Newly promoted employees often have a hard time turning new skills into automatic habits required for reliable execution in the new role, according to a new study of 1,420 people by leadership training company VitalSmarts. Article Author: Edited by Lorri Freifeld Newly promoted employees often struggle to quickly and adeptly transition into their new roles, according to a […]
Turning New Skills Into Habits Read More »
Some 46% of employees believe their employer penalizes them for not having certain skills on the job, according to the new 2019 Future of Work and Employee Learning report from customer experience management company Sitel Group. Article Author: Lorri Freifeld Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. employees admit they have avoided asking their employer for training on a specific topic or
How Employees Really Feel Read More »
Sometimes we need training to be functional rather than cool. Article Author: Lorri Freifeld During our TechLearn Conference in September, keynoter Lou Tedrick, VP of Global Learning & Development at Verizon, related a story that resonated with me. Her son plays simulation video game Zoo Tycoon and was saving money to buy an alligator to
The Alligator Trap Read More »
Each year Training magazine requires all Training Top 10 Hall of Famers to submit an Outstanding Training Initiative that is shared with our readers in a print issue. Here are the details of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan’s Forgetting Curve Initiative and McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.’s Operational Excellence initiative. Article Author: Edited by Lorri
Top 10 Hall of Fame Outstanding Training Initiatives (Nov./Dec. 2019) Read More »
Training magazine taps 2019 Training Top 125 winners and Top 10 Hall of Famers to provide their learning and development best practices in each issue. Here, we look at how ADP is revisiting instructional system design and how Mastercard’s Sales Excellence team is using certification to drive confidence and sales performance. Article Author: Jordan Birnbaum,
L&D Best Practices: Strategies for Success (Nov./Dec. 2019) Read More »
TechLearn 2019 attendees discover how to use technology to take their training to the next level. Article Author: Lorri Freifeld Some 500 TechLearn 2019 participants were in it to win it in New Orleans, LA (aka, NOLA) this September: They strapped on GoPro cameras and roved the city to meet Mission Possible challenges in a
Training TechNOLAgy-Style Read More »
When it comes to training content, companies often wrestle with whether to create custom materials or curate from existing ones. Article Author: Margery Weinstein When challenged to produce content for a new learning program, where do you turn first? To your go-to content developer, a company or in-house specialist who creates custom content tailored especially
Average trainer salaries dipped more than 3 percent in 2018-2019 to $85,116, according to Training’s annual Salary Survey Article Author: Lorri Freifeld Average training salaries declined more than 3 percent in 2018-2019 to $85,116, according to Training magazine’s annual Salary Survey of 1,330 readers. The average increase in salary in the last 12 months (not
Total 2019 U.S. training expenditures—including payroll and spending on external products and services—declined 5.3 percent to $83 billion. Article Author: Lorri Freifeld Click HERE to view the Industry Report PDF. Now in its 38th year, The Industry Report is recognized as the training industry’s most trusted source of data on budgets, staffing, and programs. This
2019 Training Industry Report Read More »
Excerpt from Chapter 5, The Eighth System, from “The Art of Preventing Stupid: How to Build a Stronger Business Strategy Through Better Risk Management” by Matthew Neill Davis (An Inc. Original, April 2, 2019). Article Author: Matthew Neill Davis Offense is critically important to success in business. Having goals and taking steps to reach them
Be Proactive, Not Reactive Read More »
