Company Training and Relocation For All Employees
In a global economy, more companies are relocating more employees to different locations. While telecommuting can allow businesses to connect with experts in ways they never considered before, sometimes you need feet on the ground in a particular location. Sending employees on a trip requires one level of organization, but if you’re relocating employees for […]
Coaching Subordinates on Decision-making Heuristic
Decision-making consumes a tremendous amount of cognitive energy. Over the course of a day, hundreds of minor decisions can lead to mental fatigue. Most workers use a number of decision-making short-cuts to minimize the amount of cognitive energy they expand throughout the day. These shortcuts (or heuristics, as my capstone instructor in business school referred […]
Why Businesses should invest in employee training
Employee training has become more significant over the years. In 2014 alone, it was estimated that spending on training and development had risen by 15%. The truth is companies are slowly coming to terms with the fact that trends are changing and at a fast pace. Currently, the millennials fill most workplaces and they come […]
10 Hacks to Improve Your eLearning Programme
You offer great elearning products. That’s the first step. However, in order to have a successful e learning program, you have to create and deploy a successful marketing program. Your goals will center around the following: Creating engagement on social media Boosting traffic to your website Earning great reviews and referrals Getting email subscriptions Converting […]
Chunking – the efficient way to store information in your brain and succeed
You can’t learn a complex skill instantly. Your brain has to break down incoming information into manageable, bite-sized ‘packets’ in order to embed them into your long-term and muscle memory. The number of steps depends on a number of factors, including intelligence, interest in subject matter, and learning environment (learning in a dance studio versus […]
Mental health training for line managers
Training staff for marketing roles
To do marketing properly, you need access to a huge skillset. We demonstrate this with a list of ten of the major career streams for marketing graduates. The list shows that marketing training can be a great investment for almost any business. For each of the different marketing roles, a business can hire an expert, […]
GDPR: Myths and Misconceptions for Training Teams
Is your training business ready for the incoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? It’s the dramatic and far-reaching regulation that offers individuals stronger protection and control over their personal data. But the broad and all-encompassing nature of the regulations – and what GDPR means for training companies – means they’re shrouded in myths and misconceptions. […]
Who should learn online?
Before someone invests in an online or cloud-based course, it’s worth checking to see if that person is a good fit for the learning format. The advantages of studying online are great, not the least of which is the pure convenience. But certain personal attributes are required to make it work. Let’s consider the qualities for […]
Building A Cloud Based Corporate Training System
For over a decade now, eLearning has been the most preferred model over physical classrooms for corporate training programs. These training systems have traditionally been software-based because of the sheer bandwidth required to store learning packages and to access them. But there have been a few developments in the recent past that have made cloud-based […]
New Year, new developments in the training world
Each new year presents a time for change; various new year’s resolutions are concocted before being left behind once February starts, and in businesses across the world, an opportunity arises to ‘start afresh’ leaving the previous year’s worries behind. When it comes to team training, there are an ever-increasing number of considerations to be taken […]
How to design an effective team dynamics workshop?
I have an assignment for a training/workshop session to facilitate the teambuilding and formation of a project team. The participants are from an NGO working with youth. I have around 4 hours with the group, and I’ve put together an initial session plan, focusing mostly on teamwork and team dynamics, with a couple of exercises […]
How to Create Low Budget, High Impact Training
The U.S. economy is more or less at full employment, which means that businesses now have to value training and developing the workers they have more than ever. Large corporations are throwing more money and resources into their training budget, leaving smaller businesses wondering how they can keep up and develop their employees. But workplace […]
5 P’s of Vocal Impact in Presentations
When delivering a presentation, voice projection is essential. The 5 P’s is a way of maximising all the vocal aspects. P ower – Too loud a voice can be annoying particularly for those at the front of the audience – Too quiet can say that the Presenter lacks confidence and others at […]
6 easy wins when training new hires
New starter training doesn’t have to be costly in terms of time and resources. Here are six low-cost, high-reward strategies for training new hires. 1. Replace ad hoc learning with training Having formal training is often a better alternative to leaving it up to new employees to ask questions, seek help, or teach themselves. Ad […]
Moving corporate training to the cloud – why & how
Businesses, on an average, spend over 18% of their total training budget on learning technologies, according to a Brandon Hall Group report. This can be attributed to the growing number of digitally native millennials at the workplace, the power and ubiquity of the mobile devices and the need to carry out expansive training operations for […]
Attending L&D events can improve your teams output
In today’s extremely competitive business environment, having any advantage over the competition is not only useful, it is critical. One of the most important tools a company has is its sales team and people. The selling environment today is more competitive than ever, which is why it’s so important that your business stays one step […]
Is your inbox making you ill?
When I coach executives on work-life balance I start by asking one simple question: What would you do if you had an extra hour in the day? Hundreds of people have answered this. No one has ever answered ‘work’. Not one. Some have said ‘exercise’ or ‘spend more time with my family’. The majority just […]
How To Make Employee Training Count
Most business managers understand the crucial importance of employee training, but often find themselves lost when it comes to implementing an effective training regime. Making employee’s show up, pay attention to, and retain information from training events can be a nightmare for even the best managers, so where should your company’s leaders begin when it […]
Employee training for remote work
Working remotely is basically working outside the workplace, either in the house or on the move. Computers, smartphones and other advanced gadgets mean that a few businesses don’t need a physical work environment for their workers. Even if you aren’t prepared to do away with organizations environment altogether, remote working can, in any case, assist […]
