Motivating and engaging employees

Motivating and Engaging Employees: The Benefits of Online Learning Todd Dewett, PhD www.drdewett.com todd@drdewett.com Motivating and Engaging Employees Introductions Todd Dewett, PhD lynda.com author, coach, consultant, and popular speaker Motivating and Engaging Employees A Robust Online Training Library Content in Business Leadership, Management, Productivity, Software, Communication, Career Development, and more 3,300+ courses Average 20 new courses per week 10,000+ hours of learning Average hours released per day 138,000+ videos Average 750 new per week Motivating and Engaging Employees ENGAGEMENT DEFINED ▪  The death of employee satisfaction ▪  The rise of employee engagement ▪  Motivated, committed, loyal; feeling of alignment with values and purpose ▪  About belief in the employee, not just productivity or other metrics Motivating and Engaging Employees THE CHALLENGE ▪  Alignment with other systems ▪  Elements of the engagement program Motivating and Engaging Employees ALIGNMENT ISSUES ▪  The engagement process does not exist in a vacuum It’s interdependent ▪  Hiring, onboarding, evaluation, promotion processes, and more ▪  No great engagement process will work unless all systems are healthy Motivating and Engaging Employees ENGAGEMENT PROCESS ISSUES Money is overrated ▪  Recognition is overindulged It’s easy and addicting: Laura’s new job ▪  Everyone doesn’t have to get something ▪  Positive relationships, positive culture Motivating and Engaging Employees INSTEAD, WE NEED MORE… ▪  General: choice, empowerment ▪  Specific: opportunity, L&D options ONLINE  LEARNING  ADDRESSES  ALL  OF  THESE   Motivating and Engaging Employees ONLINE LEARNING ▪  Training yesterday: utterly structured, geography and time-fixed ▪  Training today: entirely flexible consumption (what, when, and how) – with an unbeatable value proposition Motivating and Engaging Employees MY PERSONAL JOURNEY ▪  I resisted going online! University courses, lynda.com and others, MOOCs, and more ▪  Professors were told lecture is dead: mix it up, supplement with online ▪  NO! I will prove that “in-person” rules… ▪  But… that does not change the fact that learning styles vary widely 10 Motivating and Engaging Employees MY PERSONAL JOURNEY ▪  I finally realized it’s a vital ingredient ▪  Then I thought about continuous learning ▪  Then I thought about training ▪  THEN I got a call from lynda.com 11 Motivating and Engaging Employees PEOPLE, NOT PROGRAMS ▪  People are not motivated by programs ▪  They are motivated by people ▪  What if you got 90% of the value of coaching / training for 1% of the cost? ▪  Great communicators can create change 12 Motivating and Engaging Employees NO MORE BARRIERS ▪  No platform or compatibility issues ▪  No major LMS issues ▪  No learner resistance ▪  No more ROI arguments 13 Motivating and Engaging Employees ONLINE TRAINING: BENEFITS ▪  Reminders and refocusing ▪  New tips and tactics ▪  Motivation to care and try ▪  Improved relationships and teams 14 Motivating and Engaging Employees ANY EVIDENCE? ▪  Organizational level: increased competitiveness, better bottom line ▪  Individual level: higher engagement and retention (invaluable…) ▪  My personal feedback from users – wow! 15 Motivating and Engaging Employees THE BOTTOM LINE ▪  On the business skills side, I don’t think of lynda.com as training ▪  It’s a catalyst for improvement – for you, your team, and your organization 16 Motivating and Engaging Employees Thank you! WWW.DRDEWETT.COM TODD@DRDEWETT.COM 17 Motivating and Engaging Employees Questions? Email sales@lynda.com to learn more about our enterprise solutions 18 Motivating and Engaging Employees [...]... resistance ▪  No more ROI arguments 13 Motivating and Engaging Employees ONLINE TRAINING: BENEFITS ▪  Reminders and refocusing ▪  New tips and tactics ▪  Motivation to care and try ▪  Improved relationships and teams 14 Motivating and Engaging Employees ANY EVIDENCE? ▪  Organizational level: increased competitiveness, better bottom line ▪  Individual level: higher engagement and retention (invaluable…) ▪ ... ▪  My personal feedback from users – wow! 15 Motivating and Engaging Employees THE BOTTOM LINE ▪  On the business skills side, I don’t think of lynda.com as training ▪  It’s a catalyst for improvement – for you, your team, and your organization 16 Motivating and Engaging Employees Thank you! WWW.DRDEWETT.COM TODD@DRDEWETT.COM 17 Motivating and Engaging Employees Questions? Email sales@lynda.com to... I thought about training ▪  THEN I got a call from lynda.com 11 Motivating and Engaging Employees PEOPLE, NOT PROGRAMS ▪  People are not motivated by programs ▪  They are motivated by people ▪  What if you got 90% of the value of coaching / training for 1% of the cost? ▪  Great communicators can create change 12 Motivating and Engaging Employees NO MORE BARRIERS ▪  No platform or compatibility issues... Motivating and Engaging Employees Thank you! WWW.DRDEWETT.COM TODD@DRDEWETT.COM 17 Motivating and Engaging Employees Questions? Email sales@lynda.com to learn more about our enterprise solutions 18 Motivating and Engaging Employees ... improvement – for you, your team, and your organization 16 Motivating and Engaging Employees Thank you! WWW.DRDEWETT.COM TODD@DRDEWETT.COM 17 Motivating and Engaging Employees Questions? Email sales@lynda.com... TRAINING: BENEFITS ▪  Reminders and refocusing ▪  New tips and tactics ▪  Motivation to care and try ▪  Improved relationships and teams 14 Motivating and Engaging Employees ANY EVIDENCE? ▪  Organizational... Motivating and Engaging Employees NO MORE BARRIERS ▪  No platform or compatibility issues ▪  No major LMS issues ▪  No learner resistance ▪  No more ROI arguments 13 Motivating and Engaging Employees