How important is the effectiveness of your organisation's training? Pretty important is probably what you're thinking, yet many organisations think one thing and do another. They roll out workforce training with the good intentions of creating learning to improve outcomes, yet so much training is ultimately ineffective. Attending training does not automatically lead to change. Information is not transformation. Yet there are ways to rethink the effectiveness of training, particularly in a world filled with overwhelming information. In this episode, David sits down with Geoff Rip, Founder & Principal Designer at Training That Works, to unpack training effectiveness. Geoff has also written an article on this topic you can find here.

Leaders. Every organisation has them. Every organisation relies on them to craft strategy, set direction and support business culture. Yet leaders often sit outside training plans, despite the their own need for improved interpersonal skills, staying abreast of industry developments or learning new business strategies. There’s also something to be said for leaders to be seen leading the way in a culture of improvement and growth. It’s too bad then, that leaders are often excluded from training plans. In this episode, David sits down with James Hanson, Global Organisational Development Manager at Cardno (now Stantec) to unpack the best ways to tackle this problem.

Employee retention matters. Employee turnover is costly—recruitment fees, initial training time, onboarding costs plus delays to projects and impacts on general employee morale. Even more—when employees leave, their knowledge goes with them. All those skills, tricks, processes, proven methods from your employees represents tangible and valuable assets. But organisations of any size can hold onto their employees and their valuable knowledge. In this episode, David sits down with Lauren Scholtz, L&D manager at intelliHR to unpack the best ways to tackle employee retention and tacit knowledge.