The Value of Simplicity in Employee Training

Posted by Jason Silberman on Posted in Workplace Training
I wanted to write about something we all can appreciate – the art of simplicity. Innovation doesn’t necessarily need to be complicated. Sometimes, by simplifying the different work processes you can easily come up with new ideas and out-of-the-box solutions to your business problems. That’s why, when it comes to innovation, the best thing a…

The Main Organizational Learning Perspective of 2013

Posted by Jason Silberman on Posted in Gamification
A couple weeks ago, I had coffee with my colleague, and he raised an interesting point I’d overlooked in my training literature in the past. He pointed out that different groups of companies have a varying organizational learning perspective. So do these perspectives, as a summary zeitgeist of the business world, change over time, like any…

Towards Maturity launches the 2013 Benchmark Study to Help Organizations Measure L&D Effectiveness

Posted by Jason Silberman on Posted in company news
Here is something interesting I saw this week. Learning and development research company Towards Maturityannounced the launch of its tenth year of Benchmark research, the largest study of L&D effectiveness in Europe. The study is open to L&D leaders across all sectors and it is free to take part. Participants can access the study on…

The Importance of Relevance in Employee Training

Posted by Jason Silberman on Posted in Workplace Training
Many business enterprises, organizations and other commercial entities are aware of the importance of investing in employee training. However, this is not just about paying a tuition company to deliver a set of lectures to your employees. Employee training needs to be properly planned and delivered in such a way that your employees are interested…

4 Employee Performance Management Tips

Posted by Jason Silberman on Posted in Performance Management
Employee performance management is one of those subjects that comes with training, which makes many people in leadership positions cringe. I often sympathize in my writing with both leaders and employees who have mandatory training thrust upon them, as the training is often theoretical is not directly relevant to their daily work. However, given the constant…