Employee Training & Development

Being in the training industry, I’ve come to understand that engagement is an indispensable element for the success of any training programs. When fully engaged, participants absorb information more effectively, leading to better retention and knowledge application. But are you struggling to keep your employees engaged in the workplace? If yes, chances are you’re not...

Hazard communication training in the workplace is more important than most companies think. Here’s one of the most disastrous incidents that supports this statement. The infamous 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico is considered the biggest marine industrial disaster in history. It killed 11 people and resulted in the spillage of...

You have probably heard the term toxic work environments on numerous occasions. Here’s what they look like. Daniel was a newly hired manager at a financial services company in New York. Like many up-and-coming employees, he was power-hungry. He didn’t hesitate to go out of his way to achieve his selfish goals. Earning the spotlight,...

Food is supposed to nourish our bodies & minds and support and sustain lives. But when food contamination occurs and leads to illnesses & deaths, it raises a red flag. According to the World Health Organization (WHO): An estimated 600 million people fall sick every year after eating contaminated food Around 420,000 die every year...

The manufacturing industry’s market size in the U.S. in 2025/2026, as measured by revenue, ranged from $1.44 trillion to $2.91 trillion, depending on the scope of economic measurement. In such a big industry, many companies work behind the scenes to deliver finished products such as automobiles, electronic goods, clothing, heavy machinery, furniture items, and tools...

Improper training can cost your business millions of dollars per year per 1,000 employees! Let that sink in to understand why training evaluations are necessary. Evaluations act as a checkpoint to measure and analyze whether employee training programs achieve the intended objectives. In other words, they assess what’s working and what’s not so that you...

Do you ever wonder if your training is actually making an impact? That moment when you finish a session and think, did they really learn something, or are they just being polite? That’s the fear we all face, right? You could be wasting time, resources, and money without realizing it. And when leadership asks for...

I’ve sat through more “training sessions” than I can count. Some with overdesigned decks. Others with facilitators who thought reading bullet points was teaching. Almost all had the same result: by the next morning, nobody remembered a thing. I’ve seen companies pour money, time, and energy into an employee training plan that looked solid on...

Most training modules fail before a single employee opens them.  Not because the topic is wrong, but because the build process skips the steps that actually determine whether learning happens: a clear objective, a format that fits the audience, content scoped tightly enough to be retained, and a way to measure whether any of it...

Non-profit organizations face several volunteer training challenges.  A lack of training funds, geographically dispersed members, and the absence of standard training departments can all contribute to this.  And some volunteers join an organization without even knowing what is expected of them. Coordinating volunteer activities, inconsistencies in efforts, disorganization, volunteer burnout, and lack of time are...