So much has happened in 2020 we are all ready to have it behind us. In terms of learning and development, our function and responsibilities have been disrupted this year, and we have had to pivot tremendously. We have had to think creatively and innovatively. We have had to consider new and interesting ways to …
No one will argue that talent development is not critical to an organization’s success, but 2020 made the case in ways that no CHRO ever could. Remote work, lay-offs, employee retention, management challenges, the need for additional technical skills, finding great talent beyond your immediate region – the challenges just kept coming. Effective employee learning …
Tap your network. Ask your colleagues. This is the best place to start when looking for an Instructional Designer to join your team. Instructional Designers come in all different forms: some may be focused on only doing technical training development; others may have a specific area of expertise; others may be generalist, and some may …
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Over the years we have seen so many changes in HR and Learning. HR and L&D go back and forth from centralized functions under the same umbrella to decentralized functions and back again. We have seen the personnel and staffing change to HR. We have seen training move to learning and talent development focused on …
The pandemic has forced companies to use technology that they may not have used before, or used sporadically. This is thinking outside-the-box. This is being creative and innovative in ways in which we can connect and engage our employees, our customer, our vendors, and our colleagues. Can you image life now without Zoom or Teams? …
As we look at the clean calendar page that is January 2021, we’re coming to terms with lessons learned from the dumpster fire of 2020. Last year’s unprecedented change — the upheaval of work norms, an overdue focus on social justice, economic stresses, the travel shutdown, Covid-19 – spurred many “aha” moments. Organizations saw everything …
The pandemic is taking its toll on working women. he statistics are alarming and the number of women downshifting or leaving their jobs entirely are at rates we have never seen before. Women have always carried the weight in terms of childcare, education, and running the household – along with working full-time and high profile …
No Learning and Development? No way! This is a critical department within our organization to engage, grow, development and retain employees! Whether you’re a start-up with five employees, or a 5000-person company that’s been around for 50 years, it’s important to implement an L&D strategy. There are so many different types of learning and development …
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Onboarding new employees during the Pandemic is not easy! Organizations, company leaders, hiring managers, Talent Acquisition, HR, and L&D are having to think of new ways to connect, engage, and assimilate new hires to a organization without physical connections. What is a company when there is no physical location to go to? How do you …
Without a plan for onboarding new hires you are asking for trouble! Planning and preparing for new hires to come onboard is not just signing papers and getting your computer. As the hiring manager it is creating a plan for the next 90-days, at a minmum. It is doing all the right things to ramp …
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