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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Talent development for better Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
A recent McKinsey study “reaffirms the strong business case for both gender diversity and ethnic and cultural diversity in corporate leadership [...] The most diverse companies are now more likely tha...
What organizations need to do for better career development
In the era of continuous disruption, it makes perfect sense that individuals take ownership of their own careers. It's important to be self-aware, figure out your goals, and work towards them efficien...
How e-learning makes employee certifications simpler
We tend to look at 2020 for all the disasters it sent our way. Yet, the rise in e-learning that resulted from the pandemic has had benefits across industries. While we definitely would prefer 2020 had...
3 Leadership styles that work in times of crisis
Throughout history, there have been a few recurring themes in times of upheaval. One of them is resilience and how to make it through tough times. Another one is the importance of strong leadership. T...