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Flexible learning has been around for a long time, but do we understand what it means? Flexibility is not lackadaisical. Training should adapt to learners’ lives and not the other way around. Laptops and phones with stable internet connections are…
Whether your employees love it or hate it, job site collaboration is non-negotiable. With so many moving parts, shifting deadlines, and high-stress work situations, and let’s face it, high employee turnover, each member of your crew relies on others daily…
Disclaimer: While these insights are written for the UK, they are widely relevant to a global language learning audience. Yes, that’s a clickbait headline but I’m not ashamed of it because it’s true. I’ve been to a few trade shows…
On the modern job site, your construction employees are becoming increasingly diverse. Diverse in culture, perspectives, working styles, and oftentimes, diverse in language.
Not long ago I took my very first Rosetta Stone Live Tutoring session. My current language learning software includes group tutoring, though I was the only one attending this session. And you know what that means—nowhere to hide. I do speak…
For Human Resource and Learning & Development leaders, the ideal answer would be always. Employers naturally expect to realize value from each training dollar and hour invested. What about language training? How can you determine its benefit across your organization?…
Learning a language is a career game changer in today’s multilingual work climate. It’s an in-demand skill your employees can use for decades. Let’s pause to consider some basic career advice employees receive. Like be punctual. Keep focused. Find a…
Language differences can affect your business in many ways, from simple inconvenience to disastrous deal breaking. Enter an elevator when the workday ends, walk across a busy lobby, or visit a client on site. You’re likely to hear languages you…
Regardless of the location or type of medicine practiced, language is at the core of patient-centered care. This is because every patient visit starts with a question. “What brings you in today?” “Where does it hurt?” “When did the symptoms…
Proficiency lives right at the heart of language training. Whether you’re leveling up your customer service team‘s ability to provide better support for new Spanish-speaking customers, or you simply want to offer language training as a cool, new benefit to…
Ensuring that the construction workforce attains the proper skills is driven by the reality that skills gaps like language proficiency present very real, complex business risks.
Business communication in your own language is a huge challenge for any business. It all starts with language training.