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The Rise of the Remote Workforce
Whitepaper
How can organizations quickly and effectively set up their remote teams for success? International organizations, in particular, are under increasing pressure on a global level, to further increase employee engagement and productivity. Companies with foresight do not react to this with even more pressure, but by setting in place flexible and agile organizational structures, ready to adapt to the needs of a remote workforce.
The Essentials of Smart Remote Work
Infographic
Now, more than ever, when employees can’t go into the office and are forced to work from home, organizations need to properly manage their new remote workforce. To help, we are sharing our recommendations on how to achieve success when working remotely, keeping motivation and employee productivity high.
e-books
The Neuroscience of Learning
Modern learning methods have taken over and neuroscience can help companies adapt to the changing world. Neuroscience explores the subject of a different type of education in the digital age, making on-the-job training and further education, therefore, more diverse and personalized.
Mental Health in the Workplace
Mental health is often a tabu topic in the work environment. However, HR professionals need to drive the conversation and support employees dealing with burnout, anxiety, decreased productivity or depression. Download this e-book and learn how to create a healthy work environment!
Engaging a Diverse Workforce
The modern workforce brings together Millennials, BabyBoomers and more recently, even Gen Z. This e-book will help you understand the different needs of various generations and cultures within your teams. Get practical tips on how to effectively deliver learning to your diverse workforce.
The Human Factor in Digital Transformation
In a technology-driven workforce, establishing human-shaped priorities is key for HR and L&D professionals. Technology’s effect on the global workforce is causing a reskilling revolution, and businesses need to rethink how humans and AI work together.
The Social HR Enterprise
The demand for corporate responsibility is rising worldwide. Learn how to transform your business into a social enterprise and satisfy the needs of today’s demanding workforce, prepare for organizational change, and embrace technology without neglecting people.
Managing Diverse Teams
Get expert advice on developing an effective digital learning strategy, transforming corporate communication and measuring the results of soft skills development in the workforce.
Overcome the Forgetting Curve
Many companies struggle to capture the attention of distracted learners. Learn how modern and unique learning methods, such as Gamification and Microlearning, can drive employee satisfaction and meet your business objectives.
Whitepapers
The Big Data Era of HR
Talent and technology are top of mind in 2020 and managing human capital in the big data era of HR look set to take priority for business success. Discover the importance of human skills in the big data era and how your organization can maximize the benefits of data and learning analytics.
Beyond Automation
IBM predicts 120 million workers in the world’s largest 12 economies will need to be reskilled during the next three years, as a result of new technological innovations. How will automation impact your workforce and what steps can you take to prepare your teams for these changes?
Managing the Generation Gap
As new generations are entering the workforce, Generation X is taking over leadership roles from the now retiring Baby Boomers. How are retiring Baby Boomers and this mix of generations affecting your workplace and how can you manage the generation gap?
Training the Digital Leaders of the Future
A lot of money may be spent on technology that either simply digitizes existing processes or, worse still, leaves customer service no better than it was before. The solution to this is simple and cost effective – grow your own digital gurus from within.
Business Agility as Response to Change
Organizations in all sectors and vertical markets are experiencing a period of rapid change. Factors ranging from Brexit to global trade agreements and international politics are having a major impact on most marketplaces.
Design Thinking in HR and L&D
Discover how adopting a user-centric approach and focusing on employee experience can help drive engagement and success in your HR strategy and L&D programs.
Aligning HR and L&D with Business Goals
HR and L&D professionals play a key role in building a stable and engaged workforce equipped to respond to shifting business priorities. Download this whitepaper and learn how to better align HR and L&D with your business objectives.
Personalized & Flexible Learning
Personalized learning is becoming the backbone of modern businesses. Download this whitepaper and learn how AI and technology-driven L&D adds value as a strategic tool for greater business agility and talent retention.
Think User Centric!
Digital transformation has radically changed the way training is perceived by employees. L&D professionals need to adapt their strategies and implement the new, emerging trends such as user-centric learning.
Obtaining Success in Learning
The key to addressing HR and L&D challenges successfully lies with maximizing learning technology to drive a self-directed learning culture, with a focus on soft skills. Find key insights on how to drive learning success.
How to Master Measurement
Learn effective ways to construct training measurement and evaluate the impact of your L&D program. Providing employees with professional development opportunities builds an effective workforce and a motivated corporate culture.
Strategic HR & Management
The results of the annual Speexx Exchange Survey show that even in mature multinationals, there is still a considerable gap between L&D and corporate goals. Download this white paper and learn how to correctly manage your HR and L&D strategy in order to maximize the value of your cloud-based learning solutions and underpin your organization’s strategic objectives.
Navigating GDPR in L&D
As data protection regulations are being standardized across the European Union, companies looking to implement digital learning solutions and cloud-based employee performance analytics on a global level are likely to hit the issue of data protection head-on. This paper offers HR and L&D professionals some guidelines for dealing with this challenge effectively.
The Modern Era of Hiring
This white paper will help you find the key to successful recruiting in the era of Digital Transformation. You will get an in-depth look at the characteristics of the modern workplace, insights into what matters most to today’s employees, as well as a series of practical tips on how to build a strong company and branding culture.
Global Talent Management
Based on a survey of 230 global organizations, representing over 1.6 million employee, this report examines the shift towards cloud-based learning environments and addresses the need for a global communications strategy.
The Promise of Virtual Learning
As we analyze the results of the Speexx Exchange survey, we see that organizations are maturing rapidly. HR and L&D professionals play a key role when it comes to driving their organization towards a mature learning environment. Find five practical recommendations for a sustainable learning culture in your organization.
The Rise of International Teams
The need for better employee engagement and productivity has become pressing in an international marketplace. Forward-thinking organizations are responding to this by structuring themselves in a more responsive and flexible way. Learn more about the appeal of virtual teams and practical tips on how to manage them.
Making the Case for Blended Learning
Blended learning – the combination of teacher-led and technology-based instruction – has gained tremendous momentum in corporate training in recent years. This paper explores how to get the perfect blend for your organization, how blended learning drives ROI and user benefits and what you need to do to kick-start your blended project.
Big Data and Talent Mobility to Drive Business
The world of work is being revolutionized more rapidly than ever. Globalisation, a 24×7 work environment and pervasive technology, coupled with demand for greater transparency, are transforming the modern workplace. If businesses are to grow and innovate, they need to manage these changes effectively.
Online Communication Skills Training
Diversity and inclusion crucial for success in today’s globalized business world. How can organizations truly embrace a culture of inclusion and boost cross-border communication?
Business Agility through Workforce Communication
In 2014, workforces are increasingly multinational. Enterprises powered by globally accessible systems, now work across borders and time zones and the need to empower employees with specialised communication skills becomes more crucial than ever before.
Managing Top Talent – A Call for Better Communications
Effective communication skills are key to finding, managing and retaining talent across any multinational organisation. To develop a cohesive workforce and create a global talent pool of future leaders, HR needs to come up with a solid communications strategy.
Empowering Communication – What’s in it for the bottom line?
This white paper highlights the trends shaping the implementation of learning technologies in the workplace and the impact they are likely to have on business efficiency, profitability and growth.
HR and L&D Priorities part II
High-level workforce communication skills have a direct impact on the bottom line as employees across the world communicate effectively with each other, suppliers and with customers. In part 2 of a two-part whitepaper, we further evaluate some of the key goals for HR and L&D, focusing on communication skills, mobile and blended learning.
HR and L&D Priorities part I
Big Data, i.e. using learner data to hone personalized, effective learning, will play a key part in meeting these objectives. In Part One of a two-part white paper, we set out some of the key goals for HR and L&D leaders in,