Learning & Development
11 Questions to Evaluate Your Training Programs
In our recent eBook: Building an Effective Soft Skills Training Program, we share a few thought starters to help you evaluate your talent development programs and determine how to make your soft skills training even more effective. Whether you are interested in enhancing soft skills or supporting any employee development initiative, it’s important to assess…
Read MoreThe Power of WE: A Focus on Team Performance
I find it interesting that, despite the fact that team performance is often cited as critical to a company’s success, much of the training curriculum delivered within organizations has traditionally focused on individual leadership development. While it is vitally important to teach your employees how to build on their strengths, manage and support direct reports…
Read MoreCoach and Be Coached
“I appreciate you for sharing your thoughts and reflections on the WhatsApp group chat. I observed that not many people respond to your sharing. You may consider doing your sharing first thing in the morning, rather than at night, so that more of the team would be in a better mind frame to appreciate what…
Read MoreWhat Can We Learn from Conducting Large Workshops
What would you do if you had to conduct a large Meeting of the Minds experience for more than a hundred participants? It’s no easy feat, yet the team at Emergenetics Japan did a remarkable job when it conducted such a workshop for the employees of Musashino Group, a well-known manufacturing company in Japan,…
Read MoreQ&A with Emergenetics Founder Dr. Geil Browning
Founded in 1991, Emergenetics is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The past 25 years have provided opportunities to work with organizations around the globe, in companies both multi-national and start-up to enhance the way individuals and teams work and interact. As part of this celebration, we sat down with Founder & CEO Dr. Geil…
Read MoreTraining ROI: How to Make Sure Your Programs Pay Off
Training is an important tool in developing employees. This was the view of 96% of the 1,018 managers from MNCs, local companies, SMEs, and government/non-profit sector polled by Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) in October 2014. This view seems to be upheld by the January 2015 statistics released by Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower: in 2014,…
Read MoreBest Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Learning Program
There’s a growing trend in the talent development/learning industry, and many of us aren’t sure what we think of it. We know it’s “the way of the future”, but for right now the large majority of our industry is happy to continue on with the status quo since that’s what works right? What is this…
Read MoreCompany Culture in the Digital Age
Employee development has already been integrated into company strategy, business goals, and the leadership pipeline. And now more and more organizations are realizing that strong company cultures can not only be bolstered by training but actually built into training and development. It’s not always easy—distilling company culture into training initiatives that employees can easily access…
Read MoreUnderstanding Different Learning Styles to Design Better Learning Programs
(This post was originally written by Morgan Browning for Inc.com) There’s ample scientific evidence supporting the idea that constant learning is good for the brain. Marian Diamond, a renowned neuroscientist, says that the brain can actually become sharper and stronger with a little focused effort. With this in mind, implementing a purposeful employee learning and…
Read MoreThe Hard Truth About Soft Skills
This article was originally written by Morgan Browning for Inc.com I have a serious issue with the term “soft skills.” You know, those skills that the United States Department of Labor lists as Communication; Enthusiasm and Attitude; Teamwork; Networking; Problem Solving and Critical Thinking; and Professionalism. Every one of those skills is absolutely critical to…
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