The Avilar Blog
Helping businesses use competency management and e-Learning to make the most of their talent
To Train or Not to Train: Analyzing Performance Problems
When an employee does something wrong in their job, a common reaction is to provide training as the solution. However, believing that training can solve all behavior and performance problems can set an organization on the wrong path. It may even result in a loss of...
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How to Up Your Competency Management Game for 2019
Think ahead to this time next year. What if you didn’t have to wonder where your employees shine? What if you knew exactly who you needed to recruit? If your workers were proudly and confidently mastering the things that matter most? And your leadership team knew –...
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How to Be the Best Place to Work (for the Things that Matter Most)
NASA was just named the Best Place to Work in the Federal Government by the Partnership in Public Service. Bain & Company is the top-ranked 2019 Best Places to Work Employees’ Choice, according to Glassdoor. Great Place to Work announced that Hilton secured the...
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How To Close Your Workforce Skills Gaps with Reskilling
Predictions about how artificial intelligence, automation and augmented reality will affect the workforce range from doomsday scenarios of massive job losses to nirvana sketches of AI-powered machines liberating employees to perform only the most strategic, rewarding...
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Why Now is the Right Time to Build a Powerful Workforce
Twenty-five years ago, in August 1993, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers – teen superheroes destined to protect the earth from evil-doers – debuted on television. Though it may be a stretch to liken federal workers to the Power Rangers, both groups have a mission to...
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One Agency’s Competency Management Success Story and Unexpected Benefits
Training programs are under constant pressure to demonstrate a positive return on investment, so it is crucial to evaluate and understand the impact of training on the company’s bottom line. A competency management method makes it easy to see exactly where training...
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