# Bridge Blog

## [The 5 Most Important Skills for Healthcare Leaders](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/talent-mobility/5-most-important-skills-healthcare-leaders/)

Successful healthcare leaders need clinical skills, business competencies, and interpersonal or soft skills to guide their organizations to success. But which skills are the real must-haves when developing or recruiting leaders to manage healthcare organizations and teams? In this article, we outline the five skills that are considered to be the most important for healthcare leaders, based…

## [“I’m Not Wearing Pants Today”: The Official Working From Home Activity Book](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/employee-engagement/im-not-wearing-pants-today-official-working-home-activity-book/)

Business on top, quarantine on the bottom.  If this describes your current attire, then this activity book might be for you. Why? Because we all need a break from, well, work. We get it, working from home can be rough, like sand stuck in your shoes after a day at the beach rough, it wears…

## [In the Office or at Home, People Still Matter Most](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/employee-engagement/office-or-home-people-still-matter-most/)

Weird.  It’s the one word that keeps coming to my mind to describe the current situation. It’s just weird. I’m someone who does well with structure. I like the flow of a normal day and find satisfaction of accomplishment and getting better within that structure.  Get up. Work out. Eat breakfast. Check the news. Check…

## [COVID-19: A Note To Our Customers](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/employee-engagement/covid-19-note-our-customers/)

We have all been following the developments around COVID-19 (coronavirus) and it’s growing impact on our communities. We have also been informed of how businesses are responding to support their employees including general planning, education, and workforce strategies as precautionary and preventive measures. First and foremost, the health and safety of our employees, their families,…

## [Why is Talent Development Important?](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/performance-management/why-talent-development-important/)

What is Talent Development? Your employees are truly your most valuable asset, but how can you develop their talent and help them be satisfied in their roles? How can you invest in your employees and lower the chances of them leaving for other opportunities? Talent development may seem self-explanatory, but many organizations struggle with it. Others are nervous…

## [Customer Q & A: How Can Companies Best Support Career Development for Their Employees?](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/performance-management/customer-q-and-a-how-can-companies-best-support-career-development-for-their-employees/)

Happy National Career Development Month! Throughout the month of November, companies and employees around the nation are celebrating career-related activities. Research shows that one-third of employees leave their job because they crave more career development opportunities, and their just not seeing their organization's performance management system working for them. We asked a few of our…

## [The Power of Storytelling in eLearning](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/lms/the-power-of-storytelling-in-elearning/)

Most people have words they don’t like. For me, it’s office jargon like ‘bandwidth, ‘blue sky thinking’ or ‘pinging’ emails. For my brother, the most irritating word in the world is ‘delightful’. Years ago, he worked at an estate agency where ‘delightful’ was seriously overused; it featured in every advert and every property description. It…

## [Learn in the Flow of Work with Bridge and Slack](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/integration/learn-flow-work-bridge-and-slack/)

On October 22, I was part of a panel discussion at Slack’s Spec conference in San Francisco, where I talked about how we used their new features to make Bridge more available in the flow of work. In their opening keynote, Slack presented a live demo of Bridge Slack app to showcase these new capabilities. …

## [6 Employee Development Best Practices Webinar Recap](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/performance-management/6-employee-development-best-practices-webinar-recap/)

Last week, I had the opportunity to host a webinar with ATD focused on deepening the employee experience. As attendees signed up for the webinar, they were polled on two questions: Is employee development a strategic goal for you? 89.5% said yes. What‘s most important to you at work? Growth opportunities and a clear career path were…

## [Looking to Enrich the Employee Experience? Go Deep with Employee Development.](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/employee-engagement/looking-to-enrich-the-employee-experience-go-deep-with-employee-development/)

From high turnover to skills gaps, the ongoing speed of technological change, the case has been made for ongoing workplace learning and development. You may be thinking … But wait, we already have development tools in place. Nearly all companies say they offer development tools (98%), yet a meager 26% of employees feel these solutions are…

## [Our Top 6 Insights from HR Tech](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/lms/our-top-6-insights-hr-tech/)

This year’s HR Tech in Las Vegas was packed with analysts, thought leaders, HR technologists, and vendors – all looking to discuss what’s next as we enter 2020. As never before, employees are front and center in the conversation. We’re seeing data that enables more personalized engagement and experiences and experiencing technology that deepens our capabilities…

## [Enable Career Connections and Skills Development with Bridge](https://www.getbridge.com/blog/performance-management/enable-career-connections-and-skills-development-with-bridge/)

Here at Instructure, we believe that people and companies do their best work through connection, alignment, and growth. Working closely with organizations of all sizes, we’ve seen how many of them struggle to help their employees connect with their co-workers in a meaningful and effective way that also fosters career development and engagement. Some try…