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The Leader & Social Media

Most of your employees are familiar with at least one social media site, whether that’s Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, LinkedIn, or another. Understanding how to use these platforms to build relationships with new and prospective customers—and even colleagues—is essential these days.

Social media is more than a collaboration and marketing tool; it also can be a tool to develop leaders.

2018 Leadership Development Survey: Are Your Next-Gen Leaders On Track?

This year, the youngest of the Baby Boomer leaders will turn 61, and simple demographics assures that the need to replace the exodus of these aging leaders will accelerate rapidly over the next four to six years.

And is your organization doing enough to develop them?

Lessons For New L&D Leaders

Set yourself up for success by learning from peers who have already been there.

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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: STRATEGIC ONBOARDING—HELP NEW HIRES BELONG AND DELIVER RESULTS

When new hires choose your company as “the one,” it’s a big deal for them and you. And it’s personal. There’s nothing they want more than to belong — to fit in, understand their role, learn the ropes, and add value to the organization right away.

Because it’s personal, one-size onboarding isn’t going to work. Organizations should look at the new hire onboarding process as a complete experience. In fact, onboarding should begin from the moment the candidate says, “Yes.” That means personalizing the offer letter and pre-boarding experience and creating more than a task checklist about workspaces, computers, and paperwork. Strategic onboarding rapidly engages enthusiastic new hires into the life of the organization and keeps them continuously engaged with every career move or transition.

Why is it so important to get onboarding right?

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Lessons For New L&D Leaders

Set yourself up for success by learning from peers who have already been there.

2018 Leadership Development Survey: Are Your Next-Gen Leaders On Track?

And is your organization doing enough to develop them?

The Leader & Social Media

Social media is more than a collaboration and marketing tool; it also can be a tool to develop leaders.

Training magazine Ranks 2018 Training Top 125 Organizations

Posted: February 13, 2018

Training magazine recognized the 2018 Training Top 125 winners with crystal awards and revealed their rankings during a black-tie gala held last night during the Training 2018 Conference & Expo at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA.

Nominate a 2018 Emerging Training Leader Today!

Posted: October 17, 2017

Training magazine’s 2018 Emerging Training Leaders awards program aims to recognize training professionals who are relatively new to the training/learning and development industry and who have demonstrated exceptional leadership skills, business savvy, and training instincts. Nominate a colleague or co-worker by June 18, 2018.

Get a G.R.I.P. to Avoid Bottom-Line Bottleneck from Leadership Failures

Posted: May 25, 2018

The challenges you face within your team often can be solved by running through and assessing the four keys of G.R.I.P.: goal clarify, role clarity, interaction, and process.

An Introduction to Self-Assessing the Employee Experience

Posted: May 24, 2018

The capable professional of today is informed, incisively skilled, and comes with a wealth of knowledge that enables leveraged negotiating targeted to achieve maximum gains within a mutually agreed frame of reference.

Mobile Training Madness: Break Out of the Outdated Workplace Training Model

Posted: May 23, 2018

A look at how much we are using our mobiles phones today and why your organization needs to embrace this technology to enhance your training initiatives.

Can You Train Bias Out of People? Does Diversity and Inclusion Training Work?

Posted: May 22, 2018

A full-day Unconscious Bias training is a good way to begin the conversation about diversity and inclusion in the workplace. But we also must consider formal policies, procedures, and/or practices that are in place within our organizations that ensure an inclusive environment.

Training Top 125 Best Practice: Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America Goes BOLD

Posted: May 22, 2018

Building Ongoing Leadership Development or BOLD is a seven-month learning program offered once per year and limited to 15 to 20 participants from Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America’s Distribution division.

Leadership Development: Learning from the U.S. Navy

Posted: May 22, 2018

The Navy is renewing its approach to leader development with an emphasis on both technical competence and strong character.

4 Ways to Improve Sales Training With Video

Posted: May 21, 2018

When it comes to using video, being engaging—without being overly provocative or hokey—is key. Take what’s meaningful to sales reps in their role and, when you can, weave it into a story that will stick with them.

Are You Contributing to Employee Depression?

Posted: May 18, 2018

Hyper-stressful, competitive workplaces may be penny wise and pound foolish. You might—possibly—achieve short-term financial gains, but at the long-term expense of employee mental health and an inability to retain your workforce.

The Overlooked Tip for Increasing Sales: Hire Radiators, Not Drains

Posted: May 18, 2018

Sales candidates tend to fall under one of two groups. One personality drains those around them with negativity. The second type radiates energy, uplifting others to the next level.

Social Leadership Requires Emotional Intelligence More Than Ever!

Posted: May 17, 2018

In a world of technology, social media, and virtual relationships, the need to recognize and manage our own emotions, and connect to and influence the emotions of others has become more important than ever in order to bring people together, collaborate more effectively, and drive innovation.

The Importance of Onboarding

Posted: May 16, 2018

Every hour you invest in onboarding pays off down the road. Go slow to go fast.

Training Top 125 Best Practice: Walmart’s Use of Agile in Training Content Development

Posted: May 15, 2018

Walmart Talent Development utilizes a digital project visualization board called LeanKit to provide team members with a quick representation of where projects are in the development cycle.

4 Signs Your Legacy Integration Architecture Is Causing More IT Burnout Than Breakthroughs

Posted: May 15, 2018

By moving to a more agile cloud-first integration and data management architecture, businesses can reduce integration complexity and training costs and appeal to top-tier potential employees.

Winning the Talent War #2: Bring in the SWAT Team

Posted: May 14, 2018

Discover the value of having a pool of unassigned workers who are cross-trained and ready to take up work where and when they are most needed.

The New Office I’m Looking Forward to—Maybe

Posted: May 11, 2018

Open-plan office spaces are billed as greatly loved by creative types, but is that true? Even if it’s tiny, there’s something psychologically helpful about a cubicle that’s yours alone, and comes with three walls shielding you from sight.

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Share your best 2-minute training video clip for our 2018 Top Training Videos (TTVs) awards program. There is no entry fee! The 6 companies that submit the top-scoring clips will each receive a free registration to the 2018 Online Learning Conference. Click here to submit by June 18.

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INDUSTRY INSIGHT: STRATEGIC ONBOARDING—HELP NEW HIRES BELONG AND DELIVER RESULTS

Lessons For New L&D Leaders

2018 Leadership Development Survey: Are Your Next-Gen Leaders On Track?

The Leader & Social Media

Training magazine Ranks 2018 Training Top 125 Organizations

Nominate a 2018 Emerging Training Leader Today!

Get a G.R.I.P. to Avoid Bottom-Line Bottleneck from Leadership Failures

An Introduction to Self-Assessing the Employee Experience

Mobile Training Madness: Break Out of the Outdated Workplace Training Model

Can You Train Bias Out of People? Does Diversity and Inclusion Training Work?

Training Top 125 Best Practice: Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America Goes BOLD

Leadership Development: Learning from the U.S. Navy

4 Ways to Improve Sales Training With Video

Are You Contributing to Employee Depression?

The Overlooked Tip for Increasing Sales: Hire Radiators, Not Drains

Social Leadership Requires Emotional Intelligence More Than Ever!

The Importance of Onboarding

Training Top 125 Best Practice: Walmart’s Use of Agile in Training Content Development

4 Signs Your Legacy Integration Architecture Is Causing More IT Burnout Than Breakthroughs

Winning the Talent War #2: Bring in the SWAT Team

The New Office I’m Looking Forward to—Maybe

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