Articles by:
Ashley St. John
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Designing virtual learning for application and impact: the missing ingredient
Learning is an intermediate step to the ultimate success that is needed by so many stakeholders. Here are a few powerful techniques to design virtual learning to deliver impact and ROI.
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Brain-based leadership in a time of heightened uncertainty
Heightened uncertainty can have a devastating impact on the performance and mental health of employees, triggering a threat response in the brain that interferes with rational thinking, collaborating and solving problems. By understanding the core psychological needs of employees, leaders can focus their efforts on the strategies that will have the greatest impact on engagement…
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Creating an environment for effective learning measurement
If we truly embrace our people as our most valuable corporate asset, invest in them as we would to maintain and grow physical assets, and surround them with opportunities to acquire new skills that directly align with corporate goals, the return on learning investment will naturally find its place among our top business KPIs.
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Honest feedback plays a critical role in building cultural D&I
D&I initiatives that aim to add more diversity to leadership risk disengagement among some candidates unless efforts are made to ensure all employees maintain trust in the underlying fairness of promotion decisions. This is why timely and accurate feedback to employees on their development gaps and shortcomings is critical.
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Progressive Insurance gives interns an entry-level lesson in the new reality of office work
Rather than eliminate its internship program, Progressive retained it as its interns joined the pandemic-riddled remote workforce.
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Digital transformation through mindset, delivery and content
These 3 fundamental steps can help you take workplace L&D online.
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Cloudy with a chance of budget approval
Here are 10 straightforward steps to complete an ROI forecast to build a better business case for an unanticipated learning program.
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Embracing long-term virtual team and leadership training
It’s up to you to make virtual learning and development a flourishing part of your organization’s learning culture — because it’s here to stay.