When you’re kicking off a new training project, how do you allocate resources and determine a deadline? There aren’t always clear answers. Luckily, with some industry benchmarks, you can confidently arrive at accurate conclusions.  This calculator template references data from those benchmarks, to allow you to: Forecast the total hours different types of training projects will take to complete. Pinpoint how many team members you’ll need for the project. Allocate resources  Estimate budget

Peer-to-Peer Conversations: New Mentoring In Virtual Training

Learning and development has evolved significantly over the past ten years. Many of the advancements have been tied to new technologies, borrowing from other industries and disciplines like marketing and design thinking, and important shifts in the way people work and learn. According to Deloitte: This white paper examines the key shifts happening in the workforce today, the opportunities opening up for organizations, an evolving point of view on what makes effective workplace learning, and a vision for how organizations can adapt to meet the needs of learners.

Download this Practitioner’s Guide to learn how to redesign and modernize the academy model to effectively build skills, cultivate talent, and generate loyalty and retention among employees in this new world of virtual work and talent wars. Learn how to:  Rethink talent academies so they are relevant, attainable and invaluable for any business Design a learning program that is highly contextualized to roles and jobs, developing skills that employees can apply in real-time Execute on a foolproof 10-step plan for developing your own talent academy

Cybercrime costs companies and countries billions of dollars each year. Most of us think of getting hacked when someone is phishing or has hijacked our email account. But serious cyber attacks have, and continue, to take place. These attacks put so much of our data and service access at major risk.

In the midst of the pandemic, the shift towards digital transformation accelerated—as did the seemingly permanent trend toward remote work. But new remote and hybrid office strategies make it harder than ever to manage productivity, cultivate personal connections, and motivate and inspire teams. Today, managers and employees must rethink how they communicate, collaborate, and develop trust in hybrid workplaces. At the same time, it’s critical to understand productivity is now directly tied to the flexibility and satisfaction that people get from their work. In this Idea Brief, featuring key points from a virtual event discussion with HBS Professor Tsedal Neeley, learn the critical elements that need to be addressed as we shift to a potentially permanent hybrid work environment: Why hybrid environments require organizational flexibility and a centralized approach Why cognitive swift trust and emotional trust are critically important for success Why leaders must consciously decide which digital tools to use in different situations Why regular team relaunches are an essential tool when leading virtually And why it is important to get new work environments right as we prepare for the impending digital revolution

Is your team finding it tough to use its budget effectively? Many training and instructional design teams are enjoying higher budgets, but either don’t know where to apply funds or feel like they’re not allocating them well. Or both. In this eBook, you’ll learn how to: Spot areas where budget and resources aren’t used to their full potential Identify opportunities to improve resource usage and save costs Apply learning operations data and insights Run L&D like a business

It’s no secret, people want to do meaningful work, expand their career opportunities, and understand their impact. To remain competitive, you need to help people connect what they’re learning to the benefits of career growth and new opportunities to advance their careers and transform the business. In this guide you’ll learn three critical steps to establishing skills as the universal language for growth and success for your people and your organization.

In this research partnership between HCI and Cornerstone People Research Lab, we investigate nascent new skilling efforts and patterns of collaboration for skills discovery and the development and delivery of learning programs. Although new skilling is itself new, we’ve found that organizations in which elements of a new-skilling approach are emerging also tend to outperform their peers on a range of talent and business outcomes. These high-performing organizations engage in practices that recommend six action items for building a new skilling approach to learning and development that can better keep pace with the changing needs and priorities of the organization and its people.

The "25 Challenge Questions to Personalize Your Virtual Training" is aimed to help you answer these questions. The article consists of my top-of-mind thought processes to help me understand, learn, and know more about the learners.

Growing a training program can be difficult whether you are just one person running it or there’s a team tackling employee training. It can also be stressful to take a step back and understand the strengths and weaknesses of your training program. Regardless of whether your program is brand new or already making changes at your organization, the potential it has for impact is high. With the right strategy, and a focus on continual improvement, you can reach the next training milestone and deliver even more value to your organization. In this infographic, you’ll learn: 5 phases of a training program KPIs for each level and strategies to reach each level How to prepare your program for success

