The days of off-the-shelf templates, standard workshops and mandated employee training are vanishing, as pandemic-driven shifts create new expectations for development on the part of employees and change how, where and what employees need to learn. In response, many HR professionals are abandoning practices born in the industrial era and developing new ways of learning that aren’t just customized, but cross silos and motivate employees to want to learn more.
“We have this authentic and real opportunity to reshape the nature of [learning] and how we do it,” says Lars Schmidt, author of Redefining HR and a speaker at a recent HRE-hosted webinar about learning, engagement and performance. “If you work in HR, buckle up because it’s going to be an exciting 18 months.”
