Editor’s Note

The U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics found that companies with fewer than 100 employees gave only 12 minutes of manager training every six months. Organizations with 100-500 employees provided just 6 minutes.

 

And if this holds true for managers, how much training do front line employees get?

A long-term research project commissioned by Middlesex University for Work Based Learning found that, most felt that they weren’t achieving their full potential at work due to lack of development opportunities.

The lesson here: invest in retaining and constant training of your present employees. After all, the cost of retaining present employees is much less than the cost of replacing them.

Check out our cover article, Are You Worth More Than 6 - 12 Minutes of Training? by John Tschohl, to understand why you need to invest in continuous employee training and development.

Helping employees gain skills and providing career development often take a back seat to business priorities more directly tied to revenue, but workplace learning has never been more critical than it is right now. And given the accelerating pace of workplace transformation, the need for continual upskilling will surely increase too.

To keep up, however, companies have to do much more than roll out additional training programs. That’s just more of the same old thing. Instead, they need to nurture a true learning culture.

Shelley Osborne, in her article How A Learning Culture Transforms Business, will tell you how learning when elevated to being a strategic asset, can drive the business ahead and deliver a competitive edge.

Buying an LMS is a significant decision because it impacts the entire training strategy of an organization as well as the learning of its employees. So, it is only advisable that the decision to buy a particular LMS must be well-informed and well-thought.

Whether you are a first-time LMS user or an LMS veteran looking to switch over to a new one, read Vivek Garg’s article where he lists down 6 Tips To Make The Most Of Your LMS Sandbox and also shares the key factors to consider while making a buying decision.

Also check out Andrew Hughes' How eLearning Benefits Corporate Leadership Training and Development to understand how with the right leadership training program, you can ensure that the best leaders run your company, among other articles in this edition of Training and Development Excellence.

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