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Establish Clear Expectations for Learning and Development

Expectations are like looking through the windshield and measurements are like looking in the rearview mirror. Establishing clear expectations makes calculating ROI much easier in a few ways. When the destination is clearly defined, it’s easier to determine what to ...

Encouraging Business and L&D Partnership

Research continues to show that there is a measurable gap between the business and L&D in alignment around goals and results. While the L&D organization has primary responsibility for alignment, business leaders can help the process so that everyone wins.So, ...

Four Dimensions of eLearning

eLearning is an indispensable component of most modern learning strategies. Whether it stands alone or is blended with other modalities, its value continues to evolve as more uses are uncovered and new technologies with new features are introduced to the ...

Designing Authentic Practice

A recent article explores how learning outcomes can be improved by understanding cognitive science behind learning. One learning practice in particular is critical to achieving performance outcomes, creating meaningful practice.Meaningful practice involves tasks in the training experience that require retrieval ...

Job Shock – Training Didn’t Work

When employees complete training, head back to the job, and are surprised by the velocity, complexity, or volume of work, they’re experiencing job shock. Job shock results when training lacks real world context or inadvertently misleads them about the work ...

Tips for Your Training Intake Process

If your L&D organization is like most, requests for training arrive in the inbox all the time. The volume, the variation in type and quality, and the myriad ways the requests arrive can make each day a challenge.Making a few ...

SME Best Practice

SME challenges can make an otherwise enjoyable project turn sour for everyone involved.As an Instructional Designer (ID), your relationship with subject-matter-experts (SMEs) is critical to the success of custom training development projects. How can SME pitfalls be avoided? After dozens of ...

Benefits of Structured Employee Development

Successful companies are proactive about employee development and use their learning strategy, and tools like a development map to guide employees on their development journey, from on-boarding to successfully performing in-role to preparing for advancement. A development map can be ...

Employee Development Needs Structure

Successful companies are proactive about employee development. And to ensure alignment with and benefit for the business, they account for the entirety of the knowledge, skills, and contexts facing their employees – in short, they know job performance is paramount. ...

The Research is in (Again): Business Leaders Expect Results from L & D (Still)

The LinkedIn Learning Solutions 2017 Workplace Learning Report joins a chorus of research reflecting an expectations and results gap between L & D and the business. Page 12 from 2017 Workplace Learning Report by LinkedIn Learning Solutions Who else is ...

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Establish Clear Expectations for Learning and Development

Encouraging Business and L&D Partnership

Four Dimensions of eLearning

Designing Authentic Practice

Job Shock – Training Didn’t Work

Tips for Your Training Intake Process

SME Best Practice

Benefits of Structured Employee Development

Employee Development Needs Structure

The Research is in (Again): Business Leaders Expect Results from L & D (Still)

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