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How do I know if a compliance platform will actually engage employees?

Look for platforms with interactive training, gamification, and feedback tools. Employee experience should be part of the demo and trial process.

Are gamification features really effective in compliance training?

Yes, when used well, gamification features tap into motivation, encourage friendly competition, and make compliance feel less like a chore.

What should I consider if my workforce is remote or global?

Choose a platform with mobile access, multilingual support, and flexible delivery methods (e.g., microlearning, video, e-learning modules).

How do I get leadership buy-in for a more engagement-focused compliance platform?

Show the ROI - this is something that is hard to argue with. Engaged employees complete training faster, retain knowledge longer, and reduce compliance risks.

How long does it take to implement a new compliance platform?

It depends on the company size and complexity. Many platforms offer phased rollouts or pilot programmes to minimise disruption.

What’s the biggest mistake organisations make when choosing a compliance platform?

Focusing only on meeting regulatory requirements without considering usability or employee experience which leads to low adoption and, essentially, a wasted investment.

Who needs a compliance software solution?

Any business that operates under regulatory requirements (for example, healthcare, manufacturing or finance), or ones that want to reduce risk and improve oversight.

How do you manage company policies?

Keeping on top of regulation and making sure that policies reflect the latest changes can be easier said than done. Agreeing and then articulating each policy is a time-consuming process that needs business-wide input to master.

A strategic approach is needed spanning problem emergence, agenda-setting, consideration and then the selection of policy options.

Once drafted and approved, corporate policies need to be accessible and easy to understand. Then once read, employee attestations must be sought to confirm business-wide understanding. In certain cases, for employees to fully understand, policies need to be available in their own languages, especially if they are not proficient in other second languages they speak. The final step is regular monitoring to ensure your company and your people are in check.

Where does policy management go wrong?

Most companies use word-processing tools to write and amend their corporate policies. Then drafts are exchanged over email, with all the version control and tracking issues that entails. Then once signed-off, policies are emailed to employees. Finally, employees attest that they have read and understood each policy – again by email.

This approach is inefficient, fragmented and most importantly, makes it very difficult to track who has attested to what and may prompt regulators to ask some serious questions about compliance processes.

How do I know if a compliance platform will actually engage employees?

Look for platforms with interactive training, gamification, and feedback tools. Employee experience should be part of the demo and trial process. When it comes to employee engagement, relevance is key. Some polices are relevant to all staff while other policies should to be targeted to employees based ondepartment role or seniority. At Skillcast, this is automated. For example, new joiners automatically recieve the right policies and attestations based on whether they are line managers/their job titles.

How can RegTech help manage policies?

Luckily, there are RegTech solutions that can help address these challenges. Policy management platforms are a proven and cost-effective means of creating, socialising and driving attestation for up-to-date corporate policies and demonstrating constant compliance with moving regulation.

Our Artificial Intelligence Digital Assistant (Aida) allows employees to simply ask a question and get an instant, contextual answer, instead of having to reread entire policies. This really boosts engagement and efficiency. In terms of ensuring policy understanding and referencing, Aida is a valuable partner.

RegTech systems can automatically notify corporate policy owners when their policies need to be updated and reviewed, while changes can be instantly cascaded to respective teams and employees. They can limit who accesses which documents, meaning that the right employees engage with the right subject matter. And they can even control the format and language too.

Perhaps, most importantly, employee completion can be analysed according to geography, department and level. That helps you target your resources to where they are needed most, boosting compliance levels and ultimately saving you time and money.