The Dangers of Using Outdated Learning Resources to Onboard Staff.

In today's rapidly changing business, it's important to make sure your employees use the newest and best learning resources.
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Trent Draper
Trent Draper
+15 years in Sales within the education industry, Head International Sales at Get More Brain.

In today’s rapid­ly chang­ing busi­ness land­scape, it’s more impor­tant than ever to make sure your employ­ees are up to date on the lat­est infor­ma­tion, skills, and process­es. After all, if your employ­ees are using out­dat­ed meth­ods, it’ll only be a mat­ter of time before your com­pa­ny falls behind the com­pe­ti­tion. So, what hap­pens when com­pa­nies use out­dat­ed learn­ing resources to onboard staff?

Let’s take a clos­er look.

What Is Onboarding?

Onboard­ing is the process of ori­ent­ing and accli­mat­ing new employ­ees to their roles with­in a com­pa­ny. This can include every­thing from pro­vid­ing basic train­ing on com­pa­ny poli­cies and pro­ce­dures to more com­pre­hen­sive edu­ca­tion on the com­pa­ny’s prod­ucts, ser­vices, and his­to­ry. Onboard­ing is an impor­tant process because it helps new employ­ees hit the ground run­ning and become pro­duc­tive mem­bers of the team as quick­ly as pos­si­ble.

The Dangers of Using Outdated Learning Resources

One of the dan­gers of using out­dat­ed learn­ing resources to onboard staff is that it can lead to con­fu­sion and frus­tra­tion among new employ­ees. If they’re being taught out­dat­ed infor­ma­tion, they may have dif­fi­cul­ty under­stand­ing why cer­tain things are done a cer­tain way or why cer­tain process­es have changed. This can lead to feel­ings of iso­la­tion and resent­ment, which can impact both their job per­for­mance and their over­all sat­is­fac­tion with their posi­tion. Addi­tion­al­ly, if your com­pa­ny is using out­dat­ed learn­ing resources, it may give off the impres­sion that you’re not keep­ing up with the lat­est trends and best prac­tices. This can dam­age your rep­u­ta­tion both with poten­tial cus­tomers and with top tal­ent that you’re try­ing to attract to your orga­ni­za­tion.

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How To Avoid These Dangers

There are a few steps you can take to avoid these dan­gers and make sure your employ­ees are get­ting the most up-to-date infor­ma­tion pos­si­ble.

Take advan­tage of the next gen­er­a­tion of learn­ing plat­forms by util­is­ing a learn­ing Expe­ri­ence Plat­form (LXP). An LXP can be a valu­able tool in the onboard­ing process, help­ing to ensure that employ­ees receive the infor­ma­tion they need in a con­cise and engag­ing for­mat. A learn­ing expe­ri­ence plat­form can also pro­vide a way for employ­ees to ask ques­tions and get feed­back from their peers and man­agers. By using a learn­ing expe­ri­ence plat­form in the onboard­ing process, busi­ness­es can help to ensure that new employ­ees are bet­ter pre­pared to hit the ground run­ning and make a pos­i­tive con­tri­bu­tion to the com­pa­ny.

Then take a close look at your cur­rent onboard­ing pro­gram and iden­ti­fy any areas where out­dat­ed infor­ma­tion might be an issue. Then, reach out to your train­ing depart­ment or out­side train­ing providers to see if they have any updat­ed mate­ri­als in the LXP that you can use going for­ward.

Final­ly, make sure you’re reg­u­lar­ly review­ing your onboard­ing pro­gram to ensure that all of the infor­ma­tion being pre­sent­ed is still accu­rate and rel­e­vant. By tak­ing these steps, you can help ensure that your employ­ees are get­ting the best pos­si­ble learn­ing and devel­op­ment and that your com­pa­ny is seen as an indus­try leader.

Conclusion

Updat­ing your learn­ing resources and the tech­nol­o­gy to imple­ment your learn­ing and devel­op­ment is crit­i­cal to ensur­ing that your employ­ees are receiv­ing accu­rate infor­ma­tion dur­ing onboard­ing. If you’re using out­dat­ed mate­ri­als, it could lead to con­fu­sion, frus­tra­tion, and resent­ment among new staff mem­bers. To avoid these dan­gers, take a close look at your cur­rent onboard­ing pro­gram and the tech­nol­o­gy you use, reach out for updat­ed mate­ri­als from train­ing providers, and review your pro­gram on a reg­u­lar basis. By tak­ing these steps, you can help ensure that your employ­ees are get­ting the best pos­si­ble edu­ca­tion-and that your com­pa­ny is seen as an indus­try leader.