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Remote Work Challenges – Here, There, and Everywhere

Remote Work Challenges - Here, There, and Everywhere Hey, remember when we all worked in offices, met in-person in conference rooms, and socialized in the breakroom or at lunch together? Seems so long ago for many of us. The pandemic changed many things in our world. Remote work was already gaining serious traction in many companies, especially those in certain sectors, but suddenly everyone who possibly could work from home was expected to be a remote worker. Those who could work remotely were in many ways the fortunate ones, as many folks either had to continue to work on location…

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How To Use Training Initiatives To Change Employee Behavior

I Think I Can’t, I Think I Can’t

I Think I Can’t, I Think I Can’t As a people manager, you’ve likely heard one of these lines or something very similar. Change is scary. Doing something new or adjusting how we do something from how we’re accustomed to doing it can be very challenging. You may have members of your team that are simply not getting things done the way it needs to be done. But here’s the thing. Do you as their manager understand why there’s an issue with the task or expectation? In other words, can you determine if they don’t know it, can’t do it,…

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All is Fair in Training and War

Guerrilla Training - A Powerful Approach in Employee Training The term “guerrilla” conjures images of soldiers slipping out from the cover of bushes or dropping out of trees to launch a surprise attack on a larger force. According to Wikipedia, “guerrilla warfare” is a form of irregular warfare in which small groups of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility, to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military.” While we tend to think of guerrilla warfare as a late 20th century tactic, history shows that…

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Assessments: When Scoring Is Boring

Do you hate tests? Do you find yourself looking to see what you scored, perhaps relieved that you got most of the answers right? Here’s the thing. Scoring is boring! Especially when it comes to your learning objectives. How can it be okay to only know 80% of your learning objectives if ALL of them are, you know, the actual LEARNING OBJECTIVES! Why do we assess learners in the first place? Well, an assessment determines if students have gained sufficient knowledge or have become proficient in a skill. (Those pesky learning objectives!) It also provides instructors with the chance to…

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Online Learner Engagement

The Secrets of Learner Engagement and Online Course Development

This is the first of a two-part series about online learner engagement.  If every topic of every course was fascinating stuff that learners were hungry to learn, then engagement would be no problem. However, course content sometimes isn’t all that engaging, which means your employees are not getting the training they need to help your business thrive. However, there are some simple tips for designing online training that will increase employee engagement and help make a difference in your bottom line. Engage learners by providing choice The primary rule of engagement is to make the course into a series of…

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