Businesses and organisations are unique entities. They differentiate themselves through exclusive products, specialised services, distinctive methodologies and organisational cultures that are honed, often, over a number of years.
In as much as companies differ in their products and services, they also vary in their requirements for training. That any singular approach to training of your employees exists is a fallacy. In fact, the learning and development support strategy that an organisation chooses can directly influence their competitive advantage, and as their workforces grow and change, their training approach also needs to evolve.
For 30 years, Allos has specialised in improving organisations' performance through developing custom e-learning solutions that address specific learning challenges - challenges that speak directly to a business' ability to execute.
With offices and projects in Europe, Africa and America, Allos has seen many fads in learning - and specifically e-learning - come and go. But by staying true to the foundational principles of adult learning, while aligning these principles to the continually expanding array of technological solutions for delivering and supporting the learning function, Allos has managed to create e-learning and related solutions that go beyond delivering merely on ROI, but that provides learners with the relevant knowledge, skills and behaviour to perform the tasks that their KPIs require, at optimal levels.
In Allos', experience three areas have proven to be key to the creation of effective e-learning initiatives; these being proper analysis, custom content creation and change management.
Only when fully understanding the target training initiative's unique requirements can an effective learning strategy be designed. Too often, e-learning is positioned as a blanket, magical solution to all learning challenges. But even an e-learning solution needs to be structured as a blend of components, even if all are delivered via technological channels.
Secondly, Allos has seen the success of refraining from simply using generic content or having overly optimistic expectations for your internal learning and development teams creating effective e-learning. Where organisations have leveraged off Allos' expertise and requested their assistance by way of coaching of their internal teams - they did not only end up with a world-class learning solution - but also up-skilled their own in-house development teams in the process.
Finally, Allos cannot emphasise the importance of an effective change management campaign to accompany e-learning initiatives enough. Learning audiences are becoming increasingly visually spoilt, being bombarded by visuals (advertisements, etc) all vying for their attention. If the advertising for your learning initiative is neither halting nor peaking the learners' curiosity levels, the up-skilling battle is lost before it even began.
Embarking on the e-learning route can be an exciting yet daunting adventure. Make sure you know what you are letting yourself in for, and benefit from 30 years' worth of experience by speaking to Allos. We'll help you get it right, the very first time!
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