Paradigm Learning’s virtual training solutions are designed to help employees perform better on the job by filling critical gaps. Investment in training for your employees increases employee performance, productivity, motivation, and retention. Whether you are implementing a new program or are improving your existing training, Paradigm Learning has a robust suite of offerings.
THE BUSINESS ACUMEN SIMULATION
This self-paced digital business acumen simulation is designed to provide managers and key employees with an opportunity to develop enhanced financial literacy and overall business acumen through practice.
Business acumen goes beyond explaining the line items on a P&L and challenges people to think like a business owner.
Organizations that prioritize business acumen provide a clearer vision and an overall context within which employees can work, while creating an environment that is more likely to break down internal barriers
There is less waste and less ambivalence. There is increased innovation. Employees are more engaged, they understand their role and its impact on business results, and they are more likely to believe that their efforts really matter. They are more likely to think like a business owner.
Zodiak is a virtual experience that preserves the discovery, team-building, and interactivity of the in-person classroom and translates it to a virtual platform, led by seasoned facilitators who are business acumen experts, to create an experience that’s robust in content and rewarding for your learners.
Learners are immersed in a storyline that introduces business acumen concepts in a hands-on, visual setting (tailored to multiple learning styles). As small teams of learners become new owners of the struggling Zodiak company, they take out loans, attract investors, purchase equipment and materials, invest in product development and innovation, and deliver products and services to customers.
By understanding the big picture of how business works and how organizations make money, participants begin to see how their actions affect their organization’s bottom line. Relevant company information is woven throughout the Zodiak experience, resulting in a rich experience that leaves participants accountable and motivated to make a positive impact when they return to their jobs.
MANAGERS — Business acumen is a critical competency for managers. It links directly to business success and the skill to align departmental and personal actions to financial and strategic objectives.
EMPLOYEES — Every day, the actions, decisions, and attitudes of employees impact organizational success. With increased business acumen and an attitude of engagement, they’ll understand how they fit into the big picture and contribute to organizational success.
SALES PROFESSIONALS — To build the foundation for long-term customer partnerships, sales professionals must effectively speak the language of their customers’ businesses. Honed business acumen increases skills – and results – in consultative selling.
Too often new employee onboarding consists of checklists, lectures, outdated videos, and the new employee doubting whether they made the right choice. While administrative tasks and checklists have their place in onboarding, the key to early employee retention and productivity is creating a deeper sense of connection to the organization.
Embark™ is a team-based learning experience that puts the “wow” factor back in onboarding.
Through an interactive, virtual game-based framework, Embark introduces employees to the organization’s mission, vision, values, and culture. Further topics dive into how the business operates, its clients, processes, and strategies for success. As a day-one activity, employees feel immediately connected to their new organization, not just oriented.
As an adaptable framework, Embark can be used for a variety of other purposes as well, such as communicating a strategy (strategic alignment), checking knowledge and application of previously communicated information (team-based role-play or practicing articulation, such as a value proposition in sales or customer service).
Constant change and relentless competition make every organization's strategic alignment challenges unique. When evolving business and financial strategies, mergers and acquisitions, new processes and other change initiatives are underway, crystal-clear, consistent communication that increases each employee’s alignment and commitment to change is critical.
Whether alignment is needed for an organizational change, a new strategy, an introduction to organizational culture, the business of the business in onboarding or for another initiative, employees at all levels and in all jobs must understand the marketplace realities, where the organization is going, and how they fit into the picture of success.
Discovery Maps® are virtual, fully customized learning solutions and communication tools that deliver concise, consistent, clear messaging in a team-based, interactive workshop. By supplementing the power of discovery learning activities (learning through action) with meaningful, contextually rich visuals, Paradigm Learning creates experiences that transfer key knowledge and critical, consistent messages with unrivaled clarity.
Organizational change is guaranteed. Success is not. Strategic and employee alignment are imperative. But how does an organization ensure its employees gracefully adapt to change?
Fear of the unknown leads to lower productivity, higher workplace confusion and costly staff turnover. Managers who can lead through uncertain times are essential.
Right Turns: Change in Action® is a dynamic virtual learning session that builds employee confidence and commitment and the skills of managers.
It’s a powerful learning experience focused on change management, guiding employees and managers to explore the realities of change and the path to future success.
Whether participants are dealing with organizational change or leading it, this fast-paced discovery learning experience builds understanding, alignment and commitment for any corporate strategy.
After experiencing Right Turns, participants learn what drives change, how it progresses, where they fit, and how emotions help or hinder a change initiative.
They learn to make the “right” (correct) turns as they navigate toward the future. Specifically, they discover how to:
As organizations prioritize attracting and retaining the best and brightest in a changing workforce landscape, one fact becomes increasingly obvious: Individual managers and leaders have the largest impact on an employee’s engagement and development.
The program guides managers to take a critical look at themselves as developers of organizational talent and to create a personal plan of action.
The program informs and educates managers around the key issues and trends in talent leadership as well as introduce and/or reinforce the manager’s role and accountability in talent development efforts.
The program guides managers to take a critical look at themselves as developers of organizational talent and to create a personal plan of action.
To support organizations navigating this difficult time, Paradigm Learning has created a one-hour, virtually facilitated training program on how to lead accountable virtual teams.
Built using the Zoom Meetings platform, Leading Accountable Virtual Teams is an interactive, team-based experience with collaborative learning.
Structured as a one-hour virtually facilitated session, Leading Accountable Virtual Teams allows for flexibility in audience size and location.
Click below to speak with one of our solution experts and learn more about Leading Accountable Virtual Teams.