The message is clear: if you want to unlock real business growth, start by investing in your people.  When you build a continuous learning and development culture, your employees become more engaged, and your business reaps the rewards. This ebook will show exactly how to achieve that—how strategic L&D and AI-powered solutions can drive business success. Explore eight key priorities that ensure your training initiatives enhance employee engagement, productivity, and revenue, and learn how to implement them in your business. Case studies on gamification, video roleplay, and virtual reality will show how these innovations transform employee training and retention. As an L&D professional, are you ready to embrace your role as the driving force behind corporate growth?

I can recall standing in front of students and posing questions when I was early in my career, and not getting any responses. Have you encountered this before? Engagement and participation are common goals facilitators and trainers attempt to achieve in every facilitation, but it is not given that learners will be eager to participate. In our role as facilitators, we are responsible for creating environments where our students feel comfortable contributing and sharing ideas. To take it a step further, we seek to create environments where all feel valued as contributors. I call this environment "the learning community." When building the learning community, we often start at a unique disadvantage in that our students do not know one another well and are not accustomed to communicating, much less sharing, with each other. They may be new to an organization, from different departments, or geographically dispersed. So how do facilitators and trainers build the learning community when a group of strangers come together? Here are some tips to consider.

What if your training programs could skyrocket engagement and retention in 2025—just by following one secret framework? Fortune 500 companies have quietly used this game-changing approach to create learning experiences that inspire, engage, and deliver results. Now, it’s your turn to future-proof your training programs with this exclusive guide! Download the guide and discover how to:  Master the 2025 framework for gamified learning success  Double your learner satisfaction  Achieve a 2.5x increase in knowledge retention rates  Boost engagement by 60% The future of learning is here—don’t get left behind. Start today!

If you’re planning to run a skills gap analysis, why not download our free training gap analysis template and checklist? To save you from creating this from scratch, we’ve built a spreadsheet you can download, customize according to your business needs, and fill with your specifics.

They’re bringing some of us back into the office—how do we work in a hybrid environment with some remote and some in-office employees? How do we collaborate with our satellite locations on work projects now that we are global? How does our new work environment effect recruitment practices, particularly with respect to new talent from younger generations? What does onboarding look like? These are just a few questions from a client following their return to the office. The solution to these queries lies in a short and simple one-word answer: adaptability.

Wondering if other L&D professionals are feeling a bit stretched thin? Don't worry - according to our 2025 Trends in Training Report - they are. Almost 47% of HR and L&D professionals reported that they expect their top challenge in 2025 to be a lack of time to devote to building a training program. This has been the number one challenge for the last three years! Our 2025 Trends in Training report explores how a CEO’s influence shapes programming, dives into content focus areas, and uncovers program planning logistics—all tied together with actionable insights. Download our 2025 Trends in Training report today!

As the workplace evolves, so do the demands on leadership. The way we lead, train, and develop people must adapt to shifting expectations and challenges. For 2025, three pivotal leadership development trends stand out.  Ignoring them could leave your organization falling behind—but embracing them can propel your team forward. Let’s explore these trends and how programs like Lead in 30 are designed to address them.

So, you want to train your employees with videos. Which video type should you choose? How do you create it?   Whether you're an educator, a corporate trainer, or simply someone who wants to share knowledge, this guide is your one-stop resource to help you get started on the path to creating engaging and impactful training videos.

Have you ever looked at someone who seems to hit all of their goals while you’re stuck on the first one? Maybe the problem isn’t you - it’s the goal or the way you’ve set it. Goal setting seems like it should be intuitive, but there’s actually a scientifically studied framework behind most successful goals and well-defined methods to encourage yourself and others to set goals that are achievable. Download BizLibrary’s Guide to Setting Goals for Success and learn actionable strategies for helping learners stay focused and hit their targets.

Struggling to keep learners motivated throughout your training programs? Wish your sessions felt more like games and less like lectures? We’ve got you covered! Download the guide and learn how to:  Turn dull content into visually stunning animated modules with Animaker  Enhance learner participation with Storyline's interactivity  Use your LMS to introduce rewards and challenges  Drive learner engagement up by 80%  Improve knowledge application rates by 3x! Gamification starts here—unlock the guide now!

Where do you fall on the continuum of technology adoption? Are you an innovator, chomping at the bit to get your hands on new tools before everyone else? Do you lag the majority, resisting new tech until it’s an absolute must? Or, perhaps you’re like me, cautiously optimistic? Cautiously optimistic has been my approach with generative artificial intelligence (AI). When ChatGPT set a historical record in 2023 as the fastest growing consumer application, I paid close attention to early adopters as they experimented with AI, before determining how I might incorporate this new wave of technology into my own ecosystem and work in measurement and evaluation (M&E). Optimistic me was excited about the potential of generative AI to support and even revolutionize our approach to measuring learning outcomes. Yet, cautious me was quick to remember our industry’s challenge with "shiny, new object" syndrome. In the context of measuring and evaluating learning outcomes, is generative AI just another shiny new technology tool, or can it truly revolutionize the way we demonstrate learning impact?

The workplace is evolving, and the future is human. As technology continues to automate tasks, prioritizing human connection at work is more important than ever. To help you prepare for the changes we foresee heading into 2025, the Arbinger Insitute has put together its second annual Workplace Trends Report. The 2025 edition of this report delves into the critical role of people-centric leadership, fostering a culture of genuine connection, and creating a sense of purpose. Get your copy now!

