Start Thinking of Training as an Investment, Not a Quick Fix

Why 2021 is the Year of the ‘Learning Organization’

COVID-19 created a true crisis of employee disengagement for L&D teams to contend with. Luckily, the Learning Organization model provides a viable solution.

Your Manager Training Wasn’t Working Before—Now It’s Really in Trouble

Do you have a terrible boss that you hate? Chances are, they didn't get proper training. Here's how we can save the world from bad managers.

Learning Needs Tool: Ship Training Your Team Actually Wants With Collaborative Learning 

A lot of L&D teams are having a hard time setting learning priorities right now. With COVID-19 forcing many learners to work from home, you need a tool to help you ship training your team actually wants. Our Learning Needs Tool is the answer.

L&D for Diversity: How Coca-Cola Celebrates its Diverse Workforce

Diversity is critical for every business. In this interview, we'll hear about how Coca-Cola İçecek nurtures and celebrates its diverse workforce through self-guided learning.

6 Long-Term Benefits of LMS Software

For Learning and Development teams, an LMS is practically indispensable. Still not convinced? We'll walk you through the six main benefits for your business. 

Why Collaborative Learning is the Next Phase of LMS eLearning

Almost all LMSs focus primarily on administrators, not learners. It's top-down by default. And who loves top-down anything? No one.

Your Learners Only Apply 10% of Their Training - Learning Transfer Can Help

The best employee learning focuses what happens after training is delivered. In this expert interview, we speak with Learning Transfer Expert Fergal Connolly about how learning transfer can help boost training retention and performance.

PwC’s 4-Step Approach to Handling Complex L&D Demands

For one of the world's leading professional services firms, choosing the right L&D strategy can be a complicated task. In this interview, I talk to Theresa Cook, Director of L&D at PwC Luxembourg, about her 4-step approach to getting it right.

How the Largest Nuclear Fleet in the US Fuses Technical Expertise with People Strategy

Organizations with a strong technical focus sometimes find it tough to develop the right people strategy. In this interview, we speak to Thane Bellomo of energy provider Exelon to find out how he achieved exactly that.

How Church’s Chicken Achieved 93% Training Completion Rates During a Pandemic

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Church's Chicken had to adjust the roll-out for their new chicken sandwich training. Here's how they did it.

L&D for Diversity: How Coca-Cola Celebrates its Diverse Workforce

Diversity is critical for every business. In this interview, we'll hear about how Coca-Cola İçecek nurtures and celebrates its diverse workforce through self-guided learning.

How Extra Space Storage Delivers Workflow Learning to 1,900 Locations Without a Single Meeting

I chatted with Lyn Wright, Sr Director of L&D at Extra Space Storage, about her creative approaches to delivering workflow learning across the company’s 1,900 locations.

32 Onboarding Templates and Checklists to Design Great New-Hire Experiences

The best onboarding programs work because they’re specific and uniquely relevant to your company and your new hire. But that doesn’t mean you need to build yours from scratch. We've got your back.

9 Preboarding Strategies to Keep New Hires Engaged Before Their First Day

65% of employers reported hiring people who do not show up on their first day. Here's what you can do to avoid that.

Our Extended New Employee Checklist For Achieving 93% Engagement

Most onboarding programs are too short, too confusing, or non-existent. There’s an opportunity here to better prepare employees and make sure they stick around. Here's the onboarding checklist we swear by.

Everything You Need to Know to Build a Scalable Employee Onboarding Process

Grab a pen and paper: here’s everything you need to create a great onboarding program.

6 Steps to a Great Remote Onboarding Process - and What to Avoid

Onboarding employees has suddenly become trickier than ever. Here's our (very real) playbook.

Better.com's Onboarding Process for Growing From 350 to 3,000 Employees

Building an onboarding process is one of the hardest things to get right in L&D, especially when you're in hypergrowth. Here's how Better.com scaled their process to support their massive growth.

3 Popular Employee Training Methods That Don't Work (and What to do Instead)

Some popular employee training methods sound great on paper or in sales pitches but fail to deliver on their promises. Don’t pour your money into outdated or ineffective methods just because they are popular.

