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With the number of changes that the workforce continues to experience, the question around the effectiveness of Instructor Led Training courses (ILT) has become something to consider for Learning Leaders.

Millennials for example are looking for shorter format training as with microlearning as well as more technology based delivery seen with gamification. 

Remote workforces can make physical attendance challenging and expensive for the organization to accommodate.

And the growing demand for work-life balance makes hours in a day even more valuable, decreasing the enthusiasm of spending hours at a time in a closed classroom setting. 

Trends in Corporate Learning Delivery

Method 1:  Mobile Learning

The corporate learning industry and Learning Leaders are starting to look at trends that are geared towards increasing engagement and success of learning initiatives.

A key element to the success of any learning project is the delivery of the training material. You can have the most compelling material but delivering it in the wrong medium could lead to dismal results.

There are a number of trending delivery methods that many organizations will begin to actively use, if not doing so already this year.  These include mobile, video, classroom conference, and gamification.

Why Do I Need A Training Needs Analysis Anyway?

It’s an age old story. Learning leader Janet has to implement a new technology training rollout for global offices in the next six months. She’ll be dealing with varying languages, cultural norms as well as generational differences in her workforces. Janet is given a fairly tight budget and asked to have this marked as priority and started on immediately.

Janet feels the pressure of the looming deadline and the importance of the training in order to have everyone ready on the new system by the end of the second quarter and so, she begins the process of building out the training plan forgetting the cardinal rule to any successful training initiative – the training needs assessment.

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Instructional Design Elements for Successful Learning

Experienced instructional designers understand the importance of motivating and engaging their learners.  With the changing workforce comes a significant change in learning styles as well as available time for employees to spend on training and development initiatives.

The experts Instructional Design consultants here at TrainingFolks have been working with a number of tools to ensure effective programs are created, delivered and evaluated for our clients.  Here are some tools and tips to help with your upcoming projects. 

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The business dictionary defines Corporate Leadership Development as, “Teaching of leadership qualities, including communication, ability to motivate others, and management, to an individual who may or may not use the learned skills in a leadership position.”

Teaching these skills however is not a onetime thing for successful organizations nor is it a cookie cutter approach.

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Many Millennial workers get a bad rap. 

Seen as being quite entitled, a bit lazy when it comes to working hard and flight risks when it comes to new hires, the truth is that the Millennial workforce encompasses a number of positive traits that can significantly help an organization if nurtured correctly.

Much of the reason for not seeing the good is because the one thing that Millennials undeniably are is different from the Generation X or Baby Boomer worker that currently makes up the majority of the workforce. By 2020 however, the global workplace will be made up of 50% of Millennials (that’s not too far away!).¹

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The need for organizations to allocate corporate training and development dollars towards effective leadership development has grown substantially in the recent years.  

While baby boomers or Generation X-ers may have been accustomed to the mentality of a boss versus a true leader, success or failure for organizations in today’s market place and going forward commands a very different approach to team management and leadership.

TIPS FROM YOUR CORPORATE TRAINING COMPANY

As we near the end of 2016, clients here at TrainingFolks are eager to complete yearly objectives and knock off their last few training initiatives.  While our expert team of Training Consultants, contract Facilitators and Instructional Designers continue to ensure this, we are always working with new clients around their imminent deadlines which seem slightly out of reach with the current team in place.

Using Virtual Instructor Led Training To Address Key Challenges 

Although moving from Instructor Led Training (ILT) in to virtual Instructor Led Training or (vILT) is not as widespread as one would think, it definitely is something that companies looking to maintain a talented workforce should seriously begin to plan for and build into their learning strategies and budgets.

Some of the key reasons for doing this include the growing Millennial workforce as well as smaller budgets for learning and development with growing learning groups and lastly, the consistent increase in popularity of the remote workforce.

Millennial Modification - Adapting Your Corporate Training

We’ve all heard it.  Millennials are changing the world.  When taking a step back to evaluate the statement, it could not be truer as we get set for the decade ahead.  Here at TrainingFolks, we continue to work with clients on updating and adapting their corporate training and development programs with this reality in mind.

As a group that will make up almost one fifth of the US population by 2020 this generation has begun to transform the way companies are doing business.