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How do you attract the right talent and strategically develop your employees? The skilled worker shortage and increasing demands for further training are putting many HR departments under pressure. A clear HR strategy helps you create long-term solutions. Find out how you can use HR software and eLearning to plan and implement your strategy effectively.

HR strategy: How to futureproof your HR policy

A person works on a tablet and interacts with virtual icons representing digital skills such as AI, eBooks, and video content.

06.12.2024 5 minutes

Are your employees ready for the digital future? Without digital skills, it’s going to become increasingly difficult to drive innovation, optimize processes, and remain competitive. In this article, we’ll explain why these future skills are so important, which skills are going to be in demand, and how you can strategically develop your teams—individually, efficiently, and in a hands-on way.

Digital skills: The key capabilities your company needs now!

A diverse team of six smiling employees stand together in an office, optimizing the employee experience.

29.11.2024 6 minutes

Do you find it difficult to retain top talent long-term? Are your teams often overwhelmed or less engaged than you’d like? The solution lies in a positive employee experience. It helps you build a working environment that motivates people, boosts their productivity, and retains talent long-term. In this article, you’ll find out which factors influence the employee experience, why it’s crucial to your bottom line, and how digital tools can support you.

Optimizing the employee experience: A way to boost satisfaction, productivity, and corporate success

Man creates a training plan for his eLearning on his laptop

12.11.2024 approx. 6 minutes

A training concept is the plan that determines the success of your training measures. Whether at work, at school, or as part of a vocational qualification, a good training concept is the foundation of effective learning. But why? And how do you create one? What are the key steps? In this article, you’ll learn everything you need to know to create an effective training concept—from needs analysis to successful implementation. By the end, you’ll not only have the knowledge, but also practical tips that will pave your way to successful training.

Training concept

07.11.2024 approx. 7 minutes

Companies these days are facing major challenges: Skilled worker shortages, rapid digitalization, and hybrid working models are the new normal. Today’s employees expect more than just a salary—they’re looking for development opportunities, purpose, and a positive corporate culture. Find out how you can successfully master the challenges of the modern working world by utilizing the right approaches.

Strategic HR work as your key to corporate success

30.10.2024 approx. 5 minutes

A good learning experience is not just a matter of convenience, because it influences the long-term success of your company. If your employees are confronted with a poor training offer, they will quickly lose motivation. The result? Further development stagnates and the level of knowledge in the company stagnates. Employees remain at an outdated level of knowledge, which leads to competitive disadvantages in the long term. In this article, we show you how you can use the right strategies to improve your employees' learning process.

The optimal learning experience

A man in a casual denim shirt works intently on a laptop in a modern office to improve his skills through corporate training.

11.10.2024 10 minutes

Your in-house corporate training has lost its way: There’s a skilled worker shortage, digital transformation, increasing demands… and your current training approaches are reaching their limits. Digital solutions offer flexibility, scalability, and cost efficiency. They enable you to meet your employees exactly where they are and prepare them for the challenges of the future. In this article, you’ll learn how digital corporate training can advance your company and secure its long-term success.

Corporate training: Methods, benefits, and best practices

04.10.2024 6 minutes

Do you not only want to develop your employees, but also guide them in the right direction? Then development plans are just the tool for you! With a personal career GPS, you can support your employees in achieving their goals step-by-step—all while keeping things perfectly aligned with your corporate strategy. Sounds promising? That’s because it is!

Creating effective development plans for employees: Here’s how it’s done

Portrait photo of Ulrike Bergler, Chief Human Resources Officer at Peppermint

01.10.2024 5 minutes

To counteract the skilled worker shortage and the demographic-related loss of knowledge, Peppermint has this year taken a decisive step toward digital training and preserving and compiling its specialist expertise. In this interview, Ulrike Bergler, Chief Human Resources Officer, reveals the challenges the textile industry is currently facing and how Peppermint is using creative learner marketing strategies to get its employees excited about digital learning formats.

Learner marketing as a motivation booster

Two woodworkers view product training on a laptop in their workshop.

