Many organizations found last year’s transition to work-from-home a little rushed, to put it lightly. Looking back, we’ve now had 365 days of wisdom to reevaluate digital technology in the workplace and see what does and does not thrive in our industry. With plans to return to the office now circulating, how does digital transformation...Continue reading
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Increasing Employee Retention Through Development Opportunities
Human beings want to grow—and as proof, there’s the fact that 40% of employees that receive poor training leave an organization within their first year. Make life easier for yourself and your team by incorporating these development opportunities to boost employee retention. Growth Career mobility, mentorship, and training opportunities were listed by employees as some...Continue reading
How to Implement an Organizational Development Strategy
When you hear the phrase “organizational development” what comes to mind? Endless meetings? High costs? A massive headache? You’re not alone. There’s a reason organizational development feels a bit like a four-letter word, it’s often followed by a lot of conversation, a ton of extra work, and often, minimal results. It doesn’t need to be that way! Organizational development...Continue reading
How to Design a Successful Workshop
What does the idea of a successful workshop mean to you? Is it one where you come away with a perfect understanding of a new concept? Would it mean further refining a skillset? Could your employees walk away with a better understanding of a new organizational strategy? Does all that sound like wishful thinking? Chances are, if...Continue reading
Custom Content Creation
At SDI, we love making custom content for our clients, and it’s always exciting to have the opportunity to learn about new subject matter. But what happens in the time between when a client contacts us, and we return developed content to them? Follow along and learn more about the secret recipe we use to create custom content. Meet the Client The...Continue reading
Performance Expectations Post-COVID
2020 has been a year for change – in where we work, in how we work, and in the measurement of our work. And, we still have a quarter of the year left to go. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how many of us work. Many companies have transitioned to significant, if not more, work...Continue reading
A Few Facts about “Going Digital” with Learning
Since the onset of COVID-19, a large number of companies have scrambled to offer traditional onboarding and skill-building programs in a remote-implemented, digitized format. But the fact of the matter is, companies should have been thinking about going digital well before a global pandemic made it necessary…something we’ve been promoting and providing for our client...Continue reading
SDI’s Environmental Health and Safety Training
As part of our dynamic content library, SDI offers a ready-to-use Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) program. What makes this different than other safety and health training offerings on the market? First, let’s review a couple reasons why traditional programs fail: Programs focus on the number of incidents, and not on the behavior of people....Continue reading
Changing the Way We Train
Have you ever wondered why it’s so difficult to find employees whose goals align with your own, and who are willing to take the extra steps necessary for everyone to succeed? No matter the size of your organization putting the right people in place is critical if you’re going to meet your goals, but how...Continue reading