Communication, in many ways, is the key to leadership, and the leadership that got you here won't get you there. Right now, there is a great opportunity to transform conversations and how people experience work for the better, especially as we continue to lean into hybrid work models. In fact, a recent CMI survey found about 60 percent of managers in the U.K. did not feel they had adequate training in how to manage remote workers.

This webinar will provide a live demonstration of 5 conversation models to apply in your workplace. Hearing how coaching can be applied to common workplace situations will help training leaders learn how to create coaching solutions that support training.

The great resignation and the pandemic have immensely affected working environments, and companies are in the midst of a deep Learning and Development (L&D) transformation in order to attract and retain talent. Shifting the strategy in a way that will intrinsically motivate employees and assist them in building their career pathways will enable companies to navigate through these challenges.

Cut Enterprise Accounts Sales Cycles in Half...While Improving the Closing Ratio! In this session, we'll explore a tactical process and technique your sales team can use that cuts the Enterprise sales cycle in half, while improving the closing ratio without having to drop their price.  

Three widely used authoring platforms are all very different - and each one has evolved over the years. Storyline, Captivate, and Lectora have unique strengths and weaknesses. So how do you pick the best fit for your project needs? 

PowerPoint is such an essential tool for all types of communication, but it’s badly used. Revolutionize your content with amazing visuals, engage your audience with compelling animations, and impress them with beautiful, professional design. All using only PowerPoint. You’ll see a host of visual storytelling techniques, all demonstrated live, that you can use immediately to create amazing presentations or interactive content.

Quiet quitting isn’t new. It’s the latest name for a long-time problem: disengagement. Employees have been mentally quitting and staying for decades. What’s new is that today’s employees have taken to social media to openly talk about it. It’s a cry for help from these employees and you should treat it as a call to action.

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 well-being 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

Do your teams have the right skills and capabilities to keep focused, keep moving, and keep growing… in spite of economic uncertainty? Your organization’s success relies on its ability to deliver valuable products and services to your customers. This can be a challenge in the best of times, but even more so during periods of market uncertainty when the ability to pivot despite disruptions to ‘working norms’ may signal whether your business meets its strategic goals. Today, it is more important than ever that learning and development (L&D) support organizational change with effective work-based learning that enables learners with the right skills and capabilities that are essential to maintain momentum. And to ensure that high-quality services are sustained, however the landscape shifts. In this thought paper, we explore how the right work-based learning provides a common language and approach to work that will help your teams adopt new ways of working and create solutions that better meet the needs of your customers.

Nowadays, instructional video has become a very popular eLearning technique! But video has one major limitation: it's not interactive! Learners often have to sit passively watching a video tutorial from start to finish. This lack of interactivity limits their engagement and ultimately reduces the retention rate of your instruction.

From storytelling to easter eggs to boss battles, there are tons of ways game designers keep players hooked. Download this infographic to incorporate these winning strategies within your eLearning content. Plus, turn to the last page to see an actual game in action, and download the matching project file to modify, customize, and keep for yourself! 

Isn’t it ironic that most learning courses and platforms refer to supposed "learning experiences" yet, it emanates from the designer and trainer and NOT from the learner and worker? Consequently, the learning experience activity ends up being superficial. Oftentimes, it is just another new and exciting hype in the list of learning solutions. Sadly, they fail because they do not constitute genuine experiences by the learners and workers.   

Think creating virtual reality training is beyond you? Think again. If you have Adobe Captivate 2019, you are just about there. Learn how to create virtual reality training directly within Captivate. You’ll learn how to get started with Virtual Reality training - including equipment, terminology, and techniques.  

In this session, Jim Johnson outlines the qualities you should be mastering in your LMS to support the most complex businesses. If you manage learning programs within a highly-regulated industry, you are responsible for ensuring the safety of your employees, the data of your customers, and the reputation of your company. 

Did you know that according to the CDC, 26% of Americans self-identify as adults with functional disabilities? Just imagine the business impact of excluding 1 in 4 learners! While no one sets out to purposely create barriers to learning, we all see the world through our own lens. Between an aging population and an overall shift towards a more equitable culture, an inclusive design must consider the full range of human diversity - even beyond WCAG and Section 508.   To ensure your learning is relevant and accessible to everyone, follow these guidelines and checklists.

Learn a content strategy to ensure that you are curating, creating, sharing and engaging on the right content and attracting the right ideal customer persona.

The software industry is embracing Agile project management and there is much that we in learning & development can learn from them. Whether you’re using SAM, LLAMA®, Scrum or still exploring your options, there’s a lot to be learned from Agile teams in the ways that they manage their relationships and communications with the business in order to deliver their work on time, in budge and in line with expectations - even as those expectations evolve throughout the project.

Humans have evolved to learn through stories. Are you stuck on where to start with telling a story that can drive your content? Look no further than the last movie you watched or novel that you read! What made that story successful? What did you remember?  

Have you ever felt like a fraud in your field of expertise? Do you feel like you have to constantly do more to look like an expert? In this webinar, Audrey Cavenecia, Chief Content Officer and award-winning Podcast Producer for Pete Carroll, explores the feelings associated with imposter syndrome and translates imposter syndrome in simple words for anyone who wants to know how it feels.  

Survey results from the Workforce Institute indicate that 87% of employees report a high level of inclusion at their company when there’s a strong culture of recognition.1 Of those surveyed, nearly one-quarter said that they’re not recognized frequently enough. A Gallup report found that, when recognized, employees are five times more likely to feel connected to their company’s culture and four times as likely to be engaged. A recent Achievers survey revealed that 48% of leaders said their culture has deteriorated since the start of the pandemic because of lack of employee input and their failure to connect with remote employees.

Too many presenters focus on how their presentation is going to LOOK, and not enough to how it SOUNDS.  Can you blow people's minds with just the words you say? It turns out that presenters can learn a lot from songwriters. Songwriters create beautiful music using writing techniques to ensure that what they create sounds great, long before they think about creating the music video or stage lighting.  

Mind-mapping is a visual brainstorming technique you can use to tap into the power of the brain, look at a subject in its entirety and organize around key learning objectives.

The real reason Q4 stresses your sales team is… Standard prospecting tactics stop working. Your sales reps quickly fall into a pattern of self-defeating thoughts like prospects don’t have budget. Or, it’s year end. Decision makers are too busy to talk.

Description Thankfully, both the ethical and practical value of DE&I has become more widely recognized. But the extent to which an organization is fundamentally and culturally receptive to DE&I improvement is less often explored and less frequently addressed.