In 2018 only 4 out 10 L&D leaders reported that their team is able to help their organisation manage risk successfully; Towards Maturity's Cyber Security Learning Pulse aims to gather data and insights around cyber-security learning.
Early 2019 results highlight that only 7% of L&D leaders report that their organisation encourages and provides time for reflection*.
Evidence is vital to backing up a case for change and even more powerful when internal data is being compared against high-performing learning organisations.
Towards Maturity announces that CEO Laura Overton has taken the decision to step back as the business moves to its next phase of growth.
Towards Maturity’s latest report, based on its annual L&D Health Check research and launched at last week’s Learning Technologies 2019, reveals that in a time of constant change, L&D must use an evidence-based approach to work through the barriers to successful transformation.
Towards Maturity is set to release its 15th annual report, The Transformation Journey, at 5.30 pm on 13th February at Learning Technologies 2019, providing powerful new evidence to help learning leaders establish strong foundations for delivering business impact.
Laura Overton, founder of Towards Maturity, discusses initial messages from the 2019 study into the adoption of learning technology in the workplace.
New evidence from 10,000 workers dispel the myths that business leaders have about how they learn in the modern workplace
New research finds 54% of learning is still being conducted solely in the classroom – but change is needed for formal learning to remain effective.
Joint Research by Towards Maturity and Skillsoft: “Driving Leadership Capability” report highlights key factors that differentiate higher achievers.
Towards Maturity is delighted to announce that Michelle Ockers, the highly experienced L&D strategist based in Australia, is joining the business as an expert analyst to strengthen their growing presence in the region.
Based on insights revealed by its own Transformation Curve research, published in January 2018, Towards Maturity is announcing a new focus on Learning Analyst services to help accelerate change and real impact in the learning industry. These services will help strengthen Towards Maturity’s independent research programme, which will continue to grow and serve the learning community.
Brand new research from Towards Maturity, supported by ambassadors Cognician, provides a guide to help L&D professionals build and create habits in their organisation, as a means to shape behaviour change and create a real business impact.
L&D is in the midst of a rapid transformation driven by fundamental changes in work, the workforce and the workplace. In this fast–changing environment, how can we embed successful leadership development to future-proof our organisations and gain a competitive advantage?
Towards Maturity releases first Data Pulse report exploring L&D’s relationship with data and how it can be used more effectively. Earlier this year, Towards Maturity conducted its first L&D Data Pulse, with participation from over 150 L&D leaders in a variety of sectors and organisations of all sizes.
Due to a high volume of requests, Towards Maturity has extended its L&D Health Check until Tuesday 14th August 2018, providing additional time for participants to take their review.
Towards Maturity’s new and updated 2018 Health Check is underway and is yielding its first observations into the progress L&D is making with digital transformation.
Learning and Development professionals around the globe are invited to find out by using the new Towards Maturity Health Check launched at the Learning and Technologies Summer Forum in London.
Towards Maturity has released a new report based on evidence from over 600 learning professionals and 10,000 learners to help leaders in learning and development to meet the increasing expectations of modern, continuously learning workforces.
What do charities with highly engaged staff and volunteers do differently? Research with learning leaders in the charity sector, conducted by Towards Maturity, reveals lessons that practitioners from all sectors can learn from.
Towards Maturity is delighted to announce that Filtered, providers of an online education platform and Kineo, a global workplace learning company are now the official sponsors of Towards Maturity’s Pulse on using data within L&D.
The global online launch of Towards Maturity’s Transformation Curve report provides learning teams with a new approach to digital transformation. Following the S curve of a product lifecycle, L&D teams can evaluate current approaches and identify how to move into the future.
This unparalleled time of change for organisations offers a great opportunity for L&D to shift from delivering courses to delivering strategic value. However, too many are still at the starting point of their transformation journey. This report maps out the destination – and the roadmap of how to get there.
Laura Overton, CEO of learning research company Towards Maturity, has been named as the most influential person in the global elearning sector.
Equipping L&D with the tools and strategies to deliver performance, productivity, profit and transformation, Towards Maturity’s new research with over 700 L&D leaders worldwide will transform the way that L&D adds value to business and how business values learning.
Despite better outcomes than in 2016, the actual number of organisations reporting achievement of some benefits is still very low. So what is lacking, what are the current risks and how can we take strong steps forward?
New research from Towards Maturity and CrossKnowledge reveals that 91% of managers want to learn but only 61% have the time to do so.
