organizations know this, and yours makes no exception. Or does it? Communication problems in the workplace are a lot more common than you thi...

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What is institutional knowledge and how to successfully harness its value?

If there’s one word that sums up the reality of managing today’s workforce, that word is challenging. The latest PWC report found that 65% of employees are looking for a new job. Furthermore, 88% of e...

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How to use an intelligent learning platform for extended enterprise learning

Roughly ten years ago, the telecom company I worked for as an L&D specialist, decided to extend its portfolio with a satellite TV service. It was a new and exciting project that promised to bring high...

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5 Reasons why cross-training employees is beneficial for your company

What’s one of the best ways to empower employees? Cross-train them. That’s right. Cross-training employees can take an unproductive, way-less-than-satisfied workforce and turn it into a happy, high-ac...

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3 Ideas for implementing hybrid coaching in corporate environments

A version of this post was originally published in Entrepreneur on April 6, 2022. Even just a few years ago, coaching in corporate environments was often a face-to-face exercise. Coaches or managers m...

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Top 5 leadership priorities for 2022

For the past few decades, successful company leaders have shared a few common traits: bold vision, ability to simplify complex situations, the power to inspire others. They are all excellent qualities...

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How AI will change corporate training in the near future

A version of this post was originally published in Entrepreneur on February 1, 2022. I’ve been in the education business for decades as a senior lecturer, trainer and CEO. When people ask me about the...

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11 Reasons why employee training fails

If you’ve been in the corporate learning field long enough, odds are you have witnessed a training program that failed despite its great premise. Even organizations with a sound system in place someti...