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Whether you’re tasked with rolling out new people development software, creating full training programs, or redefining the employee experience, the Bridge Blog has you covered. You’ll find informative, helpful, and enjoyable articles on topics for today’s L&D and HR teams. Happy reading!
They Want It That Way
Graduation season has come, and with it, the newest members of the workforce – or so they hope. Although 87 percent of graduates believe they
5 Reasons All Managers Need to Keep Up With Technology
I once had a boss who had his secretary print out his emails and leave a hard copy for him to read on his desk.
5 Hurdles for First-Time Managers & How to Clear Them
Have you ever seen a corgi run a hurdle race? Being a first-time manager can sometimes feel like that. According to sales management guru Ken Thoreson, the
Just-In-Time Training: 3 Times Dunder Mifflin Could’ve Used It
We’re stepping into “The Office” of Dunder Mifflin to see how some of the show’s notable fails could’ve been prevented or helped with just-in-time (JIT) training —
Just-In-Time Training: 3 Times Dunder Mifflin Could’ve Used It
We’re stepping into “The Office” of Dunder Mifflin to see how some of the show’s notable fails could’ve been prevented or helped with just-in-time (JIT) training —
Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3
At its core, online learning can be tricky. The main elements of traditional live learning, lectures and tests, don’t translate entirely well to an online
3 Tips to Makeover Boring Training
Compliance training is one of those necessary evils of the modern workplace. Images come to mind of thick OSHA binders full of loose paper, footnotes
3 Tips to Makeover Boring Training
Many companies have sought solutions to this by offering online compliance courses. The primary advantages with online training is that employees have the flexibility to
3 Sales Tips Guaranteed to Win Big
There’s no second place in sales. Or, as Ricky Bobby so eloquently put it, “If you ain’t first, you’re last.” So, how can you become the Ken Jennings of
7 Cold Calling Worst Practices That Will Give You Frostbite
A chill is in the air, but it’s not from those icicles forming all around your office complex. It’s coming from the phone/headset combo at
What is Microlearning?
As people spend more time on their devices—socializing, shopping, watching tiny hamsters eat tiny burritos, or doing anything but nothing attention spans are shrinking. The obvious
Make Over Your Sales Training Like a Boss – E Training Solutions for Introverts
You’ve heard the adage that salespeople are born, not made. We call BS on that. There are certain personality traits that make salespeople perform better
Make It Rain: 5 Better Sales Tactics & How To Teach Them
It’s time we flipped the script on sales tactics. Better yet, let’s just scrap the script all together, because the truth is, scripts just get in
#1 Rule of Training New Hires: Be Awesome At It. Here’s How
Remember that scene in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off where the insanely dull teacher (Ben Stein) lectures the kids into a coma? Yeah, don’t be that teacher if
Give Employees Room to Stretch
If you read our post about employee engagement the “Seven traits of an engaged employee,” then you’re familiar with the idea propagated by best-selling author
Five Steps to Increasing the Employee Experience
The strengths-based approach, where managers work with employees to identify how they naturally think, feel and behave as a way to increase engagement, continues to
Riddle Me This
Two classrooms are in the same building. For nearly 80 minutes, the first class stays quiet and orderly as the instructor speaks from the podium.
Skill Development: How many hours should you dedicate – 10,000 or 20?
In a prior post from our COO Emily Foote, she referenced the 10,000 hour rule, popularized by Malcolm Gladwell, arguing that it may no longer