The Learning and Development Practice

The Opportunity:

Learning represents a huge investment for most companies and is ideally tied directly to the business strategy. However, organizations struggle to develop clear, business-focused strategies that make the most of the learning budget. The changing demographic face of the workforce and a seemingly endless stream of new technologies make the challenge that much more complex.

The Insights:

The good news is that companies are recognizing the importance and impact of the learning strategy:
• For 73% of organizations in our Learning & Development Benchmarking Study, learning strategies are highly aligned to business goals.
• Today, it is more likely that the C-Suite has ownership of the learning budget (46% of companies) than HR or business unit leaders (37%).
• About one-third of companies are leveraging learning to generate revenue with extended enterprise e-commerce.

With business needs changing quickly and technology advancing even faster, organizations are getting more focused on their learning strategies. The goal is to develop a strategy that has a direct impact on performance and the bottom line.

The Research:

Our research uncovers the successful strategies of high-performing organizations. We examine how learning budgets are developed, allocated, and managed to help companies benchmark their practices against similar organizations. We also look at current and future trends with various learning technologies, as well as technology providers, to get an accurate view of the market and where it is headed. And we offer a wealth of case studies – success stories and lessons learned from global organizations, most of which are winners of our Excellence Awards.

Sample Research:

Executive Summary

Learning & Development: A Framework for Excellence

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Creating and Delivering Video Training Assets

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Compliance Training: Improving Content and Audit Preparedness

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Learning Management Systems: Moving to the Cloud

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The 70:20:10 Framework: Formalizing the Informal

The Tools:

We don’t stop at the research. We know that applying it in the context of your business and culture makes the real difference. To this point, we offer frameworks and models, consulting and advisory services, and live and virtual strategic workshops, to ensure your success.