Avilar

MARCH 20, 2024

Do you know these top five skills of good managers? How effective are your managers? What to do if your managers aren’t as proficient as they need to be? We’ve all heard the saying, “Employees don’t quit jobs, they quit managers.” Do you know these top five skills of good managers?

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Learning Rebels

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Now, at the heart, I’m sure there was a lot more behind the scenes at ByteDance, but I think you all get the picture. As a bonus, we’ll also discuss “Leading from Any Seat—Why Every L&D Role is a Leadership Role.” In the comments below, I’d love to read what additional skills you feel are critical to the future of L&D.

Skills 147

Skills Agile Blended Learning Analytics 147

LearnDash

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

And if you build membership websites for clients, you’ll want to run through this list with your client before you build a membership site for them. The truth is that membership websites take a much higher commitment from the site owner, and that’s something you need to know from the start.

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LearnDash

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Are you looking to grow your business with a membership website? Or are you considering planting your business with a membership site as your foundation? If you’re in the business of doing business, then you’re probably looking at ways to make more money. And to make more money, you’re going to need to grow your business.

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Avilar

MARCH 5, 2024

Here’s why. Here’s why. What is the Big Stay? Why is the Big Stay happening? But you can keep doing the things that matter most to your employees: Listen. But you can keep doing the things that matter most to your employees: Listen. The Big Stay of 2023 is sticking around for 2024. Communicate.

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Avilar

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

That means identifying someone who has the skills to do the work, the aptitude to continue to learn and grow, and values that align with your company’s mission and culture. Let’s explore: can employee skills assessments delivered before you make a hiring decision really help avoid a mis-hire? What is a Skills Assessment?

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Assessment Skills Help Diversity Training 81

Capytech

APRIL 4, 2024

Why Use an LMS? I thought it’d be valuable to run through some reasons why you might use an LMS, a learning management system. Now, some organizations are doing a lot of training. They don’t have platform to manage this, a learning platform. First of all, it gives you the ability to centralize learning.

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LMS Compliance Training Gamification Compliance 52

Acorn Labs

APRIL 4, 2024

Modern performance management is just as much about your employee's career development as it is about business performance. But historically, the traditional performance management process has focused more on performance appraisals that aren’t linked to development pathways. But how do you actually build that link?

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Avilar

APRIL 4, 2023

Companies are adopting talent mapping as one way to be more strategic in their talent management. What is talent mapping? In recent years, recruitment firms started touting a “talent mapping” approach to finding high-potential candidates for future talent needs. What is talent mapping? What is Talent Mapping?

Authoring Tools 93

Authoring Tools Benefits Skills Performance Support 93

Acorn Labs

MARCH 21, 2024

But biases aren't just a result of recency bias or managers giving a higher rating to their favourite employees—it’s a systemic issue that enables bias to exist. But biases aren't just a result of recency bias or managers giving a higher rating to their favourite employees—it’s a systemic issue that enables bias to exist.

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Arlo Training & Events Software

MARCH 24, 2024

That is ultimately what led me to get my teaching degree, and my first career as a high school teacher”, says Scott. How you accomplish that change comes from sound instructional design, very well trained and qualified facilitators, and post-training reinforcement. Fast-forward to today, where he’s the President of Communispond.

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Acorn Labs

APRIL 16, 2024

Lots of people don't like performance management—particularly their performance reviews. We'll dive into how you can turn performance conversations into impactful interactions to drive business success. We'll dive into how you can turn performance conversations into impactful interactions to drive business success.

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Conversation Performance Support Performance Learner 52

Acorn Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Performance reviews, performance appraisals, performance evaluations—they all fall under the ongoing process known as performance management. There's just one problem, though: Effective performance management is hard to do. What is performance management? So what's actually causing performance management to fail?

Performance Support 52

Performance Support Performance Metrics Management 52

Acorn Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Performance reviews, performance appraisals, performance evaluations—they all fall under the ongoing process known as performance management. There's just one problem, though: Effective performance management is hard to do. What is performance management? So what's actually causing performance management to fail?

Performance Support 52

Performance Support Performance Metrics Management 52

Avilar

MAY 4, 2022

It benefits from a clear competency model with a framework to define, measure, and develop the skills and competencies across and beyond the sales team. Here’s how a sales competency model can accelerate your business growth. What is a sales competency model? They are what a person can do.

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Wahoo Learning

APRIL 2, 2024

All organisations need defined objectives by which they measure success. Here, we look at how partner strategies and organisational objectives can become misaligned, what impact this has on the businesses, and why it is important to realign your strategy and prevent future deviation.

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Strategy Metrics Picture Sales 79

Degreed

APRIL 17, 2024

The founder of the eLearning Industry recently called skill matrices “ one of the most valuable tools you can use to evaluate the skills and competencies of your workforce.” What is a skills matrix? Often created as a grid, table, chart, or list, it’s a representation of the skills an employee has or needs for a particular role.

Skills 52

Skills Diversity Training eLearning Strategy Strategy 52

TalentLMS

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Let’s say you wanted to assess how competent your reps are at using your CRM. The managers in your sales team will all be familiar with the platform and its purpose. For example, data entry and compliance, activity tracking, pipeline management, lead engagement, and so on. But what about the current workforce?

