If you’re a business owner, C-suite manager, HR department or Learning & Development organizer/Trainer.. you might know the answer to this question. According to the 2014 ATD State of Industry Report, the average spending on training in 2013 was over $1200 per employee. But what does this mean to your bottom line? No matter how to […]
Organizations spend billions of dollars every year on training their employees. Is this the worst investment a corporation ever makes? According to the results, the answer is YES! It is well established by neural and behavioural scientists that people forget upwards of 80 percent of what they are taught within 2-3 weeks. There is even a catchy […]
A common question that we ask ourselves in the Corporate Training realm is “How do you know your training is effective??” The ATD State of Industry Report showed that in 2013, respondents: Spent over $1200 per employee on training, Learning hours per employee increased to 31.5hours Average cost per employee per hour is $74 63% of spending […]
Surveys of CEO’s identify organizational change as their most important role in a company. They also rank employee adoption or change as their leading problem. Today’s business landscape rewards organizations that are nimble, move quickly and adapt to market needs. Since user adoption is the linchpin of all successful change projects, no matter the size, […]
Recently, Fivel System’s CEO, John Breakey, took a dive into the world of Cisco and Microsoft VARs to determine if the effects that Cloud has on their business. Is Cloud Finally Disrupting the Cisco and Microsoft VAR? Value-added Resellers (VAR) have been a versatile group over the years since the dawn of Microsoft and Cisco. […]
On average, Employees are subjected to 30+ changes per year. Some of these changed are digital (program upgrades, new software, etc), and some are to processes or procedures (forms updates, new steps for customer support, etc). Some changes are “top of mind”, strategic changes for company advancement, or Tactical/Supporting changes that are low on the radar, […]
As humans, we don’t take well to change. There are 3 main reasons why we resist. First, it is ingrained into the way our brain works. Our brains develop pathways (sometimes referred to as muscle memory) as a way of reducing the number of calories it has to burn. Yes, thinking can produce smoke that […]
One of the hardest parts of having a staff of hard working, dedicated employees, is keeping their knowledge-base up to date… that’s right, providing Effective Corporate Learning (Training). There are countless methods, materials, and programs to help equip your employees with the knowledge they need to be productive and effective at their jobs. But, which learning technique […]
Microsoft Office 365 is a new, innovative and integrated cloud-based service that allows users to gain access to their documents anywhere and at anytime. As more on-site employees turning into remote workers, and utilizing an average of 3 devices to get their job done, companies are transitioning away from the traditional software and towards cloud-services that offer […]
A.K.A Why telecommuting is becoming mainstream, and What companies are missing… There are a great many things that are influenced by the increase in use of technology in both professional and personal spaces. Although some of these changes are negative (shortened attention spans, viruses, spam, phishing, countless updates of the Kardashians), the constant evolving technology also […]