Employers Will Need to Tackle ‘Lost Learning’ During Second Wave
Summary
Questionmark, the online assessment provider, is urging employers to answer five crucial questions about how they will continue to manage and develop staff without spontaneous moments that enable organic learning. Drawing on external research sources and conversations with customers, the Questionmark Viewpoint report ‘Workplace training without the water cooler’ found that empathy, communication and creativity are all crucial skills that are put in jeopardy when workers do not physically spend time together. Lars Pedersen, CEO of Questionmark, said: “In the first lockdown, it was a great achievement for so many employers to switch overnight to home working and to keep the ship afloat. Questionmark provides a secure enterprise-grade assessment platform and professional services to leading organizations around the world, delivered with care and unequalled expertise. Questionmarks cloud-based assessment management platform offers rapid deployment, scalability for high-volume test delivery, 24/7 support, and the peace-of-mind of secure, audited U.S., Australian and European-based data centers.