Employees today look for jobs where they can balance work and life. They want to work hard and contribute to their employer’s success. They also want to learn and grow professionally. But at the end of their workday, employees want personal time to play harder without guilt or interruptions from the office.

The busyness of work and life can be overwhelming. As a small business, it’s easy to get caught in the trap of getting the urgent things done, but not the important. If you’re responsible for employee training, it’s probably one of the tasks that easily gets bumped by the crisis-du-jour.

Training experts report that teaching new material in bite-size chunks, called microlearning, can enhance workers’ learning and retention. It’s easier for employees to use the material they learn to sell products and serve your customers. Here’s what we know about microlearning, the hottest employee learning trend, so you can decide whether it’s right for your employee training program.

Remember learning to ride a bike? You probably didn’t figure it out all at once. Instead you focused on mastering the process of balancing, pedaling, and steering until you could  successfully ride your bike. 

 “It's intuitively obvious to the most casual observer,” an instructor once answered a student asking a question. He thought the answer was apparent to everyone in the room, but it wasn’t. Many businesses have this same attitude. They assume employees understand their products and services and don’t take the time to provide the training, until they experience problems, such as unhappy customers or lower sales. Here are five ways employee training can improve your sales and business growth.

Training takes time and money: two resources that are in short supply for small businesses. Many end up putting off training and expect employees to learn as they go. But this plan can lead to many operational problems. So, what is the cost of not training employees?

If you work for a small business and you’re responsible for employee training, you probably have a long list of other projects that require your attention every day. It can be challenging to block out time to provide the coaching and training employees need. Here’s how you can stretch your time and provide amazing training with eLearning.

When you want to visit a new location, do you get in your vehicle and automatically drive to it? Probably not. Most people use a map or a GPS system to ensure they arrive at their intended destination with minimal problems.