L&D Trends

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Where is Workplace Learning Headed in 2025?

Picture this: It's the end of 2025, and you're looking back at a transformative year in HR and L&D. What made the difference between just keeping up and truly moving your organization forward? While the familiar challenges of change management and budget constraints haven't disappeared, the pivotal opportunities for improvement lie in three key areas—AI's role in understanding behavior, creating cultures of continuous learning, and turning training data into strategic intelligence—that are reshaping how organizations help their people learn and grow.

Getting Honest Answers: Optimizing Employee Surveys for Authentic Insights

Surveys are critical tools for gaining insights into what employees think and are likely to do. Learn three things that compromise truthful employee responses and how Atana's in-context surveying elicits honest answers.

Navigating Politics in the Workplace: Tips for Discussing Politics Effectively

The modern workplace has become a melting pot of ideas, backgrounds, and yes, political views. As conversations increasingly touch on hot-button issues, employers find themselves walking a tightrope. On one side, open dialogue can spark creativity and deepen understanding. On the other, it risks igniting tensions that can fracture team dynamics. For businesses aiming to keep productivity high and drama low, mastering the art of political discussions in the workplace isn't just nice—it's necessary.

Understanding the Challenge of Politics in the Workplace

Amy Edmondson on L&D’s Role in Building Psychological Safety at Work

In this Atana exlusive expert Amy Edmondson explains: what is psychological safety and how can learning and development (L&D) help build psychological safety in the workplace.

How L&D Elevates Employee Lifetime Value

In this follow-up post, HR thought-leader Steve Goldberg offers examples of specific things L&D can do to help their organizatons improve in 4 crucial areas: Agility, Employee Engagement, Change Management and Employer Brand.

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Organizational Learning Culture: What, Why and How

A learning culture is crucial for a thriving organizational environment. This post explains why and provides 6 steps for strengthening or creating a culture of learning in your workplace.

How a Power Mentor Turns "What If" into "What's Next"

Oprah Winfrey is one of the most successful people on the planet. Although her hard work and talents greatly contributed to her immense popularity, Oprah actually credits much of her meteoric rise to a key mentor early in her career.

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It’s Mid-Year: Do You Know Where Your L&D Priorities Are?

This post prompts a mid-year review of L&D opportunities identified in January. It includes examples of potential organizational actions and supporting resources for turning these possibilities into realities for your organization.

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How Toxic Workplaces Are Driving Away the Future Workforce

A toxic workplace culture can stem from many different causes. And, while this type of culture is harmful to all employees, younger employees are less likely to put up with it. Here are 5 suggested actions leaders can take to restore a postive, respectful work environment.

Putting L&D's Four Critical Themes into Motion

In this follow-up post, HR thought-leader Steve Goldberg offers examples of specific things L&D can do to help their organizatons improve in 4 crucial areas: Agility, Employee Engagement, Change Management and Employer Brand.

4 Steps to Addressing Mental Health

I’m a senior executive. I am an advanced pickleball player. I am an accomplished musician. Ya know what…those came to mind before I even thought of father, son, friend, mentor, etc.

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Using In-Context Analytics to Enhance Employee Engagement Data

Engagement surveys, while valuable, have limitations. To gain comprehensive insights into employee perceptions, organizations should supplement survey findings with in-context employee data, such as that available through Atana's eLearning courses and corresponding Atana Insights dashboard.

Unlocking Human Brilliance, Against All Odds

Learn why leaders often miss team member potential and how, by developing leaders, you unlock human ingenuity and drive the organization forward.

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Addressing Inconsistent Standards in the Workplace

To ensure employees speak up against harassment, standards of behavior must be applied consistently in the workplace. Here are 7 strategies leaders can use.

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Making the Business Case for L&D: Four Critical Themes

HR thought leader Steve Goldberg presents 4 strategic themes underlying the business case for organizational L&D: enterprise agility, the importance of employee productivity and engagement, driving successful business and digital transformations, and the role of employer brand in talent imperatives.

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Challenges for 2024 That Got Our Attention

Early every year, leading research and advisory firms publish their lists of priorities, trends, predictions, and other top issues poised to challenge company leaders. Still, as challenging as these issues may prove to be, we believe the year will also present abundant opportunities for learning and development (L&D).

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Kickstarting a Growth Mindset -- In Yourself and Those You Manage

Use these quick tips to help yourself and others develop a "growth mindset." That's when we see that our innate talent and abilities are only the beginning, and look for opportunities to grow our skills and capabilities to drive ongoing success.