Digital Learning Solutions are Critical Tools for Developing Leaders
Business simulations, like those offered by IndustryMasters, are online, web-based, digital learning solutions that allow employees to develop teamwork, leadership and decision-making skills in a risk-free environment. They are extremely effective, highly engaging and enjoyable.
WILMINGTON, Del., March 28, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Digital learning has become popular all over the world in recent years. Business simulations, like those offered by IndustryMasters, are online, web-based, digital learning solutions that allow employees to develop teamwork, leadership and decision-making skills in a risk-free environment. Digital learning solutions, including business simulations, are critical because they are extremely effective, highly engaging and enjoyable.
Here are six reasons why digital learning solutions are critical in the workplace:
1. They Increase Engagement
Digital learning solutions are highly interactive. The information taught in business simulations are traditionally taught through boring lectures or unexciting team-building activities. Business simulations, however, provide a highly engaging interactive gameplay component. Participants can't dose off or check email if they want to succeed in a fast-paced simulated environment.
2. They Include Relevant Content
Digital learning solutions are important because they make relevant content more interesting. These training options mimic on-the-job training with real-life scenarios and decisions. Unlike lectures in which the audience is forced to absorb information only by listening, digital learning solutions allow people to learn by doing. Business simulations transform boring content into something exciting and relatable - particularly for Millennials and Gen Zs who grew up playing video games and expect to be able to access learning online.
3. They Encourage Teamwork
Business simulations encourage teamwork. Within a business simulation, participants act as a manager or C-level director of their company and must learn how to navigate the daily tasks needed to successfully run a business. They participate as a team so each member of the team must offer input during the activity. If they fail to collaborate, they will fail the simulation.
4. They Empower Employees
Digital learning solutions, including business simulations, empower employees. When training is fun, engaging, and interactive, participants are more motivated to do their best work possible. They feel valued and well-equipped. With business simulations, participants are empowered by their ability to make important decisions and to learn from them. They then apply their new knowledge to their real jobs.
5. They Teach Employees How to Bounce Back from Mistakes
We learn by making mistakes. When we make a mistake, our brains respond by telling us not to repeat that action. We are far less likely to take risks if there are serious repercussions. A business simulation provides a way to experience life as an executive in a safe, risk-free environment. This method encourages participants to make mistakes and teaches them how to bounce back from their errors.
6. They Help Employees View the Organization's Bigger Picture
When employees see only their own position and list of responsibilities, their world may seem quite small. Digital learning solutions allow participants to experience how the entire organization operates. In essence, they help employees see the bigger picture. The point of digital learning solutions is not just to train employees, but to develop knowledgeable leaders.
Unlike other online learning tools in video or audio form, business simulations are highly engaging and interactive. Employees don't watch a character go through the process of running a company- they are that character and they make decisions individually and within teams. They learn the results of their decisions immediately, not over months, and can apply their new knowledge to the real-life positions right away. Whether for training employees, helping them become team players, or improving their leadership and business acumen skills, digital learning solutions, including business simulations, are an ideal option.
About IndustryMasters, Inc.
IndustryMasters delivers online, web-based business simulations that develop leaders – today's and tomorrow's. We've been doing this for more than a decade. Our digital learning solutions – from mobile learning, self-paced solutions and competitions, to virtual classroom events, business wargaming and traditional seminars – are designed and delivered with our clients' needs in mind.
IndustryMasters, Inc.
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Wilmington, DE 19809
https://www.industrymasters.com
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