04.09.2024 11 minutes

Without targeted product training, users lack information, which leads to misunderstandings, inefficient processes, and, ultimately, suboptimal results. In this article, we’ll explain who benefits from product training, how to organize it effectively, and which pitfalls you should avoid. Learn how you can prepare your teams to use and market your product competently, and thereby lay the foundations for long-term success.

Product training: Informed employees and satisfied customers

Two business people, an older man with a gray beard and a younger woman with curly hair, sit next to each other at a table in a modern office and look at a laptop together, which is displaying an example of peer-to-peer learning.

22.08.2024 10 minutes

In these times of skills shortages and demographic shifts, developing your employees is becoming increasingly important. Traditional training methods are often too rigid and inflexible to meet the requirements of our new world of work. In this article, we’ll show you how you can successfully implement peer-to-peer learning in your company. and thereby strengthen the learning culture and employee loyalty while retaining and passing on valuable knowledge within the company.

Peer-to-peer learning

Two businesswomen discuss career development in a modern office. The woman on the left in the rust-colored blazer points to a tablet and smiles, while the woman on the right with red hair and an olive green blouse listens attentively. Large windows and plants can be seen in the background.

09.08.2024 10 minutes

A targeted career development strategy not only boosts motivation and loyalty among your employees, but also ensures your company’s long-term success. Read how digital technologies and customized strategies can develop and retain your best talents long-term, and so help you set the course for a future-proof corporate strategy.

Career development

Two engineers, a man and a woman, wear white safety helmets and blue uniforms and are involved in on-the-job training in a production plant. They examine a machine, with the woman holding a digital tablet and the man pointing to a component to discuss details of its operation.

08.08.2024 10 minutes

On-the-job training improves the way companies train their employees. It integrates learning directly into everyday working life, meaning that your employees acquire practical knowledge they can apply straight away. In this article, you’ll learn how on-the-job training can optimize your training strategies, which methods and tools have proven effective, and how you can create the ideal conditions for successful training.

On-the-job training

An employee uses digital learning in his office

29.07.2024 10 minutes

A study conducted by the Bitkom Akademie in 2022 showed that 89% of respondents considered the opportunity to participate in further training to be crucial for their personal development. Digital learning offers a flexible and effective solution to continuously developing your employees, while also making your company more attractive to new talents. Read this article to find out how to successfully implement digital learning at your company, which tools you’ll need, and which methods you can use. Learn about the advantages of digital training and take a look into the future of digital learning.

Digital learning for companies

An SME’s learning and development team discusses the L&D strategy at a computer workstation.

12.07.2024 11 minutes

SMEs all over the country are struggling with the same challenges: A shortage of skilled workers, a tense economic situation, and rapid changes due to technological developments. The solution: Learning and development (L&D). In this article, you’ll find out what opportunities and options L&D offers for SMEs, and how you can successfully implement digital learning and development methods at your company.

Learning and development (L&D): Opportunities and options for SMEs

A young woman leaves a company with a high employee turnover rate, taking her personal belongings with her.

05.07.2024 6 minutes

A stable and committed workforce is crucial to your economic success. High employee turnover, on the other hand, is costly and jeopardizes your company’s productivity. In this article, you’ll learn how you can reduce employee turnover at your company, and find some tried-and-tested tips and best practices to help you maintain a low turnover rate.

Reduce employee turnover by offering development opportunities

Collaborative learning on a laptop in an office environment: A man and a woman work together on a collaborative learning task

04.07.2024 9 minutes

Do you remember doing group projects at school? Many of us found them annoying—but there was an important lesson behind all the stress: Collaboration can be incredibly effective. In today’s continuing professional development landscape, we take advantage of this through what is known as collaborative learning. Find out why collaborative learning is so valuable, and how you can combine it with eLearning. You’ll find some practical tips to help you implement it, as well as examples that will make it easier for you to deploy.

