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Why We Still Need People Leaders in Technology Era
Technology has changed many things, making almost everything faster, easier, better and many more adjectives apply. Also advances in technology have made many objects and processes obsolete. However, there are still things barely touched by technology and the most...
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Working Smart
Productivity isn’t about becoming a robot. It’s about focusing when it’s time to focus, getting work done and having them to do the things you want to. Here are some tips to help your time focused thinking: Know Where You Spend Your Time Do you end the day...
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The New Approach
“Self Service” learning is emerging as a dominant feature of digital learning This is radically different from the conventional approach to instructional design, which not only defines learning goals, it determines the path that all learners will take to reach those...
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Is the Training Industry in Decline?
In a recent post on the LinkedIn ‘Training Managers’ Group’, SK Jumah wrote “In this short post I would like to get some feedback from different areas around the globe about the current situation of the “Training Industry”. This post attracted replies from a number...
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Bringing Your Customer On-Board
All great, successful enterprises or activities have both a goal and a strategy. Although strategies can often be complicated this is seldom the road to success, and you will save yourself a lot of time, energy and stress by creating a simple strategy that is focused...
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What Comes Next . . . Generation Z
The greatest number of learners we have in the work force today are millennials and we have addressed them in a previous article. However, Generation Z born since1999 are coming around the corner and we need to be thinking now about the challenges they will offer us....
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Unique Insights into Engaging Your Millennials in Learning
There is no doubt with all the literature that has been created about the millennial generation that they must be the most studied generation in history. It’s important that we don’t generate a stereotype around the millennial, the large body of research on those born...
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Top 2017 Workplace Learning Trends
The following trends are selected from the LinkedIn 2017 Workplace Learning Report which includes insights from 500 L&D professionals across the US and Canada. Organisations are investing more in talent development 69% of L&D professionals say that talent is the...
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Learning to Learn
Associate Professor Sandra Milligan at the University of Melbourne analysed the data from over 100,000 learners on the University’s various MOOC’s (Massive Open Online Courses), every click, tap, swipe they made, every document they consulted, and every word they...
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Using Mobile for Onboarding
When we recruit new hires, we are expending a lot of time and it can be expensive. The HR department does its very best to get the best talent onboard and with skills that fit the vacant role. So why would we not provide the sort of welcome that prepares the new...
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Beyond the Learning Management System
The evolution of learning tools has moved from programmes on individual computers to distributed web-based systems that could both administer lessons as well as collect and store testing data. The present availability of smartphones and tablets has quickly changed...
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How to Support Your Mobile Learners
With more and more learners using mobile devices today, if you are using on-line learning these are some ways you can support these mobile learners. Use mobile as a medium to deliver just-in-time learning. This involves sending short, microlearning modules...
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Be a Great Listener
When creating on-line learning modules, we often have to collaborate with Special Matter Experts and this requires special listening skills so we can differentiate the important stuff if we are designing Just-in-Time Learning. So, this is when I was reminded of the...
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Setting Your Customers Up for Success with Oneline Training
By incorporating training throughout the entire Customer lifecycle, Customers can have access to the knowledge and tools they need to maximise the effectiveness of the products they are purchasing. As Customers become more efficient and begin to reap the rewards of...
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Why Learning Designers Should Become Marketers
When I was at school there were some subjects I just struggled to get any interest in. I would have to force myself to stay awake or at least look like I was awake while drifting off into another more interesting pursuit. Many of us will have experienced these...
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Take the Transport Out of Training
The old saying is still true. “Your employees are your most valuable asset”. Just like the maintenance of machinery, it makes sense that companies should invest in updating and developing their workforce. Today there is an increasing appreciation for the importance...
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Microlearning Answers 3 Critical Questions
Implementing a microlearning strategy isn’t just about new content or technology. It requires a basic change in perception throughout your entire organisation. We must educate people to change the way they view learning as it relates to business results and work...
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Sometimes “Just Listening” is the Best Approach
Have you ever been in the situation where you have been explaining a situation to someone and they kept interrupting with thoughts and ideas that were either irrelevant or you already knew, and all you wanted to yell at them was “just listen”. Listening is a gift you...
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Onboarding . . . New Year, New Hires
Some stats about on-board or induction if you are of an older school. In the USA: 40% of turnover happens in the first month 10% of employee leave before their first anniversary 91% of first year employees are retained if there is a formal on-board...
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It Won’t Be Sales Training as we know it . . . Jim!
To keep revenue moving sales organisations are challenged to keep pace as new products and markets are launched. Reps need new skills, and they need them quickly. Time – to – productivity has become a key metric when evaluating sales initiatives. However, it’s not...
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