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Your leaders’ brains were not made for this moment

CLO Magazine

workplace environment is putting a strain on our brains and affecting our mental well-being. As the number of workers grappling with mental health issues continues to rise, learning and development leaders are facing a critical question: How and why are our employees struggling to cope? Take a look at the nature of work, for example.

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Is Your Organization Losing Its Brain? Collecting Stories to Transfer Knowledge

Vignettes Learning

And though not everyone who turns 62 or 65 retires right away, enough do that some companies are trying to head off the problem.Losing veteran workers is a challenge, even for big companies like General Mills.But the older-worker brain drain is a big concern for industries like mining and health care."

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How Instructional Designers Can Cope with Continuous Partial Attention in "The Age of Distraction"

SHIFT eLearning

Thomas Friedman stated in 2006 “All we do now is interrupt each other or ourselves with instant messages, e-mail, spam or cellphone rings.”. 15 Big Ways The Internet Is Changing Our Brain. Different forms of information are constantly battling for attention causing continuous partial attention to become commonplace.

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Selling Learning Communities – Not Everyone Will or Wants a Group Hug

Tony Karrer

He ensures that the facilitation then focuses on the key issue that the people in the room cares about. As an example of needing a Jack, the question - How do you avoid the issue … “I’m too busy” … Jack’s answer is basically, if the value is high enough, you are focused on problems they are faced with right now, they will come.

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10 Challenges of a Virtual Team And How To Overcome Them

ProProfs

Encourage your teams to exchange instant messages during free time to catch up with each other. Brain games, quizzes , and puzzles can also be an excellent way to develop bonding among your virtual teams. It’s not that difficult to see how working with virtual teams can eventually give rise to trust issues.

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10 best LMS software of 2020

Ed App

And we are talking about making the content more engaging, interactive, and brain-teasing. We are a little disappointed with the performance and usability issues, but since the use of this model of learning is very simple and completely free, you should take advantage of all the opportunities it provides in acquiring new knowledge.

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Free L&D webinars for March 2019

Limestone Learning

Tuesday, March 5, 2019, 9AM – 10AM PT : The Power of Learning & Development “Selfies” According to the 2017 Deloitte Human Capital Trends Report, “…careers and learning rose to second place in rated importance, with 83% of executives identifying these issues as important or very important.”