There’s a commonly accepted view in the learning and development community that a good balance of learning opportunities is 70-20-10. That is, 70% of learning comes from on the job experiences, 20% comes from other people (say, through coaching and mentoring), and 10% comes from formal training. The concept has been around for about three […]

There are a lot of fun things you can do as part of your employee development. There are corporate retreats, escape rooms, Outward Bound and “ropes courses,” scavenger hunts and big flashy company meetings with dancers and singers and maybe a comic or two. But are your people actually learning anything? Too many companies engage […]