Effective personnel development with collaborative learning

Man in construction helmet with laptop sitting on a large cardboard box in a workshop

18.06.2024 8 minutes

Mandatory training courses such as occupational safety, data protection, and compliance are part of everyday life in every company. They are not only required by law, but are also crucial to maintaining a smooth and safe workflow. However, traditional training methods often involve extensive logistical efforts and additional costs. In this article, you’ll learn about the benefits of online mandatory training and how you can implement it at your company.

Providing mandatory training courses online

Expert interview with Co-Founder Tom George discussing the best practice project of the Hydrogen Galaxy information platform

14.06.2024 5 minutes

From a specially trained hydrogen AI that utilizes only validated knowledge, to modern, super-compact eLearning courses and expert discussions, the Hydrogen Galaxy information platform gets companies ready for the hydrogen age. Find out more about this best practice project and take away some practical advice from an experienced founder.

Best practice project: How to create a digital information platform for sharing expert knowledge

Blonde woman smiling and writing in her notebook, laptop next to her

06.06.2024 6 minutes

Planning an effective training course is a unique challenge—it involves much more than just booking a room and hiring a trainer. If you want to plan a successful training course, you need to start much earlier. In this article, you’ll find out how to plan, roll out, and measure the success of your training course in 9 easy steps. Use the accompanying checklist to make sure you don’t forget anything along the way.

How to plan and implement an effective training course

Three nurses standing in a hospital corridor, smiling

28.05.2024 9 minutes

The shortage of skilled workers in the healthcare sector has become one of the biggest challenges facing HR managers and executives in healthcare and nursing facilities. eLearning is a flexible and cost-effective way to combat it. It not only helps you upskill existing specialists, but also attract and retain new talent long-term.

Skilled worker shortage in the healthcare sector: How digital training can ease the strain

A training team jointly evaluates eLearning tools for personnel development

24.05.2024 9 minutes

Choosing the right eLearning tool presents companies with major challenges. The wealth of tools available is often overwhelming. This article will give you a clear overview of the 9 best eLearning tools. You’ll learn about the most important functions and advantages of the various options, and find out how to select the right one for your company. Plus, our additional resources will give you a deeper insight into the topic.

9 eLearning tools for your personnel development

Four smiling doctors stand against the wall with various devices

16.05.2024 8 minutes

Personnel development in hospitals involves major challenges and requires flexible solutions. Digital training products offer answers, but also raise new questions. Find out how digital learning models can improve your strategic workforce planning. Discover tried-and-tested strategies and tips for successfully integrating eLearning into everyday hospital life.

A fresh take on personnel development in hospitals

Smiling woman sitting at desk with document in hand

13.05.2024 approx. 4 minutes

The better the induction process for new employees, the greater the likelihood that they will feel comfortable and valued in your company. So you have to get the onboarding process right! Use this checklist to make sure yours is effective and smooth. It covers all the key tasks throughout the various phases of onboarding.

Onboarding checklist

An HR manager evaluates questionnaires to identify training requirements

03.05.2024 5 minutes

Do you know your employees’ training requirements? How do you identify them? The rapid pace of technological development is forcing companies to constantly expand and adapt their employees’ skills. Find out what methods are available to help you identify training requirements. Implement our step-by-step guide at your company and receive valuable tips on how to effectively cover the training requirements you identify.

Identifying training requirements in 8 simple steps

Middle-aged woman is greeted at her workstation with a handshake

02.05.2024 approx. 7 minutes

After an extensive recruitment process, you’ve finally found the ideal candidate for a key position at your company. The relief and anticipation are great—but now the real challenge begins. Learn how to develop an effective and successful onboarding program that perfectly integrates new employees and retains them at your company long-term.

Onboarding

A happy candidate agrees to preboarding when signing her contract

18.04.2024 7 minutes

Early resignation is an expensive problem for many companies. Effective and personalized preboarding helps to prevent this.In this article, you’ll find out what role preboarding plays, and why digital preboarding is particularly effective. Discover nine effective preboarding measures that will inspire your new employees.

Using preboarding to combat early resignation

A diverse corporate team, committed to lifelong learning

10.04.2024 7 minutes

Lifelong learning—a concept that seems intangible at first but is nevertheless anchored in our human DNA. How can you positively influence this process, and what responsibilities do companies have in this regard? In this article, you’ll find out why lifelong learning and a positive, open learning culture are an asset to modern companies. You’ll receive specific tips on how to actively promote learning in the workplace.

Lifelong learning—a matter of culture

An HR manager identifies and closes skill gaps on her laptop

14.03.2024 8 minutes

The rapid pace of technological development means that technical skills have a half-life of just 2.5 years. This makes it all the more important to be aware of the skill gaps within your company. Read this article to find out what skill gaps mean for your company, and how you can identify them. Learn about strategies you can use to close these gaps, and find out more about the technology that can help you do so.

How to identify and close your employees’ skill gaps

Two company employees—a woman and a man—look at their computers, pleased with the positive results of training management

11.03.2024 6 minutes

Training management can quickly become a mammoth task for companies with several thousand employees. Time pressure, the need for specific specialist knowledge, and the coordination of digital learning opportunities pose enormous challenges for your training department. Read this article to find out why you should outsource your training management. And find out how you can relieve the strain on your HR department and increase the quality of training at the same time.

Outsource your training management and relieve the strain on your HR department

Expert interview: Training leadership techniques digitally

05.03.2024 8 minutes

Having the right leadership techniques is crucial to leading your company into a successful future. In this expert interview, we’ll explore whether and how you can train leadership techniques digitally. Get valuable tips from an eLearning expert and benefit from both his experience and that of his satisfied customers.

Interview: Training leadership techniques digitally

Promoting innovation: A woman looks through a window at a nighttime cityscape full of lights

22.02.2024 5 minutes

Promoting innovation also means training your own employees so that they can develop new ideas, processes, and solutions to keep pace with the speed of global development. Here, eLearning and digital personnel development come into their own as drivers of innovation. In this article, you’ll find out how eLearning promotes innovation.

Promoting innovation through digital training

Boosting skills with AI. A woman learns with an AI-supported learning platform on a tablet.

20.02.2024 6 minutes

from Dirk Weigand

Take the fear out of skills training

Continuous professional development for employees—and even entire companies—has now gone from being optional to mandatory. If you are afraid of training skills, you run the risk of losing out. Learn more about the importance of skills and the five key approaches and measures you’ll need to use AI-supported systems for your strategic re- and upskilling.

Visualization: Participation in an online course

20.02.2024 approx. 8 minutes

Discover how different eLearning methods can enhance corporate training by providing flexibility, increasing learning efficiency, and promoting a culture of lifelong learning.

Successful eLearning methods

Positive learning culture: The secret ingredient for successful personnel development

14.02.2024 6 minutes

The “Randstad Employer Brand Research” study shows that 54% of German employees consider professional development important, but only half feel supported by their employer. However, a positive learning culture is vital to ensuring sustainable personnel development and long-term corporate success. Find out how you can establish a positive learning culture and reap the benefits for your company.

Positive learning culture: The secret ingredient for successful personnel development

More than just advanced training: How re-skilling and upskilling helps save recruiting costs

18.01.2024 5 minutes

By upskilling, you expand the capabilities of your workforce and mitigate the impact of skilled labor shortages. Read this article to learn why re-skilling and upskilling saves recruiting costs and how to successfully implement re-skilling and upskilling in your organization.

How re-skilling and upskilling helps save recruiting costs

Learning organizations: A culture of learning that promotes innovation

09.01.2024 7 minutes

from Daniel Sturm

Learning organizations: A culture of learning that promotes innovation

Learning organizations are the epitome of transformational, competitive companies. Continuous learning and a willingness to innovate lead to increased financial stability. This encourages your employees to share knowledge, and enhances their motivation and performance. Find out more about learning organizations and discover new ways to promote knowledge acquisition, innovation and personnel development.

