Today’s professionals don’t just want favorable compensation. They also want great benefits. Even beyond good health insurance and PTO plans, companies are increasingly offering work-from-home opportunities, wellness benefits, and, of course, professional development training. Helping your employees expand their skills increases both job satisfaction and productivity. The more someone can do, the greater the impact...
Read moreDo you remember being in school and trying to learn by just reading the textbook? Or perhaps you can recall the pre-smartphone days when a friend would try to talk you through directions to their house? Both cases were frustrating learning experiences. It took the teacher lecturing and writing on the whiteboard to really grasp...
Read moreEmployee engagement isn’t just a buzzword. It’s the key to forming a workplace where every team member is set up to be successful and feel good about the work they do. We’ve all heard that today’s employees want more from their work experiences than previous generations. In fact, the 2019 Deloitte Global Millennial Survey found...
Read moreNew hire onboarding and orientation are often viewed as interchangeable terms for the same process. However, they are different sets of tasks with somewhat similar objectives. The goal of both activities is to complete everything required for bringing a new employee onto the staff. But of course, there is a lot that goes into welcoming...
Read moreLearning is all about processing, storing, and retrieving information. Training professionals and instructional designers are always striving to optimize those three stages so their audience acquires as much knowledge as possible, as quickly as possible. There is a lot that goes into creating engaging employee training content but one commonly overlooked factor is the role...
Read moreThe goal of employee training is to pass important information on to the right team members. They should come away from the experience with newly-acquired knowledge that prepares them to deliver the best work and results possible. However, guiding employees through a learning journey is more challenging than it has ever been. While technology is...
Read moreDAVE ANDERSON | 5 MIN READ Remember when you were in school? You likely had classmates who excelled in different subjects and activities. There was the math genius, the avid reader, the musician, the athlete, the artist, and so on. Everyone learns in different ways and we tend to get interested in topics that just...
Read moreDAVE ANDERSON | 4 MIN READ Losing a valuable employee hurts in more ways than one. You of course have to go through the process of hiring and training a replacement. But the subtraction of knowledge and wisdom from your workforce is often the bigger setback. Most employers train replacements on the basics of the...
Read moreDAVE ANDERSON | 1 MIN READ We’re delighted to announce that Mindflash customers can now purchase employee training video courses from ej4 with our new integration and partnership. A pioneer in the microlearning space, ej4 has a library of more than 2,300 videos, each averaging seven minutes in length. Our friends at ej4 offer courses...
Read moreDAVE ANDERSON | 4 MIN READ You have certain expectations for your employees. You not only need them to produce results. You also need them to follow the right procedures as they work toward their goals. Training employees is an important part of running a successful organization. Even though you have smart and talented people...
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