New research from Towards Maturity explores this question and found that L&D leaders in Australia and New Zealand are 11% more likely to solve problems through the use of learning technologies.
The Towards Maturity Benchmark™ gives L&D leaders the opportunity to confidentially review their strategy, compare with top performers and identify the tactics they need to unlock potential in their organisation.
Evidence shows that user experience is key to instilling ownership in a learner’s routine and delivering business results.
SAI Global and Towards Maturity report tackles how to bridge the divide.
Towards Maturity launches inaugural study to bring global insights together with local data and help Australia and New Zealand drive industry change within L&D.
As it celebrates its 50th anniversary, Emerald Group further advances its lifelong aim of delivering research with a practical impact.
New research from Towards Maturity demonstrates that new approaches to work-based learning is a long term talent investment that can pay out sustainable dividends.
The Towards Maturity Benchmark™ gives L&D leaders a opportunity to review their strategy and personally identify the tactics they need to unlock potential in their organisation.
When 96% of L&D leaders are looking to technology to help them boost performance, yet only 25% are achieving their goals, it’s time for a rethink.
Independent research company Towards Maturity, has today released new research detailing ‘The New Learning Organisation’ – a powerful and relevant model that demonstrates how business and people professionals need to develop a new approach to organisational learning.
Workstar joins the Towards Maturity Ambassador Programme to support the changing landscape in Australia.
PurpleMedia joins Towards Maturity’s Ambassador Programme in order to help learning teams reap increased agility and engagement through the provision of evidence-based research.
Bray Leino Learning joins Towards Maturity’s Ambassador Programme, helping L&D leaders build robust learning cultures with evidence-based research.
New research shows that knowledge sharing can provide significant business benefits but people professionals need to do more to support change.
Cegos, an international leader in training and development, joins Towards Maturity’s Ambassador Programme to support the provision of independent, global data to inform L&D thinking.
Towards Maturity draws on global research with over 600 L&D leaders to share the key tactics to unlock organisational potential at this year’s Learning Technologies Show
Unique opportunity for exhibition visitors to get up close and personal with conference experts to share practical insights: Learning Technologies Exchanges, hosted by Towards Maturity, will tackle global L&D issues with a panel of international authors and thought-leaders.
At a time where the Towards Maturity Benchmark reputation is growing around the globe, we are pleased to announce that Dossier Solutions have joined us as our first Norwegian Ambassador.
Lack of progress on learning impact prompts Towards Maturity to provide a new statistical analysis, focusing on evidence-based shortcuts to business success.
L&D professionals around the globe are hungry to create a learner-centric strategy that puts staff at the heart of their activity. Towards Maturity reveals what millennials can teach people professionals about supporting learning in the workplace.
New evidence shows senior executives that new approaches to learning can build business agility, sustain success and address talent shortages and capability gaps.
A new report shows how the potential business return from innovation in the formal learning experience can be achieved by learning from top performing L&D teams.
Leading L&D benchmarking business extends reach and research capability.
Record numbers of L&D leaders around the world have used the 2016 Towards Maturity Benchmark to review their strategy and pick up new ideas for modernising learning. So far, over 80% of them reported that the benchmarking process has provided them with new ideas to inspire action.
Learning technologies are being used to speed up the implementation of new processes and to better inform customers of new customers and services.
Report shows that L&D leaders are more able to demonstrate the value of learning when they work together with business leaders to solve performance problems.
Towards Maturity will be focusing on how L&D professionals can modernise their L&D strategy at the 2016 Learning Technologies Summer Forum.
Towards Maturity calls on L&D teams to check their performance now, in order to help them prepare for the future.
The L&D function needs to ensure it has the skills it needs to deliver new learning, as a third of organisations plan to increase their training budget.
Award-winning e-learning provider Learning Pool has become a part of Towards Maturity's Ambassador Programme, supporting its annual Industry Benchmark Study and joining forces to add value to the corporate learning industry.
A new report from the independent research organisation reveals that L&D teams are finding themselves trying to keep up, as workers set the pace with new ways of working and learning.
Survey reveals the action priorities of L&D professionals for delivering business impact in the coming year.
Global learning expert Charles Jennings teams up with research and benchmarking organisation Towards Maturity to debunk myths surrounding the 70:20:10 model for organisational learning.
Research on more than 2,000 potential workers reveals the gulf between learner aspirations and the experience of learning in the workplace.
