How to motivate employees and increase learning efficiency: solutions and recipes
The efficiency and productivity of training depends on the motivation of employees.
Motivated employees are constantly looking for ways to increase their productivity and efficiency. According to Gallup research, the productivity of motivated employees is 17% higher. And the presence of a motivated team in the company helps to increase the profitability of its business by 21%.
If an employee is not interested in their development, training will not bring the desired results and will push them away even more. As a result: deterioration in the quality of work and a decrease in productivity, which directly affect the development and success of the business.
How to encourage employees to study and how to maintain motivation with the help of a distance learning system (LMS) is described in this article.
Why employees do not want to learn
- they do not understand the goals of learning and the significance of development;
- they are not interested in the topic of learning;
- they are afraid of changes related to new responsibilities;
- they do not receive appreciation of progress from managers;
- they feel an excess or lack of control;
- they do not notice changes and results.
How to motivate employees to learn
1. Involve employees in the process of planning their learning
Consider employees’ hobbies, habits and interests when designing courses. Let employees share their thoughts on,
- what they are interested in and what they want to learn;
- what experts they would be interested to talk to and on what topics;
- what knowledge and skills should be focused on improving;
- what format of learning they prefer the most, etc.
It will help to build a learning path that your employees will like: determine the format, topics, choice of experts.
Solution: How to do it in LMS Collaborator
ViYar regularly involves employees in the process of company development. Employees can give their recommendations, suggestions and ideas for improving processes, services and interaction between departments. Everyone can express their opinion and get feedback on its implementation. Employees are involved in working groups, brainstorming and facilitation sessions. The company rewards the most active employees with corporate gifts, and they share their impressions of interaction in interviews on the corporate portal.
2. Integrate multimedia elements and gamification into learning
Variety in the presentation of the material will attract the attention of your employees, play on their peculiarities of perception of information and motivate them to learn more.
Solution: How to do it in LMS Collaborator
Use various interactive and multimedia elements in the learning process: video, audio, presentations, infographics, animation, etc. To show an example of the use of certain knowledge, add audio recordings or clips from your favorite movies to the learning content.
Don’t forget about gamification. Using the basic elements of gamification: points, ratings and rewards will keep employees interested throughout the training and encourage them to learn better.
Notification of the scored rating points in LMS Collaborator
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3. Maintain healthy competition
When employees can compare their achievements with those of their colleagues, they feel more motivated to achieve goals. Maintain healthy competition in the team and encourage employees to compete.
Solution: How to do it in LMS Collaborator
LMS tools will help you with this: points, badges, ratings and leaderboards. As a result, employees will get a fun learning experience with a note of excitement that will increase their motivation.
Learning rating in LMS Collaborator
4. Add intangible rewards
Most managers implement financial incentives for employees. This is a really good incentive that helps to increase employee motivation. But it is not always appropriate. With excessive use of material rewards, employees will study not for the sake of gaining new knowledge and skills, but for good marks that will bring them additional money.
Solution: How to do it in LMS Collaborator
We advise to encourage learning with the help of intangible rewards: telling about the best, awarding badges, presenting certificates, enrolling in the personnel reserve, offering new opportunities for learning.
Badges in the LMS Collaborator learning portal
5. Provide ongoing support and feedback
Keep track of employee motivation during the training process: collect feedback after each task and take their wishes into account when designing the next activity. Let employees see that their opinion is important to you. This will help increase the value of the training and make employees co-organizers of the learning process.
Involve line managers in the training process. Let them provide their support and give constructive feedback. Encourage employees to learn from their mistakes and show them the points of improvement. This way you will relieve them of the feeling of failure and motivate them to try again to achieve the perfect result.
Solution: How to do it in LMS Collaborator
LMS Collaborator has a variety of tools to support communication with employees and provide feedback: forum, internal chat, notifications, news, comments support, as well as surveys.
KreditMarket regularly conducts surveys to collect feedback, in which employees can evaluate the work of the training portal and leave their ideas for its improvement. There is also a “Mentor” role in the KreditMarket Academy. It allows you to download reports on courses and programs during the adaptation of a newcomer in order to analyze the results of the cut of knowledge on topics and pinpoint the points where newcomers made mistakes. It provides:
- Additional interaction between the mentor and the newcomer “There is a topic for conversation”;
- A sense of support for the beginner;
- Opportunity to improve the level of knowledge;
- Confidence of the mentor that his team consists of qualified employees.
How LMS Collaborator helps to keep employees motivated as a learning platform
- By completing tasks in LMS Collaborator, users receive points and accumulate their learning rating based on them. This helps to maintain competition between employees, increase engagement in training and motivate them to get better results.
- For successful completion of tasks, an employee can receive awards in the form of badges. All badges are collected in his profile, thus emphasizing the achievements in training. Also, an employee can be awarded a badge not only for learning activities on the portal, but also for other significant merits. For example, for participation in a corporate event or conference, for high achievements in work, etc..
- To confirm the availability of knowledge and skills on a certain topic, an employee can be issued a certificate. The certificate is automatically generated from a template and appears in the user profile in the “Certificates” section. The employee can download it and print it if necessary.
- In LMS Collaborator you can create training courses using different types of materials – video, presentations, audio, pictures. This will help you play on the peculiarities of information perception and develop bright content that will attract and motivate people to learn more.
- You can send thanks to your subordinates, colleagues and managers. It can be gratitude for a successfully completed task, a note about work, congratulations, or just wishes. Such social communications help to establish team communication, strengthen team spirit and increase employee loyalty.
- With the “Events” tool, you can notify and congratulate employees on milestones. For example, the anniversary of work in the company and rating points gained.
Motivate your employees with the tools of the LMS Collaborator learning portal. LMS Collaborator is more than a distance learning system. It is a platform with wide opportunities to support corporate communication and motivation.
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Conclusion
Motivation is an important component of successful training. To get good results, it is necessary to immediately convey the value of training to employees and constantly work on their motivation. Consider the interests and tastes of employees when developing training materials, involve them in the training planning process and use incentives. The introduction of multimedia content and gamification tools based on LMS will stimulate employees to get better results and maintain their interest throughout the learning process.