Image for personnel development trends 2024. A young woman looks into the camera with the number 2024 next to her

03.01.2024 6 minutes

Technological developments shook the foundations of the world of work in 2023. Artificial intelligence has changed how we work and act. And it’s a trend that is here to stay. Where will this development take you? And what do you need to consider in terms of your personnel development in the year ahead?Take a look into the crystal ball with us and find out more about the trends we can expect to see in personnel development through 2024.

Trends in personnel development for 2024

Future Skills Your employees will need these in the next 5 years

20.12.2023 6 minutes

As Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum, emphasized in 2020, by 2025, 50% of all employees will need to be retrained. A wake-up call for companies all around the world. Many companies are coming under increasing pressure. But there is hope! Discover which skills will be key for the future, the role of digital learning media and how to teach future skills.

Future Skills - Your employees need them

These eight measures to counter the skilled worker shortage will solve your personnel problems

01.12.2023 5 minutes

from Daniel Sturm

These eight measures to counter the skilled worker shortage will solve your personnel problems

More than 50% of German companies see the skilled worker shortage as the greatest threat to their growth. It places a huge burden on existing staff. But there are effective strategies and approaches to reverse this trend. In this article, we’ll suggest eight effective measures to counter the skilled worker shortage. We’ll also show you the potential of eLearning and digital personnel development.

20.11.2023 5 minutes

Personnel development is about more than just conveying content. Its purpose is not merely to educate employees, but also motivate and inspire them. It should create a positive learning culture within the company, foster employee loyalty and make learning fun. With gamification, you can integrate game-like elements into your learning process and make knowledge sharing much more enjoyable for all involved.

Gamification in personnel development

Outstanding enterprise competency management

09.11.2023 5 minutes

Your employees’ knowledge and skills determine whether your company succeeds or fails. This is just one of the many reasons why systematic competency management should play a central role in your personnel development structures. In this article, you’ll discover the benefits of competency management and find out how to incorporate it into your company.

Outstanding enterprise competency management

The Corporate Academy: The key to successful employee development

25.10.2023 5 minutes

from Kristal Fellinger

Corporate Academies: the key to successful employee development

You need a training system that can scale as quickly as your team does. One that helps you systematically develop your employees’ talents and competencies using a standardized framework. One that can support your company’s growth, rather than being bowled over by it.If that sounds like a dream come true, then a corporate academy might be the right solution for your business.

AI in eLearning—synergy between humans and machines

23.10.2023 6 minutes

Digitalization is progressing at a rapid pace, and with it the opportunities it is creating in the field of further training and personnel development. The latest development: Artificial intelligence—AI for short—in eLearning. In this article, you’ll discover the myriad opportunities AI opens up in eLearning to make your personnel development programs even more effective without losing that human touch.

AI in eLearning—synergy between humans and machines

Leadership 4.0—leading, teaching, learning digitally

26.09.2023 5 minutes

Times are changing fast. And with them, the way we lead, teach and learn. But don’t worry. With the right tools and the right attitude, you can guide your team to success—whether you’re in the same place or thousands of miles apart.

Leadership 4.0—leading, teaching, learning digitally

How eLearning increases your employee retention while saving time and money

05.09.2023 7 minutes

You already know that recruiting talented employees is both time-consuming and costly. But how do you keep your talent in the company? Corporate learning and eLearning are not just magic words here, but effective tools for successful employee retention.

How eLearning increases your employee retention while saving time and money

Promoting young talent as an opportunity for your company: The key to sustainable success

18.08.2023 7 minutes

The challenges of the 21st century present companies with complex tasks. Demographic change, skilled labor shortages and the dynamic development of technologies and working methods are shaping the labor market, making the promotion of young talent an indispensable strategic task.

Promoting young talent as an opportunity for your company

Colleagues welcome a new employee with the appropriate onboarding measures

04.08.2023 6 minutes

from Romy Bürger

Onboarding measures for new employees

With the hiring of good employees and a successful onboarding process, you ensure the continuance, advancement and goal achievement of your company. It's not an easy task - but with good planning and communication, you can become an ambassador for your company and build long-term employee loyalty.

