Top 5 biggest challenges associated with learning management: How Zoho People can help

Employee training and development have become key benefits that are highly sought after by the younger generation of workers. According to recent research by Udemy, about 65% of Gen Z employees look forward to professional development and career growth. A staggering 94% spend at least an hour per week learning.

This underscores the importance of offering meaningful training opportunities to help employees stay updated with the latest trends, tools, and technologies while aligning their performance with organizational goals. If you're looking to make training an inseparable part of your company culture while helping your employees excel in their roles, here are five common challenges associated with training management and an idea of how Zoho People can help you solve them.

Challenge #1: Keeping learners engaged

Considering their demanding workloads, tight deadlines, and busy schedules, many employees may often struggle to find the motivation to participate in training programs. Instead of viewing these programs as opportunities for growth and development, they might see them as added burdens, or even worse, a waste of time. Lengthy, monotonous, and uninspiring training materials can further reduce their interest, making it challenging for them to stay engaged. Additionally, the lack of collaboration or interaction with fellow learners can leave employees feeling isolated, affecting their overall learning experience.

How Zoho People can help

Zoho People's learning management system comes with a variety of features to make training super engaging for learners. Course administrators can include training materials in varied formats including videos, documents, PDFs, podcasts, decks, and more so training materials don't feel monotonous or too long. Bite-sized learning materials can be included, too. Employees can access these materials from anywhere, at any time. Additionally, learners can collaborate seamlessly with their fellow learners to brainstorm new ideas, share new perspectives, break down complex topics, and more.

Challenge #2: Sticking to an outdated training approach

Some organizations still stick to traditional classroom-based training approaches that involve long lectures, boring training materials, and strenuous assignments. This may not be too appealing for the younger generation who expects flexibility and a seamless digital experience in everything they do. They may feel overwhelmed as it may be difficult for them to fit training into their packed schedules and stick to fixed training deadlines.

How Zoho People can help

Zoho People can truly modernize how organizations support training and development programs. It supports a variety of training styles including e-learning, instructor-led learning, self-paced learning, and blended learning so learners can pick the style that is in line with their training preference and learn at a pace that suits them. It also supports mobile learning so employees can learn on the go without having to compromise their work. They have 24/7 access to training materials, and knowledge retention from their training programs.

Challenge #3: Offering meaningful training programs

Some organizations may struggle to identify the training needs of their employees since it often requires a very detailed analysis of each job role and responsibility. More so, while managing employee training programs manually, creating courses catering to each trend, skill, or new job role can be incredibly challenging. Taking a one-size-fits-all approach with employee training isn't going to work, either. Organizations need to create personalized training programs that address the training needs of employees while aligning with organizational goals.

How Zoho People can help

Zoho People's learning management system is well-integrated with its performance management system. For instance, after performance reviews, training administrators can refer to the skill set matrix present as part of our performance management system. This allows them to identify the different skills their employees possess and their proficiency level in each skill. In this way, they can easily offer training programs for courses that employees are lacking. Additionally, learning plans can be created with different levels, and multiple courses can be added to each level to help employees take a focused approach towards training. Further, surveys can be created to collect the training preferences of each employee and create personalized learning plans.

Challenge #4: Lack of opportunities for feedback exchanges

Not having a proper system in place to manage employee training programs could limit the opportunities employees have for feedback exchanges. Without constructive feedback, learners could have a tough time since they may not know which areas of learning require improvement and how they can enhance their learning approach to get better training outcomes.

How Zoho People can help

With Zoho People's learning management system, exchanging feedback becomes a breeze. As part of blended learning, after each session is over, trainers can offer their feedback to their learners directly through the LMS. Similarly, learners and managers can provide feedback about the trainers and the course at any point in time during the course or upon completion. They can offer their ratings to trainers too. Additionally, it comes with a course ratings report that offers insights into the ratings received by different courses.

Challenge #5: Tracking training metrics

Gathering training data from different sources and analyzing it consistently to measure training effectiveness can be challenging when employee training is managed manually. Trainers may not know which training metric to track and which one to ignore. Since a significant amount of time, money, and resources are involved in building a training program, it's important to identify what's performing well and what's not performing well. Tracking key metrics is essential to make training relevant and meaningful to employees.

How Zoho People can help

Zoho People comes with a variety of LMS and course reports that enable course admins to stay on top of how their training programs are performing and progressing. Course administrators can seamlessly track the ratings received for different courses and trainers. They can track how different courses are progressing and how many employees have completed a course. Similarly, they can track the different categories of courses they're offering so they know what category of courses are missing. They can also stay on top of which category of courses employees are most engaged in and which of them have the least number of learners enrolled. Additionally, they can also get a complete record of all courses taken by each employee, detailing their completion status and the time taken to complete each course.

Wrapping up

With Zoho People, managing employee training becomes simple and efficient. From keeping learners engaged to tracking metrics, Zoho People empowers organizations to create meaningful training experiences that drive employee growth and align with business goals.