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How To Transition Your Employees to Self-Led Learning

Self-led learning is an exciting approach to education that puts employees in the driving seat. It can be used to drive up engagement, create more employee ownership over their development, and improve productivity. But how can employers utilise it effectively and create a smooth transition into an...

How to Use Goal-Setting to Improve Employee Performance

Goal-setting can be a powerful tool used by companies to improve performance across all levels of the workforce. But how can it be implemented, and what specific benefits can businesses expect to see? In this article, we’ll go into detail about the best practices around goal-setting and explain how...

How to Refresh Your Team’s Digital Skills Knowledge

Digital skills are vital in almost every modern company, and it’s important to keep your workforce up to date with the latest developments in technology. Despite this, recent data from the UK Department of Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport found that almost a third of all vacancies within the IT a...

Which Areas Should Companies Upskill Employees in to Stay Ahead in 2022?

In 2022, managers and CEOs will be thinking hard about the skills and knowledge they want employees to have going forward into a new year. If employers have learned anything in the 2020s so far, it’s that things can change very quickly. With that in mind, here are some of the best areas to upskill [...

WFT Key List of Elearning Stats for 2022 – And What They Mean For You

2022 promises to be an exciting year for elearning and may open up a wide variety of new and exciting opportunities for workforce training and L&D. With online training becoming more innovative and accessible, it’s a great time to check into the latest developments and find out about the elearni...

How Companies Can Use Training to Reduce the Risk of Unconscious Bias

Unconscious bias is a common problem managers, and employees face within modern workplaces. So is there any way that managers can do more to eliminate it from their companies? In this article, we’ll look at the key definitions around unconscious bias and explain how managers can use training to stop...

How to Make a Business Case For a Personal Development Budget

Personal development budgets can be a great way to boost your professional growth, contribute more to your business and take your career to the next level. But how should you go about proposing a personal development budget to your company as a solid business case? What are the best ways to get the...

How Workforce Training Can Help Employers Combat The ‘Great Resignation’

With UK job vacancies at an all-time high, experts are warning that we could be in the midst of a so-called ‘great resignation,’ whereby vast sections of the UK workforce are walking away from their jobs. But are all UK companies at risk, and can businesses use things like training to keep employee...

How to Keep Adult Learners Engaged

Workforce training is an integral part of a supportive workplace. According to LinkedIn, an enormous 93% of employees are more likely to stay at a company that offers sufficient development opportunities. With retention statistics like that, it's clear that learning and development are key, but kno...

Workshop or Self-Led Learning? The Benefits of Each Learning Style

We all have different learning preferences. Do you prefer to be hands-on or focus on learning theory, enjoy online learning, or be face-to-face in a more traditional classroom learning environment? It's important to consider what subject matter, learning style, and learning outcomes are right for yo...

Are Employers Focusing Enough on Workplace Wellbeing? Here’s How To Do More

With World Mental Health Day taking place this month, now is a great opportunity to look at wellbeing with the working environment and discuss whether employers are helping their employees to be fulfilled and happy at work. In this article, we’ll do a deep dive into the current state of play and giv...

Transferable Skills To Build On For New Employees

Over 90% of employers say that transferable skills are a ‘high’ or ‘very high’ priority when hiring staff members. In a period where employees are looking to move into new sectors, or take advantage of skills gaps that are opening up, you may benefit from taking on new staff that have transferable s...

AI’s Role in Marketing

With the new digital age upon us, AI, or artificial intelligence, isn’t just relevant within tech teams. In fact, companies are finding increasing uses for it across teams, including where you might not expect it, in your marketing efforts. Marketers are typically very creative, and it’s strange to...

Is Emotional Intelligence Training Useful For Employees?

Developing emotional intelligence within your personal life can be a positive step towards happier and healthier relationships with those around you. These skills can also be applied in a work setting, with some employers now looking at giving employees dedicated training in this area. Emotional int...

The Benefits of Off-the-Job Training For Your Team

Looking for strategies to help your business succeed? As the professional world is ever-changing, staying ahead of the game is an absolute must. Shrewd business leaders know that investing in your team is one of the most powerful ways to accelerate your company. For that reason, it’s definitely wort...

How To Put Together a Workforce Development Plan

The short answer is that there’s never a bad time to implement a workforce development plan. Just last year, 73% of employees surveyed by Linkedin said that a lack of development plan at work was a top reason for their seeking other employment, as it suggested a lack of support to progress their car...

Why Responsible Marketing Training Is So Important

All businesses should know the importance of a good marketing strategy that will increase revenues and expand reach. Thanks to the rise of modern technology, everyone has a computer in their pockets and social media at their fingertips, which makes it easier than ever to market your business to your...

How Soft Skills Training Can Have a Big Impact on Your Workforce

Soft skills can be invaluable in a modern workplace. With employees having to adapt to new working situations, developing skills that allow them to flourish and thrive during a turbulent period is becoming more important than ever. But it’s not just down to employees to equip themselves with these...

How Online Safety Training Can Benefit Staff At Every Level Of Your Business

With companies becoming more digitally advanced and with more people working at home unsupervised, ensuring that your team is aware of cyber security risks is more important than ever. Even if you have a dedicated IT team, hackers can target staff across your organisation. Every member of your team...

How To Boost Learning Transfer In Your Organisation

Ahead of Learning at Work Week, more and more companies are looking at ways to optimise training in their organisation to provide their employees with new skills and opportunities. But simply giving your employees training courses might not be enough. One particular theory by author Morgan McCall st...

Health, Wellbeing and Productivity in the Workplace

During this Mental Health Awareness Week, people are taking more time to think about their personal wellbeing at home and in the workplace. Being happy and motivated at work can help employees to stay focused, engaged and ultimately be more productive. With that in mind, some are asking whether empl...

Upskilling Your Employees – 5 Ways To Measure Development

Making sure that your employees can build the skills they need to keep up in a fast-moving working environment is vital. In fact, UK companies are missing out on a If you want your employees to stay on top and have the knowledge they need to do their jobs well, giving them the right tools […]...

Provider Spotlight: How Acudemy is Leading the Way With Workforce Training

Acudemy is leading the way in flexible learning for companies and individuals. In response to COVID’s rapid changes, Acudemy adapted by centring learners: finding ways to make training more accessible, engaging, and cost-effective. In this month’s provider spotlight, we spoke to Shameem Saidoo about...

Covid & Mental Health at Work Survey 2021

According to fresh research we've conducted as part of our insights into workforce training, 66% of employees think that moving forward, more time and resources will be dedicated to mental health in the workplace due to Covid. This data comes from an anonymous survey of UK employees from 300 compani...