Employees today are looking for new ways to learn more and advance their careers. Here is how the professional development landscape is changing.

1. The Future of Professional Development

2. • Regardless of where a company
resides on the continuum of
professional development for their
employees, most agree that people
are intrinsic to a company’s success.
• Companies realize they can’t make
anything happen for the better unless
they have the right people with the
right skills, knowledge, and
preparation.
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3. Post-COVID Flexibility

4. • First, remote workforces are the
norm.
• No one imagined this would be a fact in
2021, but here we are.
• Second, people want choices.
• Individuals have varying needs; some
want a physical space where they can
connect with co-workers, while others
are absolutely thrilled that they don’t
have to commute.
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5. Offering Alternative PD

6. • Post-COVID, companies see an
increase in employees wanting to
learn and progress.
• People are taking stock of where they
are in their employment and where
they want to be in the future.
• Many businesses have discovered
that employees want a more formal
PD program.
• Those companies that pivot and
offer PD aimed at workers’ needs
and wants are seeing less attrition
and increasingly educated employees.
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7. Future PD Offerings

8. • Businesses on the leading edge of
technology are gravitating toward
online PD offerings.
• Some curate courses offering short,
gamified education.
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9. • Technology helps companies create
the PD of the future by offering a
wide array of options, such as
employee training, onboarding for
new employees, compliance testing
for corporate standards, and even
behavioral change to keep staff
motivated and help them improve
their skills.
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10. Final Thoughts

11. • Online learning and virtual
experiences are the PD of the future.
Today’s businesses and their
employees must take advantage of
these online and virtual programs to
help expand knowledge,
understanding, and skills, regardless
of industry or position.
• Those who quickly adapt to online or
remote learning will succeed.
• The companies that provide this style
of PD will see increased retention
and more satisfied employees in an
increasingly competitive job market.
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