Management & Strategy
The strategic approaches used to shape the direction of the learning function and to support the design and development of learning solutions.
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Make a Solid Onboarding Plan
Onboarding helps new hires adjust to change, become integrated into the culture of the organization, and reduces the time they need to become productive.
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Transform Your L&D Function into an Innovation Powerhouse
How can adopting a growth mindset turn your L&D team into an innovation powerhouse? Learn from one team’s experience!
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Iterate and Integrate: Designing the Modern Learning Experience
It started with a familiar request, “We need a large training program for one of our new product teams … and we need it in about 90 days. Can you create that?” At FIS, we started with a non-traditional solution. It worked but we saw the potential for greater transformation. Today, it’s still evolving as we integrate and iterate with various projects across the organization and innovate to create a learning culture that can stand the test of time. In this session, you will explore the ongoing thinking behind a program, as we are currently iterating using modern methodologies such…
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Process Mapping for Planning and Illustrating Learning Experiences
Most learning content is organized around the information that needs to be communicated, but learners are focused on the processes they need to know to get work done. Even when process mapping is used to organize the content, it still needs to be integrated into the flow of the learning experience for learners to be able to relate the content to their daily lives. In this session, participants will learn to conceptualize business processes as a visual structure. They will be introduced to a technique for diagramming those processes in a way that can be used for organizing the learning…
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Growth Mindset & Continuous Learning Pay Off in Innovation
A growth mindset can foster innovation and improve performance; learn why—and how learning leaders can nurture a growth mindset.
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Learning Content Maintenance: Don’t Skip This Essential Step
Learn why a content maintenance process is essential—and how to create one.
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LeaderChat: Will Thalheimer on Evaluating Learning
For this month’s LeaderChat, we welcome Will Thalheimer, author of the book Performance-Focused Learner Surveys, for a discussion of his recently updated book and an exploration of how L&D leaders can transform how they look at evaluating learning.
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Ensure Effective Training Outcomes
Download this research report and learn evidence-based practices for train-the-trainer efforts and get an in-depth look at existing train-the-trainer programs.
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Countdown to DevLearn: Future Skills Every L&D Professional Needs
With the rise in automation, hybrid workforces, and virtual meetings, organizations need to re- and upskill their employees to cope with changing realities and requirements. Research shows that focusing on reskilling vs. hiring has many advantages, including cost and institutional knowledge. What is often overlooked, however, is the first critical step in the upskilling process: upskilling the team that will strategize and execute on the workforce of the future—your L&D team. What are some of the skills L&D professionals need to support their organizations in this critical step to build the workforce of the future, including training and learning programs…
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Train-the-Trainer: Evidence-based Practices
This research report discusses evidence-based practices for train-the-trainer efforts, as well as overviews of train-the-trainer programs.