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CORPORATE WORKPLACETRENDS • • • • • • • • • • IMPACTING EMPLOYEES IN 2019 7
In the Fifth edition of our “Annual Enterprise Learning Trends Report,” CGS surveyed over 200 L&Dprofessionals and 1000 employees to learnwhat the biggest challenges are, where businesses are focusing learning resources, how spending is changing, andwhat employees really want. For a sneak peek at the results, beloware 7 interesting ndings:
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ISGOOD, GOODENOUGH?
ENGAGEMENT ISKEY
There’s an opportunity to improve the effectiveness of current learning programs:
The Top 3 Strategic Priorities have shifted fromprior year’s trend
7%
49%
44%
ENGAGING, MOTIVATING, RETAINING EMPLOYEES Was #2 in2018
say their satisfaction is EXCELLENT
say their satisfaction is GOOD/AVERAGE
rate their satisfaction as FAIR/NEEDS IMPROVEMENT
SOFT SKILLS
Was #1 in2018 (prior, itwas #4 for 3years)
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CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Cross-departmental strategysessions and teammeetings centered around training, employee development and skills building are generally rare: 3% areplugged intoweeklymeetings acrossbusiness units 17% meetmonthly toalignonbusinessgoals 30% onlydoso for special occasions 10% never havecross-functionalmeetings 40% host alignmentmeetings annuallyor quarterly
Sameas 2018
L&D is committing 28%more of its resources to Engagement and Soft Skills in 2019. However, the details and format are important:
37% of all employees find instructor-led training to be the most engaging ;
However, only 13% of L&D leaders plan to increase investment in that area and 22% plan to reduce this effort .
EMPLOYEESAREUNDERSERVED
Anaverageof 49% of employees say that they see newpolicies/procedures monthly
At least of employees feel they ar ¼ e seeingnew policies/procedures rolledout weekly
4 CONTINUOUSFEEDBACK ISSTILLMORETHEORYTHANPRACTICE
When asked how often employees are being surveyed about the types of training and tools they findmost valuable/engaging: 8% 53% 21% 18% have quarterly feedback programs run feedback surveys twice a year of companies survey employees annually have truecontinuous feedback; insights are collectedandshared weekly or monthly
5 THETECHSKILLSGAP
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WHATEMPLOYEESWANT
FUTURE-PROOFINGLEARNINGTRENDS
39%of L&D respondents haveahigh level of concernabout their organization’s current technical skills
Top four areas companies are emphasizing (byweightedaverage)most valuable/engaging:
Outside of salary, and regardless of age, employees rate Training& Development themost important consideration when taking a new job
Re-map career paths/journeys/ successionplans
Digital upskilling – enablingemployees through technology
While 52%of employees across retail, telecoandhospitality industries areconcernedwith their current level of technical skills.
Content curation& personalization richer content development and experiences
Increased engagement storytelling, sentiment, analysis, marketingstrategy
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