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After the Classroom: What Can You Do to Make Sure New Skills Become Old Hat? [Infographic]

October 10, 2017

Steps to take for better transfer of training

In the first blush of post-training excitement, your team probably feels like they have a new lease on their work and fresh skills to boost their careers. But what happens after a month - or six? Do those abilities stick around forming a foundation for even more development? Or do they bow to the tyranny of old habits? What can you do to make sure the time and money you invested in training makes a lasting difference? Check out the infographic for a few key steps that make your training … [Read more...]

How to Leverage Learning on the Job for Incredible Results

February 21, 2017

Employees working together to help each other improve.

What has life taught you today? Maybe it’s something small like “don’t use the microwave after Joe has.” Or maybe it’s something more profound like “a few minutes of quiet in the morning helps me get more done.” Either way, if you think about it, life has taught you something today. You and your employees learn everyday – not just from video courses, PowerPoint presentations, or white papers - but mainly from the experience of completing projects, creating products, and serving … [Read more...]

No-Nonsense Employee Training: The Best Articles of This Week

February 1, 2017

A collection of useful articles about learning and development at work.

This week, we learn how to get people to collaborate better, engage employees with social learning and the arts, and calculate turnover cost. There's bonus content you can use in diversity training as well. Every week, I read dozens of articles about management, human resources, and employee development. I look for advice grounded in reality that small and large companies can easily use to help people engage, perform, and improve. I've pulled the best ones from this week so you can get … [Read more...]

Flattening the Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve

January 17, 2017

If training starts in the classroom, everyone knows it doesn’t end there. As Bill Rosenthal pointed out, there is a learning curve and then there is a forgetting curve. But when it comes to employee learning and development, the forgetting curve can be a major obstacle. According to recent research, only 10-15% of what is learned in training is actually transferred back to the job. Any staff training program will need to include strategies that help employees remember what they were taught … [Read more...]

No-Nonsense Employee Training: The Best Articles of This Week

January 11, 2017

Every week, I read dozens of articles about management, human resources, and employee development. This week, I found some great pieces about adulting (that's slang for soft skills for Millennials), leadership, learning technology, and more. I look for advice grounded in reality that small and large companies can easily use to help people engage, perform, and improve.  Let's get right to the good stuff. Adulting: Millennials Need Soft Skills in The Workplace [Infographic] Ok, I admit … [Read more...]

How to Train Employees Effectively: 7 Key Steps in 4 Stages

January 10, 2017

7 steps to effective employee training: leave bad training behind

Sam Varghese, Talent Development lead for GENPACT, recently shared his experience on why many employee training programs are ineffective. His top reason was that they are not linked to business goals. His second is that they consist of mostly classroom training which is just the beginning of learning. All managers want their programs to be effective, but the keys to good staff training often lie outside the classroom. Below, I’ll describe 7 essential steps for effective learning. These are … [Read more...]

How Pract.us Gets Results Faster than Other Training Methods

Pract.us helps you speed up your training results by using work experience in the work environment as your key training tool. You get started faster. With Pract.us, you don’t have to create videos and courses. You just need to identify a behavior you want employees to learn and some resources to help them, which can include other employees. You can also start in small steps. Since you’re not creating courses or videos, you can adjust and improve your cards and skills every day based on … [Read more...]

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Handling Resistance During a Training Session: The Best Training Articles of This Week

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