Using Failures and Errors as Learning Opportunities - Ray Jimenez

Reskilling is essential to build foundational knowledge for the future. But what about driving performance and expertise over time? You can drive performance by building employees’ competence through reskilling with upskilling — making knowledge accessible in the flow of work to accelerate expertise. This ebook is for learning leaders focused on upskilling people, driving performance today, and augmenting reskilling efforts for the future. Read the ebook and discover: How to accelerate the ROI of reskilling How to drive continuous improvements of skills How to reinforce a culture of learning

The world expects more than compliance. Through a partnership with research and analyst firm, Brandon Hall Group, OpenSesame has distilled the latest in DEI benchmarking and progress research; and created a seven-part white paper series that reveals seven strategies that transform your DEI initiatives. Discover factors that connect within a DEI framework, methods for program longevity and employee action, and ways that leadership within your industry creates lasting and meaningful change. Learn about: Developing a holistic DEI approach that builds a culture to transform company connections Establishing strong DEI values across your organization to maintain engagement Assessing your industry’s needs and how to prioritize DEI efforts for robust and lasting outcomes Ways to integrate DEI programs into your current and ongoing learning curriculum

The Great Resignation - or employees leaving their current roles for better opportunities in a post-COVID world - is well underway and shows no signs of slowing down. To survive and thrive, organizations must adapt to this changing economy and learn how to retain the best talent. Our infographic explains six strategies that can help your company attract and retain employees.

In the fall of 2020, we surveyed our customers about diversity, inclusion, and belonging. Our findings reveal that leading organizations are getting increasingly sophisticated in their approach. No longer a side initiative, actions to create inclusive cultures are becoming more holistic, pervasive, strategic, and measurable. But there is much to be done. Our research also reveals opportunities to close gaps between leadership intention and plans and the real-world perspectives and experiences of our people. Where is your organization on this journey? This report will help organizational leaders: Benchmark your organization’s progress on diversity, inclusion, and belonging against other global companies Identify potential gaps between the views and actions of your leadership and the perceptions of your employees that can impact your culture and performance Identify next-level actions your organization can take to close those gaps

What did employees actually learn and did it improve their performance? Every learning professional wrestles with this question. Often held up as a way to address these issues, microlearning is a scientific methodology designed to test learners out of the skills, coursework, and knowledge they have already mastered and deliver targeted learning experiences that fill in gaps. However, there’s a lot of noise in the learning technology marketplace from vendors claiming to provide microlearning when all they provide is over-gamified bells and whistles that do nothing to change learning outcomes. This eBook will clearly define microlearning, the science backing it up, what actually makes it work and how microlearning fits in with your broader learning and development strategy.

21 Surefire Facilitation Techniques in Virtual Training + Engagement Matrix Exercise and Video

Did you know that 80% of employees enjoy game-based learning at work more than traditional training methods? With so many employees working from home and many feeling stressed, anxious, and overwhelmed, game-based learning can be that "magic elixir" that adds the right amount of fun needed. Tapping into the power of play allows businesses to not only stimulate learning retention but also improve company culture. By applying gamification strategies, and adding game-based elements (games, points, badges, leaderboards, competition, rewards, etc.), companies can accelerate the learning process, improve retention rates, and promote a fun environment.  Download this eBook to see how a well-known cosmetic company drove ROI by creating a gamified learning environment to effectively train its global sales team. You’ll learn how to apply the same gamification strategies - including making virtual onboarding more interactive and effective. 

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) brings tremendous benefits to organizations of all sizes.    There is a growing push for DEI in business because it benefits organizations with things like a 50% drop in staff turnover and a 56% increase in productivity.  What effects do DEI efforts have on your leadership team?  Is your management team accurately reflecting your DEI goals? Download our free eBook - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Leadership

You and your team put a lot of effort into creating training.    But to showcase your value to the rest of the organization, you need to speak their language. And ROI is the metric everyone understands.   Use this training ROI calculator template to: Calculate ROI for many types of training initiatives, such as onboarding, sales enablement, customer service training and more Show the impact of L&D team efforts on business performance Forecast time and budget savings as a result of training Produce ROI charts

Employee mental health has long been a taboo topic in the workplace, but there has been a recent shift at organizations to cater to health and wellness of employees. This shift has resulted in the need for all employees to be able to recognize the signs of mental illness, know how to offer support, and how to handle the tough conversations that can stem from discussing mental health. In this ebook, you’ll learn: Key elements for building a strong mental health initiative at your organization Common myths and misconceptions about mental health and how to overcome them How to get buy-in throughout the organization for a mental health initiative

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