The Business of Learning

The Business of Learning, Episode 27: Inclusive Leadership

For an organization to be truly inclusive, supporting all employees and becoming more supportive and effective, leaders must have certain traits and skills.

The Business of Learning: Connecting Remote Teams With Virtual Meetings

Forget everything you know about virtual meetings. Imagine being able to engage with others, from anywhere across the globe, just like you would if you were sitting across the room from them. New technologies can make this happen.

The Business of Learning, Episode 26: Effective Performance Reviews

To learn more about what makes an effective performance review, what doesn’t, and how to train managers on giving performance reviews, we’re here with Roberta Matuson, president of Matuson Consulting, and Jared Narlock, MPA, SHRM-SCP, a talent development and engagement consultant for Nemours Children’s Health System.

The Business of Learning, Episode 25: The Future of Work … for All Workers

As we enter the 2020s, it’s a good time to consider what the future of work looks like — and to make sure it brings equal opportunity to everyone.

The Business of Learning, Episode 24: Global Training Management

Developing a global training program that has the power to improve business results presents a new set of challenges for learning leaders.

The Business of Learning, Episode 23: Managing the Learning Tech Stack

Learning technologies have continued to evolve across the learning and development field. Effectively managing these technologies can be a challenge.

The Business of Learning, Episode 22: Soft Skills as a Differentiator

More and more, we hear that soft skills are the key to success even, or maybe especially, in an increasingly automated world. But what do we mean when we say soft skills, and why are they the key to success? How do you know if your organization has a workforce with strong soft skills, and how can you develop them in your employees? In this episode of The Business of Learning, Shelley Osborne, head of learning and development at Udemy, and G. Riley Mills, co-founder and chief operating officer of Pinnacle Performance Company and author of “The Bullseye Principle,” share their insights.

The Business of Learning, Episode 21: Adaptive Onboarding

In this episode of The Business of Learning, Melissa White, director of business operations at The Kool Source, and Nina Redding, senior learning resource consultant at Alberta Motor Association, share their insights on

The Business of Learning, Episode 20: Social Learning and Content Curation

One of the most well-known and popular models in L&D is 70-20-10. Recent research by Training Industry updated the model to the 55-25-20 model and reinforced the importance of social interactions and collaborations as a part of an employee’s learning experience. How can you balance the benefits of social learning with the need to have content appropriately vetted and curated? To answer this question, we spoke with Lauren Harris, CPTM, of the University of Colorado Boulder and Juliana Stancampiano of Oxygen Learning.

The Business of Learning, Episode 19: Evaluating Learning and Measuring ROI

Training Industry research has found that one of the biggest challenges facing learning leaders is measuring the effectiveness of their training. On this episode of The Business of Learning, Kevin M. Yates discusses this challenge and shares tips.