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Your employees work better when they’re engaged – 20% better, according to a recent Gallup poll. And by “better,” we mean that motivated employees look for ways to contribute more to their roles and support their coworkers beyond what is strictly required. Plus, motivated employees are 87% less likely to leave your company. By contrast, …

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Strong customer relationships are among your company’s greatest assets. Brands with an exceptional customer experience bring in 5.7 times more than their competitors who don’t invest in customer relations. And keeping your customers is essential to your revenue, as it’s 5 to 25 times more expensive to obtain a new customer than to retain a …

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Training a sales team with extensive product knowledge is vital to your company’s selling success. But sales teams are notoriously hard to pin down, and keeping your entire team focused on the correct sales methodology and sales process can be challenging. Investing in training for your sales professionals makes brilliant business sense. By some estimates, …

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Improving employee productivity is always a goal for employers. Even the most productive employees can procrastinate, waste time, or allow their personal life to affect their productivity levels. Anything can adversely affect employee productivity. Even the temperature of the room! Amazingly, 53% of workers say they are less productive in a room that’s too cold. …

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Employee onboarding is one of the most important tactics you can use to lower your attrition rates and turn new hires into productive, experienced employees. An effective onboarding process is vital. Studies have shown that a considerable amount of employee attrition, up to 20% by some estimates, happens in the first 45 days of employment. …

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In our location-agnostic, remote-working world, virtual teams are almost a given in many industries. But that doesn’t mean we know how to manage them effectively. Remote team management is an emerging skill set, and managing a virtual team can still be tricky. One study found that 82% of 70 virtual teams fell short of their …

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5 reasons why jobs training can attract & retain top talent There are no two ways about it: employee attrition is expensive. It costs about 33% of an employee’s annual wage to replace them, by some estimates. And competition for top talent is fierce. It’s no longer an employer’s market, and if you want to …

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How to improve corporate culture with online courses If you want to hire and retain the best employees, you need to start by prioritising a positive company culture. Top talent can be choosy, and they don’t choose where to work based on salary alone. Online jobs board Monster.com reports that company culture is a major …

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Tips for making your staff training online course stand out When creating skills development courses for your staff, partners, or customers, it’s not always easy to know whether the course you’ve built will engage your audience. You want it to be interesting. Memorable. You want learners to leave your course with actionable advice they can …

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6 great staff training course ideas for improving public speaking skills In a professional environment, honing public speaking skills for your employees benefits everyone. Meetings are smoother, and presentations are more enjoyable.  You can even train senior management to lose some of their less desirable public speaking habits. You know which ones we’re talking about. …

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