Speexx People Development Blog:
News & Articles for HR- and L&D Specialists

-- Explore the Future of People Development on our blog about Leadership, Coaching, Language Training, and related Career Development Topics --

Speexx BlogTarek Barakat

Welcome to our dedicated hub for thought leadership and innovative practices in people development. At Speexx, our commitment to fostering professional growth through our award-winning SaaS B2B platform shines in every article and interview we share. Whether you’re seeking to enhance corporate language training, explore business coaching, or mentoring: our blog is your gateway to the latest in leadership news, HR trends, and employee engagement strategies. Since we focus on people development, you will also find blogposts about remote work, lifelong learning, employer branding, Learning and Development, people analytics, skill development and talent management.

Revealing the Value of Corporate Learning and Development

By Jennifer Hubauer|

Some 84% of senior professionals believe that learning and leadership development programmes have improved their business knowledge, competencies and confidence; 83% believe that these programmes are vital to achieving business goals, and 81% say that executive education/ leadership development is more important than ever.

How to Improve Employee Training Methods with Gamification

By Andreas Urban|

Onboarding or training new employees is rarely an easy experience for all parties involved. It means more work for trainers, learning pains and mistakes for trainees, and generally, requires a lot of company resources. However, cutting corners on employee training methods can easily result in disaster for the company. Proper onboarding is ultimately cost-effective, so it remains a necessary evil.

Equal Opportunity Hiring: The Most Important HR Move You Can Make

By Armin Hopp|

How diverse is your organization’s workforce? How seriously does your HR department take equal opportunity hiring? Are all individuals given the same opportunity to advance their careers? Many companies are in danger of missing out on the benefits that come with inclusion by not prioritizing equality in the workplace.

How To Use LMS Metrics For Performance Management Online Training

By Lucia Alexandra Scurei|

Performance management online training gives your employees the task-based knowledge and skill-building tools they require. Thus, they are equipped to take on everyday challenges with confidence. Learning Management Systems offer you the opportunity to continually monitor the effectiveness of your performance management online training program and individual progress.

What Motivates Employees to Learn a New Language?

By Armin Hopp|

There is little doubt that companies benefit from having multilingual employees. Staff members who know a second language can provide basic translation services. Sales and customer service representatives tend to enjoy better rapport and success in the market if they speak the native language of the people they’re contacting.

The Internet of Things – and eLearning

By Jennifer Hubauer|

First suggested in 1999 and now a growing technological reality, the Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of interrelated computing devices, mechanical and digital machines, objects, animals or people, each of which have unique technological identifiers and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction.