With low unemployment levels and a tight labor market, a lot of companies feel the pressure to find the right talent to get work done. In the world of constant technological disruptions, the shrinking half-life of skills, emerging and fluid job roles, and the upcoming 2030 workforce crisis, there’s a need for innovative thinking at […]

“Culture of growth” has recently become a buzzword in the L&D world. The approach that has the enablement of a growth mindset in its core is a subject to mention in discussions about the Future of Work. It’s been said that a culture of growth can help to adapt to new job roles and new […]

In our previous article, we’ve already addressed the issue of what it takes for companies to engage millennials and make them stay. However, in the Direct Selling industry, there are some distinctions that both facilitate and aggravate the successful collaboration with millennials. These two distinctions boil down to their psychological traits and the ever-changing business […]

Continuous, personalized employee training is a large part of effective in-house talent development. However, it’s not the endpoint. Sometimes even high-skilled employees equipped with the latest technologies encounter difficulties and fail in completing tasks. Yes, poor performance happens but you shouldn’t be afraid of it; on the contrary, it’s your chance to bring in modifications […]

“Candidates have so many options today. If a company requires a degree, two rounds of interviews and a test for hard-skills, candidates can go down the street to another employer who will make them an offer that day,” points out Amy Glaser, senior vice president of Adecco Group. This statement perfectly describes the current state […]

Today, when developing talent to embrace new technologies, learn new skills and innovate, L&D professionals are getting more and more support with various digital tools and techniques. The choice of such tools is usually dictated by the specifics of a company’s operations as well as the established culture of learning. Recently, the Fosway Group has […]

We live in the Age of Disruption that touches upon all spheres of life. The corporate life is no exception. The proliferation of new technologies has resulted in a new economic order, called for innovations and reinventions of businesses, as well as taken and created thousands of jobs. In order not to operate from a […]

First, we’d like to say this: every employee deserves to be a part of your learning and development strategy. The “identifying talent” process is often followed by the above-mentioned issues of manager’s perception. Being guided by “intuition”, a company may miss the opportunity of building a diverse team and getting creative ideas from people with […]

ManpowerGroup data shows that 45% of employers have difficulty in filling positions today. Such a shortage is higher than that during the Great Recession. In this article, we’ll explain how companies survived then and how you can solve employability issues with in-house talent development now. How talent-centric management and training stood against the Great Recession   […]

Mobile comes first. It’s neither a trend nor our future. This is the environment we’re living in now. Just for the record, 25% of mobile web users are mobile-only, Americans check their cell phones on average once every 12 minutes, and 70% of learners feel more motivated when training on a mobile device, as opposed […]