Explore strategies for building high-performing, engaged teams of motivated employees—and how online learning can help. More on how to motivate and engage employees: http://www.lynda.com/Business-Skills-tutorials/Motivating-Engaging-Employees/137886-2.html

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Motivating and Engaging
Employees: The Benefits of
Online Learning
Todd Dewett, PhD
www.drdewett.com
todd@drdewett.com
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Introductions
Todd Dewett, PhD
lynda.com author, coach,
consultant, and popular speaker
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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 5 hours released per day
138,000+ videos
Average 750 new per week
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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
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THE CHALLENGE
▪ Alignment with other systems
▪ Elements of the engagement program
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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.
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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
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INSTEAD, WE NEED MORE…
▪ General: choice, empowerment
▪ Specific: opportunity, L&D options
ONLINE
LEARNING
ADDRESSES
ALL
OF
THESE
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ONLINE LEARNING
▪ Training yesterday: utterly structured, geography and
time-fixed
▪ Training today: entirely flexible consumption (what,
when, and how) – with an unbeatable value
proposition
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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
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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
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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
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NO MORE BARRIERS
▪ No platform or compatibility issues
▪ No major LMS issues
▪ No learner resistance
▪ No more ROI arguments
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ONLINE TRAINING: BENEFITS
▪ Reminders and refocusing
▪ New tips and tactics
▪ Motivation to care and try
▪ Improved relationships and teams
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ANY EVIDENCE?
▪ Organizational level: increased competitiveness,
better bottom line
▪ Individual level: higher engagement and retention
(invaluable…)
▪ My personal feedback from users – wow!
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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.
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Thank you!
WWW.DRDEWETT.COM
TODD@DRDEWETT.COM
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