I initiated an interesting discussion on LinkedIn earlier this week, not with the intended purpose of a blog post, but rather I was just curious – why not turn to experienced people involved in training/learning within organizations and ask them, what their 3 biggest pain points are rights now = what really bothers them?  Not …

Employee training issues are one of the reasons that the mention of training gets an audible groan out of most people in leadership who have had the task thrust upon them. People are a difficult creature to train and to work with, and since people are so unique to their own experiences, it makes it a …

Yes, managers are faced with this question all the time – why are some employees, who on the surface seem to have very high potential, frustratingly not reaching it? And while I realize that workers are a diverse group, and personal reasons play a factor, I think there are clearly certain familiar patterns in observing …

Periodically, this blog has focused on company product releases or announcements that I think is interesting and noteworthy, and which I try to give a brief overview of the product news, and follow up with a senior company official to get some more insight into the larger picture. Last month, VitalSmarts, a Provo, Utah-based innovator …

As a business professional, possibly the head of your business, people probably often ask you what your company’s stance or approach on one thing or another is. “What is your business philosophy? What is your service motto? What is your revenue model?” So, you’re used to having a clear view and definition of these various things …

Put your gamer pants on, folks, because today we’re going to talk about employee training gamification, and I don’t just mean a passive discussion of what it is. Gamification has, in a very brief time, gone from a quirky, edgy theory to a fully-explored and widely-employed method of engagement and retention for training as well as …

I want to start a series on the blog. being more industry-specific, so I hope over the coming weeks and months to focus on specific professions and various industries, and look at the uniqueness of employee training programs and strategies within each.  I hope also to be able to conduct interview with leading learning professionals …

Employee learning and development is one of those things that’s perpetually going on in any working environment with a hierarchy. Most often associate it with actual declared and scheduled training sessions (something often met with audible sighs). However, any environment with leadership and group dynamics involves the constant shifting of ways of thinking and perspective in …

Employee training tracking software is becoming pretty proficient, especially when it comes to SaaS deployment. Most people will make this realization, and greet it with an indifferent shrug, but I’m here to say that’s a bad mentality to have. Given the importance of employee training, there needs to be an easy way to track and manage …

Employee training books are a dime a dozen, but as with most topics, you can never discount competent literature by an educated author as a huge source for insight. While the internet mentality of today is starting to make people value the printed book a little less, I think it’ll survive its eBook transition and still …