Common Employee Development Challenges And How To Overcome Them

"Employees have heavy workloads, time-sensitive tasks, and a variety of responsibilities to attend to in their day-to-day. As a result, they might struggle to find the time necessary to dedicate to training and development activities. This problem becomes especially pronounced when they are asked to completely step away from their work to complete a full-length training module or watch a long how-to video."

"If the issue is that training and development activities pull employees away from their work, the best solution is to integrate learning into the workflow. This approach allows learning to become a tool that helps employees complete their tasks more effectively, rather than interrupting them. But how can you do that? The most straightforward way is to leverage microlearning to break long learning modules into short, focused segments that can easily fit between tasks."

Rapid change in business increases skill gaps as new technologies, shifting customer habits, and rising expectations require faster employee adaptation. Heavy workloads and time-sensitive tasks make it difficult for employees to set aside long blocks for training, and full-length modules or long how-to videos can be impractical. Integrating learning into workflows lets training support task completion instead of interrupting it. Microlearning breaks long courses into short, focused segments that fit between tasks. Embedded, on-the-job training materials provide immediate, contextual assistance and make continuous development more feasible without removing employees from their duties.

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