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Thinkdom

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Management and leadership are two concepts that go hand in hand, and a good leader knows how to manage their team effectively for the optimum result while being able to reduce any friction between the team and in the execution. They have numerous employees under them who they manage.

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Custom eLearning Development Leadership Program Metrics 105

Avilar

JANUARY 10, 2023

25 years in business, expanded services, and industry recognition are just some highlights of what we accomplished together. Here’s a glimpse of what we’ve accomplished together. When Avilar CEO Tom Grobicki co-founded the company in 1997, he knew he wanted to do something different. Either way, they simply didn’t know why.

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Custom Association Learning Management System Teams Diversity Training 88

Acorn Labs

DECEMBER 6, 2023

You want to know how to create skill development programs that move the performance needle. This is your guide to do just that. You’ll also learn just what tools you need to design effective programs, pitfalls to avoid, and the business case for why you should be building skill development programs, like, yesterday.

Skills 52

Skills Metrics Program Develop 52

Acorn Labs

OCTOBER 26, 2023

How to create job scorecards based on a competency framework Taking a competency-driven approach to employee performance allows you to bridge the gap between everyday work and business plans. It's a three-step process for creating job scorecards based on competencies.

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Job Metrics Performance Support Roles 52

Avilar

JANUARY 25, 2023

Companies use competency management systems to track and manage workforce skills. What are the top must-have features of a competency management system? And to overcome bias in the workplace , business and HR leaders are moving to a competency-based approach to workforce management.

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Avilar

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

What’s working? What’s her advice to employers? This is our fifth blog for our “Inside Voices” series, periodic interviews of professionals at different points in the employee lifecycle , to hear about their experiences and insights around skills and competencies. My brain was absolutely exhausted at the end of the day.

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Voice Policies Companies Software 72

eLearningMind

MARCH 16, 2023

Should you partner with an instructional designer ? Or should you try to develop your training programs all by yourself? Well, given that we’re an eLearning agency, you could guess what our answer is. But today, we’re going further than giving you a straight answer.

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Avilar

MARCH 21, 2023

This is our second blog for our “Inside Voices” series, periodic interviews of professionals at different points in their careers – and in the employee lifecycle – to hear about their experiences and insights around skills and competencies. We hope you like it! Avilar: What kind of training did you get at work?

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Avilar

APRIL 5, 2022

Skills-based talent management isn’t a new concept. What’s different now – and the reason that skills-based talent management is experiencing a bit of a renaissance – is that technology advancements are supporting a paradigm shift that is turning talent management on its head. What is skills-based talent management today?

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Acorn Labs

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Contrary to some popular beliefs, competency is not a collection of skills, behaviours and knowledge (that’s a capability). But it is a measure of how a capability is performed against your organisation’s needs, making competency management an integral part of any capability-led L&D strategy. Let’s get into it.

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IT Training Department Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

But the assumption should never be that employees come with all the technical skills they need no matter if they’re 18 or 45. There are three things in life you can’t avoid. What Is the Digital Skills Gap? What Is the Digital Skills Gap? It becomes a tale of the haves and the have-nots.

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Digital Skills Blended Learning Custom eLearning Development 107

Coursera

APRIL 16, 2024

Last week, we kicked things off with one common interview question, “ Why did you apply for this role? This week, we are wading into another frequently asked question—and the topic of the most-read article on Coursera—“ What are your strengths and weaknesses? For example: How do you manage competing demands?

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Behavior Collaboration Skills Examples 52

Avilar

JUNE 8, 2022

What is a competency framework? What are the benefits? How do I get started creating one? Better management, employee retention, a more efficient workforce and even improvement on your company’s bottom line—what’s not to like? What is a Competency Framework? What is a Competency Framework?

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Avilar

MAY 18, 2022

It’s always been important for leaders to hone their management skills to keep up with organizational priorities, leadership best practices, and workforce trends. Each of these developments changes who is in the workforce, what skills those employees have, and the skills their leaders need to have to manage them best.

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Avilar

APRIL 19, 2023

When you know, you know.” What they’re saying is that, despite indicators that might contradict their preconceived notions, they are willing and confident to decide on their own what to do next. What is Data-Driven Decision-Making? In fact, the opposite is true. Predict and prepare for talent shortages.

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Metrics Benefits Performance Support Skills 60

Avilar

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

What’s happening now? Why should your organization value competencies and skills over degrees? In other words, to explore options that emphasize skills and competencies over college degrees. What’s happening now? Why should your organization value competencies and skills over college degrees?

Skills 89

Skills Diversity Training Predictions Toolkit 89

Avilar

JANUARY 5, 2022

While much of what we learned in 2021 will inform our year, there are a number of standout trends that will uniquely shape the year ahead. From COVID-19 and the economy to higher education and the labor market, here are four predictions about 2022 – and why this will be a skills-first kind of year! Ready or not, 2022 is here!

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Degreed

MARCH 10, 2020

Competency models are complicated. The list of competencies is often never-ending, bloated with dozens of buzzwords, and each one typically includes several repetitive paragraphs to describe various levels of performance. In short, they’re hard to quantify and that makes them hard to manage. THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES.

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