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Stefan Schulze

Stefan Schulze is Content Marketing Manager at Masterplan. In the blog, he explains important terms from the L&D and HR world and writes about methods, concepts and developments in corporate learning.

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Hybrid Onboarding: The Ideal Balance of Online and On-Site

Online vs. on-site, live vs. on demand, analog vs. digital – with this mix, your hybrid onboarding works!

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Remote Onboarding: How to Integrate Into Decentralized Teams

How to integrate new colleagues into the team and build up their motivation despite physical distance.

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Digital Onboarding: Virtual and Efficient Integration

Why digital onboarding is more than PDFs and PowerPoint slides and how to make it successful.

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L&D Trends 2025: AI, ROL and Edutainment in Personnel Development

What is promising? What remains a hot take? We show you five L&D trends that you should follow!

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AI Skills: What Employees Should Be Capable of in the Future & How They Learn It

Which skills are necessary to exploit all AI potential and how you develop them.

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The MDA Framework: A Gamification Checklist for Successful E-Learning

How to successfully design gamified learning content in continuing education? With the MDA Framework!

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The Octalysis Framework: More Learning Motivation through Gamification

Discover eight motivators that encourage your employees to engage in learning!

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Bartle's Player Types and What Role They Play for Gamification in E-Learning

Achievers, Explorers, Socializers and Killers? This is how they improve your internal training!

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AI in Personnel Development: 7 L&D Tasks for Artificial Intelligence

Learn which to-dos AI can take over and get 10 L&D prompts you can use right away!

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Impactful Communication: Achieving Success in the Workplace with the SLOW Model

Wann Kommunikation erfolgreich ist und wie alle Mitarbeitenden wirkungsvoll kommunizieren können!

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Data Literacy: Data Competence are an Essential Skill for the Future

Learn why data is more promising than your gut feeling and how to read numbers correctly!

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Adaptive Learning: What It Is & How AI Supports It

Is adaptive learning and AI the solution for successful upskilling? Find out here.

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Mandatory Training: The 10 Most Important Questions and Answers

Which topics are important? And which formats are efficient? Find out this and more in this article!

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Corporate Learning: How the Whole Company Learns and Benefits

Further training and a fruit basket? Find out why corporate learning is not just a perk, but a must-have!

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Company Learning Culture: How to Build It Sustainably

Find out why and how a positive learning culture ensures the future viability of companies.

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Strengthen Employee Retention: Important Measures & 3 Practical Tips

Less recruiting, more motivation: Find out why and how employee retention pays off!

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Training Emotional Intelligence: 10 Tips & Exercises for Daily Work

For better communication and more efficient work: Learn how to increase the EI of your employees!

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Leadership Development: Definition, Methods & Practical Tips

Individualized and with specific training: This is how you develop employees into leaders!

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Developing Leadership Skills: 7+1 Competencies for Better Management

Learn what leadership skills are important and how to develop them in yourself and your employees.

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LMS vs. LXP vs. LEP: What Are the Differences and Benefits?

Learning management system, experience platform or engagement platform? That's what differentiates them.

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Skill Gaps in Companies: How to Analyze and Close Them

The skills gap is growing! This is how you identify and fill the skill gaps of your employees.

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Upskilling: The (Future) Solution for Companies & Employees

What upksilling is, what it does and why you should start today rather than tomorrow.