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When Employees Cry Tears of Joy for Training

As the L&D function is currently being redesigned and redeveloped -- especially as there may soon be a Chief Experience Officer, as referenced in a previous blogpost -- learning leaders are looking for more ways to engage their internal customers.

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Welcome, Chief Experience Officer, We've Been Expecting You

Employees must be seen as continuous learners, consuming technology as they would on their own.

Applicants and even longstanding employees are increasingly viewing a role less as a job and more as an experience.

The human resources function is at a crossroads. OK, so it's been at a crossroads for...

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Online Universities Get a C+, But You Don't Have To

How You Can Thrive When Dealing with an Uncertain Market

The news last month that the parent company of the University of Phoenix (UoP) was sold for $1.1 billion to buyout fund Apollo Global Management is no surprise: online universities have not provided the bottom-line results they've promised...

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Reverse Engineer Learning Initiatives and Business Outcomes

For learning and development executives, training needs to be tied directly to business outcomes. It is safe to say that the future of the learning function lies not in pushing stale 'interactive' tutorials that simply require a box to be checked once they are completed.

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When Employees Are Trained to Set Goals, Profitability Results

Employee training is supposed to be all about helping employees get better at doing their jobs.

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Study: 90 Percent of New Skills Are Lost after Training

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