Emerging Trends in Training & Development Sector in Sri Lanka

There are different characteristics an employer need to look in an online platform for training and development. One of the most important characteristic is having the ability to customize (Neendoor, 2022) the training program. One format of training program does not match all the needs of different training sessions. For a company who have a dispersed workforce across several business functions and specializations customization is very important. Each person has distinct priorities and aspirations in addition to their work-related objectives, such as upskilling, getting promoted, or getting a better compensation package. Since the ability of customization is important for any organization when selecting an online training program. Due to employees' hectic schedules and short attention spans, organizations are finding it more and more challenging to create compelling learning and development programs (Neendoor, 2022). The majority of employees find it difficult to focus during ...

Training and development has evolved from the past to today’s context and in 2022 there are new different trends that is being changing the training and development aspects of the organization in the present as following. The workplace has changed as a result of the recent fast digitalization (Learnster, 2022). In 2022, many of the talents that were in demand five years ago might no longer be relevant. It goes without saying that businesses urgently need to reskill their employees. Therefore, in 2022 a major trend that takes place is developing new skills and competencies of employees rapidly with the changing demands of the business environment, specially the digitalization.   Apart from the technical skills, power skill plays a huge role in 2022. Power skills include communication, empathy, humility, collaboration (Learnster, 2022) and many more. Power skills has been taking the attention of the world in 2019 but during and after the pandemic power skills started to show its ...