This year’s eXchanges speakers include Bob Mosher, Cathy Moore, David Kelly and Top Deck L&D leaders from the 2015 Towards Maturity Benchmark.
Global research and benchmarking organisation Towards Maturity launches a year-long campaign to provide practical insights and resources to help L&D professionals demonstrate the impact of learning.
Despite high aspirations to make an impact on the business, the latest Towards Maturity research shows that whilst most L&D teams are failing to find success, Top Performing teams provide direction for the way ahead.
Study finds only 2 in 10 companies are achieving their goals to protect and elevate their businesses.
Latest research from Towards Maturity reveals that mid-sized businesses are failing to capitalise on the benefits of learning technologies, but brings hope by identifying opportunities for success within these organisations.
Bumper year for Personalised Benchmark Reports shows L&D professionals are turning to data to help shape their learning strategies.
Latest research from Towards Maturity shows that L&D teams are failing to develop leadership development programmes that improve individual and business performance.
Early findings from the 2015 Towards Maturity Benchmark Study show that lack of skills is holding back L&D teams.
Since 2003, the Towards Maturity Benchmark Study™ has provided L&D leaders with confidential, individual feedback to improve the performance of their organisation, staff and L&D team. Now, the Personalised Benchmark Report™ received by all benchmark participants will include brand new indicators to demonstrate the extent to which L&D functions are implementing the 70:20:10 framework in their organisation.
Reed Learning announced as the newest member of the Towards Maturity Ambassador Programme.
Independent research by Towards Maturity launched at the Learning Technologies Summer Forum reveals that retailers are improving revenue, productivity and behavioural change amongst employees as a result of adopting technology-enabled learning, but there is still more opportunity to be had.
The 2015 Towards Maturity Benchmark enables L&D professionals to gather data on current learning activities to help shape future success.
The Learner Voice series aims to help L&D leaders challenge their assumptions about workplace learning and identify new opportunities to connect with and engage their staff. Towards Maturity's brand new infographic-style report reveals fresh insights on differences between roles and generations.
SAI Global, the global leader in award-winning ethics and compliance training, is sponsoring the launch of the 2015 independent benchmark study, exploring methodologies and practices for improving the impact of compliance training.
To prepare organisations for technological growth, globalisation and an uncertain economic outlook, the L&D function needs a much broader blend of skills than ever before. New research, however, reveals a significant gap between the skills and capabilities L&D practitioners know they need and what they actually have in-house.
Early insights from Towards Maturity’s Leadership study have been published exploring what successful organisations are doing to prepare leaders and managers.
Towards Maturity publish the first 3 of 11 sector benchmark reports that explore new learning models, effective practices and impact on organisational improvements.
Skillsoft, DPG Global and GoodPractice join an elite group of industry leaders supporting independent L&D benchmarking around the globe.
Technology driven learning innovation achieved more for business 5 years ago than it does today.
The 2014 Towards Maturity Benchmark launches on 6 November 2014.
Towards Maturity and CIPD invite L&D leaders to benchmark with peers to help improve results and accelerate innovation in the learning profession.
Independent research by Towards Maturity launched at the CIPD L&D show reveals that when it comes to innovative learning, charities are championing the use of learning technologies, often beating their corporate and public sector counterparts in the benefits they are reaping.
Global Provider of Learning and Talent Management Solutions Saba Joins Towards Maturity’s growing Ambassador programme.
New service equips organisations with the learner data, insight and expertise to target investment for an increasingly digital workforce.
* 9 out of 10 legal firms are looking to use learning technologies to improve their induction process and ability to comply with new regulations. 33% of legal forms are looking to technology to help inform customers and suppliers of new products and services. A new Legal sector spotlight report, '21st Century Learning for 21st Century Legal Firms', sponsored by Towards Maturity Ambassador, Commelius, focuses on key trends regarding learning innovation in the legal sector.
Only 50% of learning initiatives are delivered in time to meet business need. Only 29% of organisations agree their L&D teams have the right skills to design solutions to exploit learning technologies to business advantage. Based on recent research, Towards Maturity launches new business-driven learning agenda with nine action areas at Online Educa Berlin.
Published today, the annual Towards Maturity benchmark study carried out across over 500 organisations including BT, BA, NHS Direct, Toyota Motor Europe and Bupa, reveals that technology enabled learning has helped business’ reduce staff churn by nine percent, speed up new product roll-out by 24 percent and reduce learning delivery time by 22 percent.
