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title: Why Simplicity Is The Secret Key To Employee Development
description: "As a former HR Executive, I experienced first hand just how challenging it is for HR leaders to drive change, even though most of us came into HR specifically because we wanted to be agents of change and make work better. I’d watch how other departments -- Marketing, Operations, etc -- were able to make change, and I realized they were leveraging something HR wasn’t: simplicity."
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The Simple Path to Employee Growth and Impact

Stop. Breathe. And remember, your employees are navigating the ever-changing, stressful existence of trying to succeed personally and professionally. The best way to offer support is with employee development offerings that are not only simple for you to implement, but simple for all of your employees to start using and benefitting from quickly and easily. After all, you get zero impact when employees don’t use what you offer.

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### Meet the author, Ben Brooks:

1. Founder & CEO of PILOT, an award-winning virtual employee development program
2. One of HR Tech’s top 100 HR Tech Influencers
3. HR Executive Magazine Columnist “Coach’s Corner”
4. Private CEO & executive coach for nearly a decade
5. On the board of directors for OutServe - SLDN and helped repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
6. Former HR Leader at Lockheed Martin, Oliver Wyman, Marsh Inc. and Marsh & McLennan Companies
7. Co-founded the LGBT employee resource group at his management consulting firm

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