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Managers

The posts in this category cover subjects L&D managers and other decision makers involved in business training might find useful or at least interesting.

multilingual training courses
March 14, 2017
3865
by Livia B

What are your options when creating multilingual training courses?

E-learning, Instructional Designers, Managers

Company growth is based a lot on employee development, and this often means some sort of training. And if we’re talking about a diverse workforce in more than one location on the globe, cultural differences and language variety have the potential to become serious challenges. So company training programs need to be targeted to each group of employees, and their native language should be an important variable.

Gamification – a cross-generational affair
March 2, 2017
5253
by Roxana M

Gamification – a cross-generational affair

E-learning, Managers

The workforce is a cross-generational affair, mixing Gen Xers, Millennials and Baby Boomers. The use of gamification in training holds the power to engage the greatest part of the demographics. If properly designed, it reaches wide categories of staff and can turn even the dullest topic or task into something enjoyable and worthwhile.

February 16, 2017
7103
by Adam Robertson

The impact of the right office furniture on employee motivation, engagement and productivity

Managers

The right office furniture impacts the well-being of employees and can hinder their ability to be top performers in a subtle but powerful way. When physical pain gets in the mix with new complex things that need to be learned or thorny work-related issues that need to be solved, employees tend to be less attentive, lose focus and count the minutes until they can get up and go home.

TED Talks for L&D
February 14, 2017
8814
by Livia B

Top 7 TED Talks for L&D professionals [Infographic]

E-learning, Instructional Designers, Managers

Maybe it’s the perfect duration of the speech, maybe it’s the great subjects, maybe it’s a combination of these — but TED Talks sure has a way to keep watchers mesmerized. Here are 7 TED talks spreading ideas about how people learn, what motivation means, the role of the workplace, and other topics learning and development professionals could find interesting.

the gamification of work
February 2, 2017
4530
by Livia B

Why companies should consider the gamification of work

E-learning, Managers

Considering the growing numbers of job-hopping employees, what can companies do to fight low employee retention rates? Well, the gamification of work might be a solution, by allowing employees to try out different jobs in different departments, within the same company, for a set period of time.

is your company ready for the iGeneration
January 26, 2017
4526
by Livia B

Is your company ready for the iGeneration?

E-learning, Managers

With all the hype about millennials in the workplace, people seem to overlook the other young generation that starts to join the workforce. What do these young employees expect the workplace to be? And why should companies care about this right now? Is your company ready for the iGeneration?

learn and innovate fast enough
January 19, 2017
3294
by Livia B

Why can’t organizations learn and innovate fast enough?

Managers

Why can’t organizations learn and innovate fast enough? Because the people in them have an innate resistance to change that raises a barrier against innovation, and the motivated and engaged employees are outnumbered by disengaged and negative ones.

impact of LMS software on business
January 17, 2017
6189
by Graham Glass

The positive impact of a corporate LMS

Instructional Designers, LMS, Managers

Software Advice conducted a research on how learning management systems are used for corporate training. One of the key findings in their report is that the great majority of users say their LMS positively impacts the success of their organization, and this article presents the nine ways it does so.

wave of knowledge transfer
January 12, 2017
3825
by Livia B

How LMSs help companies ride the wave of knowledge transfer

E-learning, LMS, Managers

Workplaces nowadays are hit by a huge wave of knowledge transfer, mostly because Baby Boomers are approaching retirement, and the fast-paced business environment pressures employees to always work with the latest updated information. Only technology can help companies successfully manage this transfer of knowledge between employees, and LMSs are almost always a part of the solution.

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