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DDI and Strivr partner to pioneer leadership development in Virtual Reality

STRIVR

Leaders will be able to build and sharpen their leadership skills like never before by immersing themselves in deeply realistic simulations, thanks to a partnership between DDI and Strivr. chief executive officer of DDI. Byham, Ph.D. The programs work by combining digital learning with realistic practice in VR.

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How to Develop Leadership Competencies in Your Millennials

Avilar

What leadership competencies do Millennial managers need to develop to effectively lead our next-generation workforces? A study from leadership development firm DDI confirms that Millennials are ambitious and eager to lead if they find a company and role they value. labor force, making up more than one third of all workers.

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Tips for Running Mentorship Programs for Women

Chronus

Women can especially benefit from mentoring as they seek to overcome traditional barriers to the leadership pipeline. Mentoring can provide a crucial on-ramp for them to return to the workforce and continue to advance. In organizations with formal programs, half of all women have had a formal mentor, according to the DDI study.

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VR for executive-level training: 5 key areas

STRIVR

“People call leadership skills ‘soft skills,’ but they’re actually some of the hardest stuff to do. ” — Verity Creedy, Product Management Director, DDI Leaders are made, not born. But there is also a place for VR at the executive level of leadership and development (L&D).

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Corporate Leadership – Part II – How COVID has Impacted Corporate Leadership

Jigsaw Interactive

To keep employees fed and provided for, the show, as they say, must go on. Identifying and securing the right technologies will definitely help ensure the team and leadership presence is there. Leaders need to balance compassion, flexibility, and understanding while continuing to push performance. By nature, it’s isolating.

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HR professionals: Here’s what you can do with a VR headset

STRIVR

Founded in behavioral and cognitive science, Immersive Learning with VR provides a memorable tool that accelerates employees’ proficiency in their roles through an immersive training environment. Sprout’s leadership wanted to migrate away from cluster training and find a more effective, standardized, and scalable model.

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Free learning & development webinars for April 2022

Limestone Learning

PT: Mousify Your Instructional Design for MAGICal Results Writing training for Walt Disney Entertainment was fascinating: characters, parades, fireworks, leadership, finance, orientation and more. Breaking down those dividers provides a more connected set of learning experiences continuously personalized for performance.

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