Microlearning is a skill development resource for managers that's integrated into the 15Five platform. It's designed to empower HR leaders and organizations to enhance employee engagement, performance, and retention by investing in their managers through bite-sized training content. All managers and admins in companies on the Total Platform plan have access to Microlearning.
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Access and availability
⛔️ Required access to Microlearning.
👥 This article is relevant to Account admins and Managers.
📦 This feature is available in the Total Platform pricing package.
What is Microlearning?
Microlearning in 15Five is a powerful tool designed to help managers build critical skills through bite-sized, practical learning—right in the flow of work. Each video-based course includes interactive content that follows proven adult learning principles: managers learn best practices, engage in reflective exercises to reinforce those skills, and receive the resources they need to apply what they've learned in their day-to-day roles. This continuous, in-the-moment development helps managers grow without stepping away from the work that matters most.
Why we created Microlearning
We introduced Microlearning to our platform because we know how valuable improving manager effectiveness is on the three outcomes that are most important to HR leaders: Engagement, Performance, and Retention. These are the things that get the attention of the rest of the executive team and impact the business in a substantial way— and the best way to move the needle on these outcomes is through more effective managers.
Managers are vital to the success of your business. For example:
- Up to 70% of an employee’s engagement at work can be attributed to the quality of their manager (Gallup).
- One in two employees have left a job to get away from a manager (Gallup)
- Companies with effective managers were up to 2.2 times more likely to outperform their industry peers in terms of revenue growth (McKinsey)
For the managers themselves, having the resources to continue their development is also a key lever in retention and engagement, as development opportunities remain a major reason that top performers either take or leave a job.
Benefits
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Easy to use: Microlearning is designed to be short and within the flow of your work with easy access within the 15Five platform, where managers are already using tools to help them lead their teams.
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Integrated: The Microlearning content compliments the other features found in the 15Five platform so that you can immediately put new learnings into practice.
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Curated: Microlearning was developed using research-based best practices on people management, grounded in our core management competencies. With Microlearning, your managers get the training materials they need without being overwhelmed with the training they don’t.
Roles and Visibility
Microlearning is available to account admins and managers whose companies are on the Total Platform pricing plan. Microlearnings are well-suited for team leaders and first-time, struggling, and/or high-performing managers.
A manager's course completion is only visible to the manager themselves. For analytics, reporting, and visibility, we recommend upgrading to our Copilot & Content plan.
Related resources 📖
- Help Center article 💡: Access Microlearning courses
- Help Center article 💡: Assign Microlearning courses to managers
- Help Center article 💡: On-demand Microlearning course library