Imagine two employees starting the same job on the same day. Both get the same laptop, the same logins, the same onboarding deck. Six months later, one is running reports across three connected tools, spotting a phishing email before IT sends a warning, and adapting to a new project management platform without needing a formal training session. The other is still asking a colleague how to share a file. The difference is not effort. It is digital fluency. Digital fluency goes beyond knowing...

Starting a new job is exciting, but it can also be overwhelming, especially in a country as diverse as the UAE. Between new colleagues, new systems, and a whole new set of workplace norms, first impressions matter more than most organisations realise. That's where employee onboarding training programs come in. The UAE's workforce is one of the most multinational in the world, with expatriates making up roughly 88.5% of the country's population. That kind of diversity means onboarding can't be...

As an L&D Manager, how frequently do you initiate new learning programs for your team? And perhaps more importantly, how often do you conduct review sessions for previous learning & development initiatives? We ask this because there might be more to effective learning than just the sheer number of activities an organization holds. If we’ve pre-programmed ourselves to stick to traditional learning methods with several modules and topics, the results may not be optimum or conducive to actual...