Often I am asked by candidates about professional development opportunities at AVIXA, and I am always happy to describe how we prioritize this benefit.  As an organization, we try to promote internal advancement through a designated learning and development budget, tuition reimbursement for formal studies, as well as a mentorship program.   A recent article in CNBC highlights that learning and development perks are very important to employees, but not necessarily valued by executives.  I would have assumed that organizational leaders would want to emphasize advancement for retention purposes, as that the investment into employees' development will benefit the company in the long-run, but apparently many companies' programs are either of poor quality, use ineffective methodology (like catalogs of in-demand courses) and/or require time outside of normal work hours to pursue.  A more strategic investment by companies is critical to upskill employees to be successful in the future. 

What has your organization done to promote learning and development efforts for employees?