Executive summary: At the edge of the cliff — The overwhelming challenges of today’s workforce Psychology research shows that when we face an overwhelming number of challenges, it’s easy to lose hope and feel helpless. In reality, today’s employees are faced with more challenges than ever before, and while some of the variables are outside employer control, that doesn’t make the situation any less difficult for the workforce. For example, headlines abound focusing on the business risk of losing high-performing employees, and a recent PwC report indicates that the second wave of the Great Resignation could be just around the corner. Not only that, but for yet another year, Gallup and other reputable organizations indicate that employee engagement remains stagnant, costing employers upwards of nine trillion dollars annually in lost productivity. It's an overwhelming series of challenges for employers as they attempt to support a productive and capable workforce. What options exist to help drive engagement and retention while giving each employee a sense of progress in their skills and work? In a new research study of 2,000 global learners, the team at Lighthouse Research & Advisory partnered with Adobe to uncover some of the aspirations, needs, and priorities of workers, and one clear opportunity stands out as an option to combat this variety of challenges—a culture of learning based on autonomy and opportunity.

As your network of channel partners, resellers, and other third parties increases, managing product training doesn’t get any easier. However, establishing a plan for distributing training content is essential to ensuring your products are properly understood, marketed, and sold. This guide provides technical considerations to help you build a plan for distributing training content across a variety of systems. You’ll learn: What to consider from a technical point of view before starting How to create a content distribution strategy across the ecosystem Ways to streamline your training content management How to ensure each learner has access to the latest, most up-to-date version How to gain insights into course usage to inform strategic decisions

As you start adding more components, your ecosystem becomes more complex, and you may find yourself bombarded with more tools than you can manage, more content than is useful, and more data than you know what to do with. Whether you’re building your ecosystem from scratch or working in a complex one, this guide will help you better understand the learning tools and technologies available and how to design a practical, scalable ecosystem. This eBook will help you:  Discover common tools and platforms Organize your ecosystem Manage content across various platforms Prepare for introducing new components Plan for reporting and data

Whether you create and sell off-the-shelf training or you design custom eLearning content, one thing’s certain: Distributing your content can be challenging. You want to deliver training that’s compatible with multiple systems, manageable for admins, and easy for learners to access. In other words, content distribution is just as important as actually creating that content. But with so many options for managing and delivering your courses, what’s the right solution for you and your client base? Good news! It’s all in this free eBook, Setting the Standard: An Introduction to Content Distribution.  What you’ll get inside:  A primer on eLearning standards like SCORM, xAPI, and more Meaningful insights into which standard is right for your goals Best practices to distribute your content more efficiently Four ways to distribute and sell your content, including hybrid solutions How 3 companies used centralized content solutions to reach larger audiences

This guide is your go-to resource for creating impactful retail training. You’ll learn to spot and fix major mistakes retail businesses make when training their frontline employees and discover how to build an effective, results-driven online training strategy with an LMS.

Managers are essential to employee engagement, with Gallup reporting that our relationship with our manager accounts for 70% of the variance in team employee engagement. We know that good employee/manager relationships are necessary - but how do we build them while ensuring that we're still supporting growth and encouraging improvement? Feedback is one of the strongest pillars of any employee/manager relationship - the slowest to build and the easiest to crumble. Check out our Guide to Coaching Conversations for tips on building strong employee/manager relationships and giving feedback that changes both parties for the better!

Are you struggling to keep your training engaging with the same old Powerpoint slides? Would you like to know tips and techniques that can make even the most boring of PPT courses into immensely captivating learning experiences? This guide has just that! Download the guide and learn how to:  Create courses that can impact revenue by up to 30%  Improve learner engagement by 100%  Double your course completion rate!

Your one-stop resource for using role-plays in corporate training. This is a comprehensive guide to role-plays produced together with Clark Aldrich, a top expert in educational simulations. You’ll learn all about different types of role-play trainings, discover how to create them even without any tech know-how, and find out how to use them effectively for employee training. Download this guide to discover: What a role-play simulation is and how it works Benefits of role-plays for corporate training 5 types of role-play simulations How to create engaging role-plays

Many experts estimate that 44% of workers’ skills will be disrupted by 2028. The WEF reported that skill sets for jobs have already changed by 25% since 2015. The workplace is evolving quickly due to hybrid work, artificial intelligence, generational shifts in leadership, and more. How can organizations keep up with the responsibilities of upskilling and reskilling employees in the face of such rapid change?  Read our ebook all on Personalized Skills Development and learn:   how to determine the skills gap in your own workforce   how to create a skills development program that benefits your employees and your organization   how other organizations are approaching upskilling and their priorities in training

Everyone has a role to play in designing and developing your organizational culture, from executives down to entry-level employees. Some roles are more formal, while others happen informally through interactions between your people. But who owns it?​ In this guide, you'll discover: The concept of "ownership" in culture Who influences company culture The key areas of cultural transformation

From engagement struggles to scalability issues, there are multiple challenges trainers and instructors face in virtual training environments.   Download this article to understand the recognized and unrecognized challenges and actionable insights on how to overcome them for impactful business-critical virtual trainings. 

Learning and Development (L&D) leaders are playing a critical role in shaping future-ready organizations by aligning L&D initiatives with strategic business objectives. This whitepaper dives deep into how forward-thinking leaders are embracing innovation, leveraging advanced technologies, and focusing on upskilling to stay ahead of industry changes. It also explores key trends, including designing impactful L&D programs, enhancing engagement, and driving leadership within L&D teams. Download this whitepaper to uncover insights on how to transform your organization through cutting-edge L&D strategies, ensuring long-term success.