A major new study published today, reveals that over two thirds of organisations fail to engage their employees with their compliance learning programmes despite improved engagement being an objective for 98% of participants. Compliance training’s poor reputation was also cited by over half of respondents as negatively impacting the success of their programmes.
Learning and development research company Towards Maturity launches its tenth year of Benchmark research, the largest study of L&D effectiveness in Europe. The study is open to L&D leaders across all sectors and it is free to take part. Participants can access the study on the Towards Maturity website at http://tinyurl.com/TMB2013
Towards Maturity announces the release of the new “Spotlight on Finance” report which profiles Learning & Development activity across the finance industry from a wealth of benchmarking data. The Finance sector is analysed and compared against top learning companies across all sectors who are achieving the highest impact in the workplace using learning technologies.
Towards Maturity in conjunction with Redtray Solutions will host a network event on Thursday June 13th '21st Century Learning for 21st Century Legal Firms' in London.
Learning and development and compliance professionals are invited to contribute to new benchmark study to examine effective online learning practices.
All enquiries for a Learner Audit registered at Learning Technologies, at Towards Maturity’s stand 99, will be entered into a prize draw to win a free customised Learner Audit worth £3000
This year’s eXchanges’ experts include Allison Rossett, Steve Wheeler, Kirstie Donnelly and many more.
In-Focus report, commissioned by Upside Learning, uses independent research findings to highlight practical ways to implement m-learning successfully.
Leading in-depth industry report into the use of learning technology - Towards Maturity's 2012-13 Benchmark Study - has been published.
Industry backing for her outstanding contribution was illustrated with standing ovation.
Benchmark research company, Towards Maturity is presenting a briefing on the use of learning technologies for senior learning and development professionals working in the finance sector.
IMC, one of Europe’s leading e-learning providers, joins Towards Maturity’s growing international Ambassador Programme.
Ambassador programme funds Europe’s largest learning technology benchmark study.
One of the UK’s largest business learning providers, pledges support to Towards Maturity’s Ambassador Programme.
Hundreds of organisations have already taken part – study deadline extended to August 21st
Members of the UK’s largest elearning community, the eLearning Network, are benefiting from the annual Towards Maturity learning benchmark study. Now it is urging other organisations to participate as part of its ongoing ‘Campaign for Effective Elearning’.
20 leading learning providers make up Towards Maturity’s Ambassador Programme.
Benchmarking in learning is on the increase with a record 600 organisations completing study in 2011.
Upside Learning joins Towards Maturity’s growing international Ambassador Programme.
MindLeaders joins 19 leading learning organisations to identify and improve good practice in learning.
Industry bodies, the media and L&D professionals also input to free research designed to support effective learning technology adoption.
Towards Maturity, the not-for-profit benchmark practice, today announces a significant and valuable extension to its internationally recognised research services. It is launching two new report ranges: Sector reports and In-Focus reports.
Free advice, reports, resources and sessions with conference speakers on stand 45 at the 2012 Learning Technologies Exhibition on 25th and 26th January Olympia, London. Towards Maturity, the not-for-profit benchmark practice, wants learning and development professionals to think differently about training, drawing on the best advice available in the industry.Laura Overton, Managing Director will be encouraging the main conference delegates to play an active role in helping their businesses become more agile in 2012. However this will mean challenging preconceived ideas and even past experiences of using learning and technology.
Sector looks beyond the classroom at new learning models to improve competitive advantage
e2train joins 15 leading learning organisations to provide free industry benchmark research to improve the business impact of learning technologies
The UK’s largest learning technology benchmark study reveals 77% of companies believe that learning technologies will help them respond faster to changing business conditions.
Book a Headstart Programme place before October 7th to receive a 10% discount
Virtual classrooms and online learning environments are being embraced by charity learning departments
A record 600 organisations completed the study, 50% increase on 2010
The Towards Maturity Ambassador Programme funds the UK's largest corporate learning technology benchmark.
400 organisations already taken part - study deadline extended to August 16.
The 2011 Towards Maturity Benchmark Study was launched today, once again with outstanding support from the wider Learning & Development industry. Organisations from the private, public and not for profit sectors looking to improve performance through learning innovation are invited to take part during June and July at www.towardsmaturity.org/2011benchmark. Participation is free of charge.
Towards Maturity supports those who are responsible for delivering effective learning in the workplace, at whatever stage of your journey.