MHR, the HR, payroll, and finance software provider, has today announced the launch of its intuitive People First Learning Platform combining HR, payroll, and learning data into one seamless system. Designed to help organisations foster everyday learning, increase compliance, and grow employee skills, the platform is aligned with the latest trends in corporate development, such as personalised pathways, AI-enabled recommendations, and gamification.
While learning and development is crucial to achieving high performance, recent research from MHR found only 29% of employees think their organisation is strong at creating a culture of learning and growth – with this figure decreasing to 23% across leaders. Employers are ultimately unable to skill their people in the right way as they struggle to keep up with the demand for training content and materials. This is leading to them offering a one-size-fits-all approach to training, making it difficult to track an employee’s learning gaps, focus areas, and their overall career progression.
MHR is launching its People First Learning Platform to support employers with managing these challenges, with the learning system including the following benefits:
- Streamlined training: Managers can reduce admin workload by automating training assignments and compliance tracking for teams.
- Foster a learning culture: Employees can be kept engaged with gamification, interactive learning, and AI-powered training recommendations.
- Customisable content: People can tailor their career development through intelligent pathways and playlists to align with organisational goals, department needs, and employee interests.
- Boost the impact of learning: Leaders can demonstrate the value of learning with robust tracking, reporting, and measurable outcomes.
- Complete platform integration: The business can optimise workflows with combined HR, payroll, and learning tools. Saving time and enhancing productivity.
The People First Learning Platform provides customers with access to over 90,000 expert-curated training materials, which will enable employees to automatically map learning experiences to their skills and where they want to focus their development.
Ian Stewart, Chief Marketing Officer at MHR said, “Employers have a responsibility to empower their people to take control of their development, and our People First Learning Platform is enabling leaders to run with this opportunity and ready their organisation for tomorrow. The system’s mobile-first, intuitive design ensures it is easy for teams to use, and tools like AI-driven content recommendations and interactive playlists are proven to not only simplify adoption but boost engagement. The platform is the perfect companion for any organisation aiming to produce a culture of self-development, saving time for employers without compromising on learning quality for employees.”
MHR’s Learning Platform has been in beta phase, already receiving 4.5* on Capterra for Ease of Use, and 4.7* for affordability down to its ability to integrate training and HR, reducing costs associated with managing multiple providers, external training materials, and inefficiencies.
Karndean Designflooring is one of the Learning Platform’s beta users. Gemma Hathway, HR Director at Karndean Designflooring said, “When I joined the team, we were struggling to create a learning culture while ensuring compliance for all our employees. Integrating MHR’s People First platform has enabled us to create a natural feedback loop between training and compliance, and helped employees understand the importance of investing in themselves. We’re seeing an uptick in employees completing training modules, with MHR helping us realise our ambition of embedding learning into our culture at Karndean.”
Ian Stewart continued, “Our People First Learning Platform enables organisations to future-proof themselves against challenges such as fragmented systems, limited integration with HR processes, and employee churn. We’re helping put learning and development at the top of the agenda, ensuring business leaders can prioritise their ability to serve, grow, and retain employees.”
You can find more information on the People First Learning Platform here.
