How to Build a Culture That Cultivates Resilience

Conventional wisdom would have us believe that resilience is built through adversity; a series of setbacks that challenge our beliefs and help us build new skills to cope with difficulty. In a recent article from Harvard Business Review, The Secret to Building Resilience, the authors argue our ability to be resilient during difficult times can […]

4 Reasons to Put Data Management at the Center of Your L&D Program

Measuring training effectiveness is about more than just capturing learner logins, completions and assessment scores.  Gathering metrics on the process, participation and outcomes of workforce training and learning and development (L&D) programs is critical for helping employees grow. This data is also extremely valuable for measuring training effectiveness and business impact to make sure your […]

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: How to Start and Keep Going

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: How to Start and Keep Going   Researchers found in a 2015 study of 40 companies listed on the Fortune 1000 list, that there is a significant relationship between employees’ perceptions of the company’s leadership, the organization’s inclusiveness, and the level of organizational diversity.  The study connected an organization’s desire to create […]

The Importance of Agility

The Importance of Agility in Today’s Workplace As leaders in our own lives, we need to bring our best to every situation.  If we have learned anything from 2020, it is that we need to be more agile than ever before – our world demands it. So, what is agility?  A quick Google search tells […]

The Must-Have Technology for Remote & Onsite Trainers in 2021

While the move toward remote workforce training and learning and development (L&D) functions isn’t new, the pandemic drastically accelerated the shift with nearly 85% of L&D functions moving from in-person to virtual. Even before COVID-19, companies were already planning to spend far less on instructor-led training (down 38%), while investing more in online learning (up […]