4 ways to keep your distributed teams engaged
Keeping distributed teams engaged requires central communication tools, regular video conferencing, consistent recognition practices, and periodic in-person gatherings. These strategies help remote workers feel connected to colleagues and appreciated for their contributions, addressing the unique challenges of managing teams across different locations.
Are learners ready to embrace learning innovation?
Learners often define learning narrowly as classroom instruction, creating challenges for L&D professionals introducing innovation. This disconnect between how educators and learners perceive learning and development can hinder effective implementation of new methods and strategies.
5 must-haves for a modern employee recognition pro
Modern employee recognition programs should be digital, peer-to-peer, integrated with daily workflows, values-based, and offer flexible rewards. These five must-haves help companies move beyond outdated paper-based approaches to create meaningful recognition that strengthens workplace culture and engagement.
New year, new horizons: harnessing enthusiasm, managing expectations
How L&D professionals can support employees’ resolutions.
How to boost a feedback culture based on praise
When peers share positive feedback, the whole team benefits.
5 simple ways to increase workplace productivity
Discover five simple strategies to boost workplace productivity, including providing the right tools, recognizing employee effort, promoting wellbeing, aligning company values, and ensuring work-life balance. These approaches increase engagement and help organizations overcome widespread employee disengagement.
Informal learning: critically important, but neglected
Informal learning can be a powerful thing, but how can we learn to harness it in the workplace?
Values vs the Customer Experience
When organizational values don’t translate to customer experience, it reveals a disconnect between stated promises and actual culture. Leadership alignment, strategic decisions, and reward systems must genuinely reflect core values, or they remain empty promises rather than driving real business behavior.
Employee engagement: how to attract and retain generation Z
The biggest driver for generation Z employees isn’t salary or benefits – it’s career development.
Why Trainers Need to Learn to Flex Content
Effective trainers must be willing to adapt their content to match learners’ actual needs rather than rigidly following a predetermined script. While thorough preparation is essential, the ability to flex your approach based on real-time feedback ensures participants gain genuine value from training, especially when using experiential learning methods.
Raising Awareness – with Granny’s Mixing Bowl!
Raising awareness of existing behaviors often motivates people to change more effectively than imposing solutions. Experiential learning activities that highlight beliefs and behaviors encourage participants to identify their own improvements and embrace change enthusiastically.
The Career Balance
Discover why people choose corporate jobs for security but prefer self-employment for freedom, and how the gap between what people want from work and what they actually get affects career satisfaction and retention. New research reveals insights for both job seekers considering career changes and HR professionals aiming to improve workplace engagement.
4 ways to attract millennials to your organisation
Millennials will comprise 75% of the workforce by 2025, making it crucial for organisations to understand what attracts them. Career progression pathways, flexible working options, and a culture of recognition are key strategies to recruit and retain top millennial talent in today’s competitive job market.
Top tips to fully engage your learners
Boost learner engagement by designing training that matches actual performance needs, securing management support for staff development time, and integrating mobile technology and eLearning into your training programs.
VIDEO: how to set challenging goals
Learn how setting challenging goals and providing the right support framework can inspire team members to achieve more. Paul Robinson shares his experience building a dragon boat team from casual paddlers to competition winners by pushing people beyond what they thought possible.
The new languages of virtual working
Virtual work requires managers to adapt their communication strategies to maintain team engagement and motivation. This article explores five practical tips including keeping conversations personal, establishing clear communication channels, avoiding overcomplicated messages, amplifying key points, and varying communication methods to ensure remote teams stay connected and informed.
CEO Training Priorities For The Rest of 2019
CEOs face mounting pressure to drive growth and digital transformation amid economic uncertainty and rapid technological change. Effective CEO training in 2019 should develop innovation capabilities and cultural change leadership to help executives thrive in volatile, complex business environments.
Campaign learning: what is it and why does it tackle eLearning challenges?
Campaign learning uses marketing strategies alongside learning delivery to increase awareness, engagement, and knowledge retention. By leveraging multiple communication channels, crafting impactful messaging, and reinforcing content through repeated touchpoints, organizations can overcome common eLearning challenges and improve learning behavior embedding.
Introducing campaign learning: what’s wrong with our current approach?
Current approaches to campaign learning face significant barriers, including low engagement, information retention challenges, and difficulty cutting through communication overload. This article examines why existing methods fail and explores how marketing techniques can transform learning effectiveness.
Learning on the spot: how collaboration encourages workflow learning
Collaborative, peer-to-peer learning encourages employee engagement and skill development more effectively than traditional training programs. Employees who learn on the job are significantly more likely to know their career direction, find purpose in work, and feel productive. This approach provides autonomy and immediate feedback, leading to better retention and performance.