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Cross Training Employees: Examples and Plans

Business Management Daily

Smart organizations realize that time spent cross-training employees yields a substantial return on investment. Benefits of cross-training – defined as teaching workers new skills so that they can perform different roles beyond the one for which they were hired — include: Coverage of duties when another team member is absent.

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Can non-formal learning be measured?

Chief Learning Officer - Talent Management

Talent professionals know that one-and-done training doesn’t work. We’ve moved on to blended learning, learning journeys and learning clusters so we can chunk content into a more digestible bites of spaced learning delivered over time. Why non-formal learning? Non-formal learning benefits.

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How Best Workplaces Are Creating More Well-Being for Employees in 2024

Great Place to Work

In the immediate aftermath of the pandemic, employee well-being became a top priority for company leaders. Yet, despite years of investment, measures of well-being in the workplace have stagnated. What builds well-being for employees? Mangers can affect employee well-being — for better or worse. At the typical U.S.

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How to Navigate Reasonable Accommodations Tackled in Upcoming Webinar

HRWatchdog

Register online or call (800) 331-8877. Attendees can submit questions during the live training, and will receive downloadable webinar slides, supplemental material and a recording of the live event. In 2023, 22.5 percent of people with a disability were employed — a record high since the data was first collected in 2008.

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Ringing in the New Year: 10 Things HR Should Do Now

Speaker: Kirsten Goulde SHRM-SCP, M.S., Principal, K. Goulde & Associates,

From #MeToo to the mid-terms, 2018 was a banner year for significant events and momentous societal movements that should make HR practitioners sit up and take notice. HR’s role in protecting organizations as well as their human assets is a complicated business, yet so necessary particularly during tumultuous times.

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Advantages & Disadvantages of Online Training for Your Employees

HR Shelf

Online learning and training have grown with increasing value for organizations and their employees. According to a 2018 joint research by the Boston Consulting Group and Arizona State University, students taking online courses were expanding at a rate of 5% each year. What is online learning?

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10 Best Virtual Training Platforms in 2024

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In the rapidly evolving landscape of education and professional development, virtual training platforms have become indispensable tools for individuals and organizations seeking effective and flexible learning solutions. Udacity Udacity is a virtual training platform that focuses on preparing learners for tech-centric careers.