02.08.2023 6 minutes

Learn why soft skills are at the heart of the modern workplace and how to effectively foster them in your organization. Discover the critical skills for success and get valuable tips on how to train and develop these soft skills.

Softskills

New Work & New Learning - How the new world of work is transforming workplace learning

18.07.2023 5 minutes

The New Work movement, has significant implications for the way we develop and learn professionally. Learn how New Work movement impacts workplace learning and personnel development and how "New Learning" should be designed to meet the demands of this movement.

New Work & New Learning

13.07.2023 7 minutes

from Magda Lehnert

Personnel development 4.0: rethinking continuing education

Field text excerpt from Wordpress (under settingsDigital transformation, VUCA world and skilled labor shortage demand new key competencies. But how can these even be trained as quickly as they are needed? This article explains how personnel development 4.0 can address the business challenges of our time from the root.

These personnel development measures make your company fit for the future

07.07.2023 5 minutes

Train your employees to be the skilled workers you need. Train competencies and soft skills, impart new expertise, and develop leaders. Discover high-impact personnel development initiatives that will make your company fit for the future.

These personnel development measures will make your company fit for the future

Sales Training 4.0 - Effectively training your sales team's selling skills with digital conversation simulations

06.07.2023 5 minutes

A competent, well-trained sales team is at the heart of every commercially successful company. Sales employees are indispensable for the economic success of your company. We'll show you how to use digital sales training to help your sales team reach its full potential.

Sales Training 4.0

Two people attend hybrid employee training

27.06.2023 8 minutes

Whether it's annual health and safety training or intensive onboarding. No company can do without regular training. Read this article to learn how to address the challenges of employee training and how to conduct successful training yourself.

Employee training - effective training for motivated employees

Using blended learning to effectively combine classroom seminars and online training

27.06.2023 5 minutes

Learn how blended learning allows you to combine traditional classroom training with modern online training and provide your employees with a comprehensive learning experience - for maximum efficiency, flexibility and sustainable knowledge transfer.

Combining classroom and online training effectively

31.05.2023 8 minutes

With corporate learning, you can develop your employees holistically in line with your corporate goals. Read about the benefits of strategic corporate learning and learn how you can successfully implement corporate learning in your company.

Corporate Learning

Continuing education management in human resource development cover

25.04.2023 8 minutes

Are your employees meeting the demands of the labour market? Read all about the goals, benefits and challenges of training management in this article and benefit from our step-by-step guide.

Continuing education management

12.04.2023 5 minutes

Training and personal development—wherever and whenever your employees want. Flexible, intuitive, and needs-focused. That’s how modern, digital personnel development works. Read about the methods you can use to strengthen and develop your employees for the future.

Digital personnel development

Winning the War for Talents with Talent Management

05.04.2023 5 minutes

from Magda Lehnert

How to win the war of talent with talent management

The battle for skilled workers is here to stay. The skilled labor shortage we are already experiencing is just the beginning of a long chain of challenges emanating from demographic change. Now, forward-thinking talent management is needed to stay competitive.

05.04.2023 6 minutes

Including mentoring in your personnel development program enables you to bring young professionals on quickly and retain valuable knowledge in your company. Read about the benefits of mentoring for your company and learn how to set up a successful mentoring program.

Personnel development: Mentoring

Leadership development in the digital age

23.03.2023 10 minutes

Good managers unlock the potential of individual teams, increase productivity, and boost corporate success. So it is vitally important to invest in the development of your leaders. We show you six steps for developing your leaders, and point out the mistakes they make it easier for you to avoid.

Leadership development in the digital age

Change management in personnel development

16.03.2023 approx. 7 minutes

Do we really need a process for everything? No, not absolutely everything—but we definitely do when introducing changes in our company. People are creatures of habit: they tend to get used to processes that give them a certain level of security and comfort. A well thought-out change management process creates structure, security, transparency, and efficiency. Here’s how it works.

Change management in HR

Gain a competitive advantage with digital onboarding—Integrating new employees efficiently and successfully with eLearning

15.03.2023 approx. 7 minutes