L&D GLOSSARY

Adaptive leadership is happening all around us, even if we don’t recognize…

Adaptive skills are soft skills that can be classified as either reactive or proactive.Reactive adaptive skills permit employees to handle unexpected developments…

Agile methodologies are becoming ever more popular – and human resources teams…

Boomerang employees (or boomerang workers) are those who were previously employed by an organization, left for some reason, and were then rehired. 

A business coach is an experienced entrepreneur or executive with a good track record of developing businesses

What is Business Coaching? Business coaching, executive coaching, career coaching – when…

Career coaching is a tool that professionals often turn to when they…

Developing career ladders is a fundamental part of planning for the future….

Many employees today won’t climb to the top; instead, they’ll move through…

Career management is the process that involves all of the efforts taken by an organization to help an employee pursue their desired career path

Career planning is serious stuff. Once an employee decides to forge ahead…

A career transition doesn’t need to be drastic. But HR should always…

Change management is a natural part of running any organization; the fact…

What Is a Change Management Process? Learn what it means, different approaches to take, and how to implement a process in your organization.

When you need in-depth workplace skills training, employee coaching is your best…

HR people talk endlessly about skills, but success at work covers a…

Effective conflict management is conducive to a  healthy, well-functioning, prosperous work environment….

Continuing Professional Development is the ongoing process of developing and maintaining professional skills

Continuous performance evaluation is how many modern companies excel. They have moved…

Corporate coaching aims to boost the productivity of an organization’s top people….

Cross-functional teams are an increasingly important aspect of how we work. If…

Customer satisfaction scores allow a business to get real-time evaluations of their…

DEI training is valuable for both people and businesses, as it has…

DEIB stands for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. The concept is the…

Learn what is a development program, why it’s important and how to create the best plan for your business and employee goals.

Today, it’s not enough for companies to pay lip service to diversity–people…

Diversity management allows a company to handle the DEI programs that are…

Many employees say they are important to their employer, but there still…

Employee attrition can be a strategic choice, but HR must be wise about minimizing potential negative effects with L&D and other initiatives

Empowered employees are happy employees. Companies that do more than pay lip…

Employee feedback is critical for letting workers know their strengths, weaknesses, and…

Employee growth programs are a distinct type of L&D initiative that requires…

Employee motivation is a close relative of employee engagement. To make the…

Learn why employee retention is important and what techniques can be used to retain your top talent

Employee turnover has never been a bigger issue than it is today. With the advent of the Great Resignation, it is essential for organizations to minimize ‘quits’ as much as possible

Engagement managers don’t have an easy job. After all, employee engagement doesn’t…

Executive coaching is a process whereby an organization’s senior management improves their skills, prepares for major changes…

Expert matching algorithms are essential in many fields, and L&D in particular….

The HR world talks about leadership from sunup to sundown, yet we…

GROW coaching model is a highly powerful tool used for coaching across disciplines and organizations.

People are capable of more than we may realize. That is the assumption underlying the ‘growth mindset’ concept…

Hard skills are used to some extent in every organization, and are best developed through customized L&D programs that are informative and memorable

International Coaching Federation is a non-profit organization that provides certification to coaches around the world. 

Job rotation is a popular practice at many companies, and for good…

The term “job security” is about to be thrown around a lot….

Job shadowing is a way for employees to prepare for new roles…

Leadership coaching nurtures the abilities of those with the talent and energy to drive success and leads companies to valuable benefits

Leadership development is a major area of L&D; HR teams must apply the proper frameworks and track current skill trends when training their top people

Many skills are associated with leadership, and they change over time. There has been growing recognition of soft skills as being at least as vital to proper leadership…

Leadership styles don’t always match a leader’s personality. An effective leader will…

Management coaches lead your supervisory staff to be their best, so that…

Mastery platforms create a new way of learning. They combine mastery-based knowledge…

When running a mentorship initiative, there’s no need to start from scratch….

A business mentorship program is a structured, one-to-one relationship where an experienced and often senior employee guides another employee in professional skills, best practices, organizational processes, and so on

One-on-one coaching is a method of imparting vital skills to employees, best…

organizational culture is what makes a company what it is; it defines the proper way to behave, and sets the context for everything it does

Organizational design is vital to make sure that a company is prepared…

Organizational development is a large-scale, long-term practice that seeks to boost a company’s performance by improving many aspects of operations

A peer mentor is a great way to give employees both the…

It’s obvious, but it’s worth repeating: People management is a natural need…

Performance coaching often goes beyond a focus on ‘classic’ professional skills. To…

Professional development programs are essential for companies that need to maintain competitive…

What makes some people go the extra mile in their jobs, while…

Reverse mentoring is a unique mode of communication in the world of…

Self management skills enable employees to function with minimal input from superiors or assistance from peers

A skills matrix is a framework that all organizations should use if…

Sprint framework training is a term adopted by human resources teams from…

Talent development takes many forms and its programs can be applied to almost everyone in an organization, which creates important benefits at all levels

Just as “talent” is not a very precise term, similarly, a talent development program can involve many different concepts. And the larger the organization, the more complex a talent development program will be…

A talent pool is a risk-free method of preparing for workforce contingencies….

Teamwork skills are the mix of skills that an employee uses to contribute to the group, and skills used to make the most out of everyone’s contributions.

The OSKAR coaching model is a popular framework for organizing the activities…

Time management skills in the workplace are something that nearly everyone has…

Sharpening one’s skills is key to growing one’s career path, maintaining an edge over the competition, and bringing added value to the business…

The “war for talent” sounds scary – because it is. In many…

Workforce analytics, like ChatGPT, is an AI application that is changing organizations…

Workplace skills are needed for employees to execute their tasks, and include organizational, technical, leadership, teamwork, and self-management skills