3 Factors That Are Changing Corporate Training in 2020 & How to Adapt

We’ve identified 3 biggest factors that are shaping the future of corporate training. Find out how the landscape is evolving and what you need to do to ensure your training programs stay useful and relevant.

The L&D Case for Peer Training: 3 Unignorable Reasons to Make the Switch

Traditional training is slow, expensive, and values compliance over learning outcomes. When companies default to this model, L&D departments feel like they’re on a hamster wheel, sprinting but getting nowhere. Here are 3 reasons to switch to peer training.

Your Manager Training Wasn’t Working Before—Now It’s Really in Trouble

Do you have a terrible boss that you hate? Chances are, they didn't get proper training. Here's how we can save the world from bad managers.

The Right Way to do a Training Needs Analysis

You've been doing it wrong.

Get Started with Compliance Training (as Painlessly as Possible)

How do you make a compliance training plan that conveys this essential information without boring your teams’ socks off?

Why Collaborative Learning is the Next Phase of LMS eLearning

Almost all LMSs focus primarily on administrators, not learners. It's top-down by default. And who loves top-down anything? No one.

How We Use Peer Learning to Keep Our Company’s Competitive Edge

We don’t just preach the benefits of collaborative learning—we live them.

4 Benefits Of Collaborative Learning, Backed By Science & Psychology

Online training has a lot of great benefits and one major disadvantage: It can be very isolating. Here's a solution.

How COVID-19 Fired up the Transition to Collaborative Learning at Work

Our way of working has changed, and so should our way of learning.

9 Tips to Create a Truly Effective Peer Feedback Loop

One way to foster a healthy team culture is to implement a structured (yet flexible) peer-to-peer feedback loop. Here are our 9 tips.

Introducing MasterSaaS: Learn Sales Training with Google, for free

We love MasterClass, so we created our own.

Google MasterSaaS: 5 Tips for Building a Great Sales Training Strategy

Impactful sales training is much more than just a great PowerPoint deck or a motivational speech from the likes of Tony Robbins. It starts with a great overall strategy. Here's how Google does it.

Google MasterSaaS: 6 Ways to Create An Excellent Sales Onboarding Process

As the most fundamental part of training, sales onboarding lays the foundation for new hires to develop key skills, reduce ramp-up time, and make an impact. Here's how Google does it.

3 Biggest Challenges of Remote Sales Training and How to Overcome Them

How I onboard and train every salesperson remotely as 360Learning's 1-woman sales enablement team

3 Essential Tips to Create Engaging Training for Your Sales teams

As a sales rep, I know how often we ignore sales training. Here's what you need to create training we'll rush to take.

Why You Should Transform Your Sales Training with Collaborative Learning

By injecting collaborative learning into your sales training, you're setting up your employees for success from day one.

From Trainer to Community Leader: Sugata Mitra and the Future of Remote Learning

Secret to remote learning success? Your grandma.

The Link Between Dopamine and Learning Outcomes: What Does it Mean for Business?

Why Active Learning is Key to Learner Success

Active voice > passive voice. Always.

The Principles Behind Successful Anti-Bias and Diversity Training

Many companies approach diversity training from a place of obligation: they’re more concerned with avoiding lawsuits than creating real change. We call BS.

4 Benefits Of Collaborative Learning, Backed By Science & Psychology

Online training has a lot of great benefits and one major disadvantage: It can be very isolating. Here's a solution.

The Learning Expert’s Guide to Sharing Effective Feedback

Sometimes, giving and receiving feedback can feel more like an obligation than a truly valuable exercise. Our interview with Mirjam Neelen shows us there's another way.

How INES CRM Expects to Decrease Churn by 20% With the Collaborative Learning Playbook

Keep your customers happy with the right training tool.

How AlphaSights Built a Scalable Onboarding Program with 99% Satisfaction Rates

Learn how AlphaSights scaled their onboarding by leveraging in-house experts and decentralizing learning.

3 Data-Based Ways To Prove Training ROI (+ Free Training ROI Calculator)

It’s not enough to show that your program is helping employees learn new skills. How do you put a dollar amount on a training program whose effects seem largely unquantifiable?