The e-learning platform, available to all OneLife staff, was presented in the presence of Nicola Doherty, from LinkedIn and Alizée Del Mastro from Lynda.com. The specialists in online training thus presented, in detail, the possibilities now available to the employees of the life insurance company. A first for a Luxembourg financial sector player.

 

The event was also held in the presence of Nicola Doherty, Regional Sales Manager for LinkedIn, who started her presentation: “The primary mission of the professional social network is to create economic opportunities for all by making tools available to find a job on the one hand and enabling companies to find their future talent on the other”. But, today, competencies are changing and LinkedIn has fully understood this: the largest professional social network now offers an e-learning platform, after buying Lynda.com, the world’s leading online training platform, founded over 20 years ago, a few years ago. “Today Lynda.com is the biggest film studio, after Hollywood. Over 30 videos are released in English every week, and more than 10 in other languages” Nicola explained, adding: “these videos are created so that the student can benefit from all the time spent”. Her subsequent presentation was completed by Alizée Del Mastro, live from Austria.

 

“Our trainers are professionals, experts in their field. The e-learning solution enables you to update your knowledge, whether this involves software, soft skills or leadership. Some of the training modules will be sent to you directly by your managers, but it is also up to you to find those which can help you develop professionally. Be curious” Alizée Del Mastro explains. The training may last from 20 minutes to five hours, but it is possible to select the chapters which directly concern the interested parties. “They are different from professional training since they are much more flexible. They are available at any time and wherever you may be. They are sometimes also completed with exercises and can be downloaded to be consulted offline” Anna Lehmann-Bertini, the HR specialist explains. The most popular training within the company is also pushed onto the front page and the Lynda.com experts will work hand in hand with OneLife’s HR and Digital departments over the coming weeks to point managers and employees to the training best adapted to their needs. “Some may be integrated into your annual training plan, into your team’s or may be viewed in working groups, etc.” Alizée explains.

 

 

“It is important to try to find time, to have an idea of the skills one wishes to develop, and thus to spend a few minutes a week on the platform. It is not necessary to spend three hours a week on Lynda.com, but a few sessions of ten minutes or so may suffice” Christophe Regnault, Digital Marketing Manager, added before concluding this, the morning session: “It is up to us to create a real movement and engagement around Lynda.com. It is a social, living tool. It must be shared: your favourite training, your playlists and even your certificates that you can display on your LinkedIn profiles”.

 

 

On 21 September, the OneLife digital and HR teams, represented by Christophe Regnault and Anna Lehmann-Bertini, presented its new online training tool, announced at the Digital Days in June, to all its staff.

 

 

“A few months after presenting our new training strategy to you, we are officially launching our OneLife Academy, in partnership with LinkedIn and, more particularly, Lynda.com” explains Christophe Regnault, Digital Marketing Manager. There are now several thousand training opportunities available to the employees of OneLife. But the launch of this academy is only one part of the company’s transformation plan: numerous meetings will thus be organised, on a regular basis, with the purpose of presenting the advances made, but also the new technologies and future projects.

 

As Christophe Regnault underlines, to learn it is henceforth necessary to “unlearn, to better re-learn” as the famous American futurologist Alvin Toffer explained. “In the past we merely executed what we had learnt”. Today, in a world which is constantly moving, it is necessary to continue to develop”, the digital manager explains. This is why OneLife has joined up with LinkedIn to propose an e-learning solution to all its employees. This platform is easy to access, open to all, and enables staff to follow the training possibilities available at their own speed. They can also be followed on various PCs and mobile devices. “The social aspect is also important: we can all learn from others. Dialogue and communication are thus keys in succeeding with such a training programme” Christophe Regnault adds, going on to say: “LinkedIn, and its Lynda.com solution, offer the best possible training combination”. The content is produced only by professionals. The videos are filmed in Austria and in Silicon Valley. They are all made with a specific aim: helping professionals by offering them comprehensive and concrete solutions. Every expert, or speaker, thus shares their knowledge.

 

For Anna Lehmann-Bertini, HR Specialist, this e-learning solution proposed by LinkedIn will benefit all employees, managers, members of the executive committee and thus, in general the Luxembourg life insurance company. “Today you all have access to almost 10,000 training possibilities, wherever you want and whenever you want. As for managers, they can select mandatory training for the members of their team, in order to maintain and enhance the skills of every employee” the HR specialist explained. The training chosen by the managers must be followed during working time. To do this the HR department is making five iPads available to the members of the firm, along with the possibility of reserving meeting rooms. The ball is now in the court of OneLife’s employees: it is they, therefore, who have control over their own professional development.