With talent shortages at a record high, companies around the world are experiencing a substantial shortage of leaders. According to Deloitte’s Global Human Capital Trends, 83% of organizations struggle to find and develop future leaders, with only 15% stating that they have well-qualified candidates for future leadership roles. Under such conditions, proactive companies are paying […]

To generate new leads and grow sales in the fast-paced world, direct selling companies have to meet customers when they are offline or online. As Forbes reports, DS organizations, with their inherently social business model, have the potential to gain a competitive advantage in the Digital Age by meeting customers’ needs “in the spaces in […]

Having worked for some time in the new business realities fuelled by the digital workplace transformation, more and more companies start encountering fresh challenges. They understand that to achieve digital business maturity, it’s not enough to simply equip their workplace with the latest tech innovations. Recently, Deloitte has released the Industry 4.0. Paradox report that […]

Companies are investing more and more money into talent development, spending $19.7 million in 2018 compared with $17 million in 2017. But do these investments make any difference if employees forget up to 90% of obtained knowledge within a year? They do if L&D initiatives take into account the learning science, in this way significantly […]

Millennials are disruptors and innovators by nature. They’ve killed so many things we’ve been accustomed to from napkins, motorcycles, and homeownership to banks, department stores, and even football. No wonder they’ve made their way to corporate training and traditional LMS, bringing change there too. So, what’s changed under the influence of these disruptors, and are […]

A new kind of human-machine partnership as a result of the digital transformation will significantly shake up businesses in the next ten years. Dell Technologies in partnership with the Institute for the Future (IFTF), presented a research “The Next Era of Human-Machine Partnerships” about how emerging technologies will impact society and work in 2030. It […]

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 […]