Learning & Development: HR News, Trends & Workplace Insights

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Updated on: May 2024
How Will Generative AI Transform Learning & Development
Learning & Development

How Will Generative AI Transform Learning & Development

Generative AI, with its ability to create content autonomously, has the potential to revolutionize Learning and Development (L&D) in numerous ways. In this article, we will explore how generative AI is poised to transform L&D by enhancing content creation, personalization, assessment, and accessibility. 1. Content Creation and Enhancement One of the most significant impacts of […]

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Upskilling for Sustainability and Green Technologies
Future of Work

Upskilling for Sustainability and Green Technologies

Green Skills, Upskilling for Sustainability, and Green Technologies The world is changing and disrupting fast; we must adapt and innovate. Climate change is a significant and complex problem caused by human activities that harm the Earth’s systems. Climate change has many harmful effects, like making the Earth hotter, melting the ice, raising the sea level, […]

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Top Skills Employees Must Focus to Perform the Best
Learning & Development

Top Skills Employees Must Focus to Perform the Best

What are the Top Skills Employees Must Focus to Perform the Best? Employees aiming to perform at their best should focus on developing a combination of technical, soft, and adaptive skills. Here are a couple of top skills that employees should prioritize. We are moving from physical to Digital to Phygital over the last few […]

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Prioritising Workforce Upskilling in an Economic Downturn
Economic Slowdown

Prioritising Workforce Upskilling in an Economic Downturn

In an economic downturn, companies often focus on cost-cutting measures such as layoffs and reducing employee training budgets. However, this short-sighted approach can lead to a weaker workforce and ultimately harm the company’s long-term success. Instead, companies should prioritise workforce upskilling during an economic downturn. Upskilling, or the process of developing and improving the skills […]

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Retaining the Skill Edge in 2023
Learning & Development

Retaining the Skill Edge in 2023

Continuous learning and skilling are key success imperatives for people across industries, geographies and age groups. Due to disruptions in the external world, the skills landscape keeps evolving at a rapid pace. It is important that one keeps pace with the changing skill demands to stay relevant. Skilling needs to follow a 360-degree approach. To elaborate, […]

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Nivea launches Employee Growth and Development Program
Learning & Development

Nivea launches Employee Growth and Development Program

Nivea India, India’s most Trusted skincare brand launched a one-of-its-kind employee growth and development program – Careers Month in August 2022. A month-long activation, it catered to employees’ career growth and development by providing them with multiple insightful avenues such as expert talks, panel discussions, one-on-one sessions with the leadership team along with in-depth training […]

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STL Academy trains 1,00,000 technology & telecom professionals
Learning & Development

STL Academy trains 1,00,000 technology & telecom professionals

Sterlite Technologies Limited (STL) has trained over 100,000 professionals in areas of artificial intelligence, cloud management, cybersecurity, etc. The main aim is to reduce the skillset gap for the successful implementation of 5G. Sterlite Technologies Limited provides intensive training through the STL Academy. They pertain to deployment practices, troubleshooting, and network maintenance to STL’s partner […]

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The Role of Digital Learning in Modern Employee Experience
Employee Engagement

The Role of Digital Learning in Modern Employee Experience

The global pandemic pushed our dependency and usage of technology to a greater extent. From shopping to cooking to learning, online platforms are now the go-to mediums and have given us a newer dimension to grow in all spheres of life. The pandemic is responsible for dynamic changes adhered by the organizations and employees. Employees have […]

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L&D Strategies to Win the War for Talent in 2022 at Reliance
Learning & Development

L&D Strategies to Win the War for Talent in 2022 at Reliance

As our life and work contexts are fast evolving, hybrid working, hyper-connectivity, deep digital penetration, focus on holistic well-being, and fast-changing skills, are becoming mainstream. In this context, a renewed and robust approach to talent identification and attraction, developing, growing, and retaining them, are key blocks to ensure that we stay successful in the War […]

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The New Wave of Learning & Development (L&D) in 2022
Learning & Development

The New Wave of Learning & Development (L&D) in 2022

The existential belief in progressive organizations, about the purpose of the Learning & Development (L&D) function, is to make a bridge that connects the goals of an employee with the goals of the organization. But, with the intense impact of the VUCAD factors globally (aggravated by the Covid 19 pandemic) that is spurring a change of […]

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Preparing for ‘tomorrow’ before it becomes ‘yesterday’
Leadership

Preparing for ‘tomorrow’ before it becomes ‘yesterday’

“As circumstances change, leadership must change. A certain set of skills, instincts, and personality traits may be perfect today, but useless tomorrow.”, said Ricardo Semler, Brazilian entrepreneur and author of the best-seller “The Maverick”. The pandemic leads to a sudden need for working from home and remote team management eventually leaving organizations to contemplate hybrid working […]

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Leadership Development in a Hybrid Work Model
Leadership

Leadership Development in a Hybrid Work Model

Leadership Development in a Hybrid Work Model Up until the last two decades, we followed the same model for learning as we had followed since the 19th century. School prepared us to fit into a work hierarchy. Employers slotted us into a position that fitted, and we worked there until we retired. But none of […]

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