The workplace is changing, leading to shifts in the needs of employees and increased demand for effective training. These changes are reflected in the emerging challenges learning leaders are facing across industries. Most, if not all, training organizations face obstacles to successful training. In fact, nearly two-thirds of companies identified between two and five challenges in their training initiatives, with an overall average of four challenges

Employee training is subject to a variety of impacts. Learning requires an alignment of strategy with adept implementation while balancing the needs and preferences of both learners and business stakeholders. While it isn’t impossible to get it right and sounds achievable in theory, it’s all too easy to muddle in practice.

We recognized that one of the difficulties with addressing training issues is access to information about what’s common, what may be more unique, and how these issues have fared over the years. Putting together the data from 24 separate surveys from 2015 to 2024, we sought to provide deep insights into an array of different challenges that could provide some answers. This report, now in an updated and expanded version, can serve as a tool for learning leaders and their stakeholders to better understand the context of their organization’s training.

Learning and Development Challenges: Looking to the Past to Plan for the Future E-Book shares data-backed insights on:

• The most common challenges faced by L&D teams, from strategy alignment to learner engagement
• How these challenges have shifted over time and the factors influencing those changes.
• Recommendations and best practices to address persistent and emerging challenges in employee training.

How To Use This Report

This report is designed to help you put insights into action. Use it to:

• Compare your organization’s challenges with broader industry trends to identify where you may need to focus attention.
• Guide discussions with stakeholders about prioritizing resources and initiatives.
• Inform the development of new strategies that address both long-standing and emerging challenges.
• Build a case for change by backing your recommendations with data from thousands of learning leaders.

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Table of Contents

• • About Training Industry, Inc. Research
  • Introduction
    • The Top Challenges Faced by Learning Leaders
    • Categories of Challenges to Training
  • Exploring Training Challenges Over Time
    • Strategic/Systemic Challenges
    • Learner-Related Challenges
    • Implementation Challenges
  • Why We Did the Research
  • Best Practices
    • • Ensuring Training Consistency Across the Enterprise
      • Dealing With Limited Resources
      • Sustainment and Evaluating Training Effectiveness

   

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