Set Your Employees Up for Success with Purposeful Training
How can we create a culture in which our employees value training? “People love to say, “Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” What they don’t say is, “And it…
Signs That Your Employee Training Program Needs Improvement
“If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.” This famous quote by Zig Ziglar, legendary author, salesman, and motivational speaker, speaks volumes when it comes to employee training and development. What goals and expectations do you have in place for your training…
Increase Revenue with the Right Employee Training
Businesses can depend on properly trained employees to deliver high-quality performance and create increased revenue. With that being said, prioritizing professional development training strategies with an enterprising perspective will result in positive trends in your long-term profit margin. Whether you go with on-the-job, instructor-led, online…
How Learning Changes as We Age
There are obvious advantages to being young — health, energy, stamina, flexibility, and being able to process and take action quickly are just a few. While some companies are bent on hiring younger adults, there are obvious advantages of hiring older employees. Wisdom, life experience,…
Writing Better Questions to Assess Learning
Are you a public school teacher or a college professor? Are you a safety instructor in an industrial setting? Or are you an instructional designer who writes eLearning courses for various types of businesses? Whatever the case, if you convey information to others, how can…
How Coronavirus Has Changed Training
The coronavirus pandemic has demanded a change in almost every area of our human existence. Changes in workplace learning are among those demands, and businesses must consider them if they expect to maintain pre-pandemic momentum. Flexibility and creativity in employee development are of utmost priority…
Instructional Design Principles Provide Methods to Avoid Madness
“I have no idea where to begin!” How many times have you sat in front of a blank computer screen and pondered this thought? It is your job to write electronic learning (or eLearning) courses for students that you do not know personally and whom…
The Secret to Training Millennials
While training in general presents speed bumps on occasion, training millennials begs for a unique path. Why? Simply because there has never been a generation so entrenched in technology from day one. Not only does this keen awareness of technology make the millennial generation unique,…
