E-Learning Glossary Everboarding

Everboarding

Sara Heegaard October 26, 2025 2 min read

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What is everboarding?

Everboarding is a long-term, continuous learning approach to employee growth and development. Teams use everboarding to build an adaptable, motivated, and engaged workforce. The ongoing learning approach creates a growth-oriented company culture, which is critical to long-term organizational success and employee retention. 

Example: Our organization’s everboarding program led to higher knowledge retention, lower employee turnover, and a stronger company culture. 

Onboarding vs. everboarding

In contrast to traditional onboarding, which serves to get new hires up to speed in their first days or weeks at work, everboarding is a continuous learning process for employees at all experience levels. This ongoing training method enhances knowledge retention, engages employees with more growth opportunities, and fosters a collaborative culture. Organizations use everboarding training programs to invest in and support the professional development of all team members. 

How to implement a successful everboarding program

Effective everboarding programs focus on personalized learning, consistent feedback, peer-to-peer learning opportunities, and learning embedded in daily workflow. Learner engagement is key to success. L&D teams depend on powerful course authoring tools, robust learning management systems, and collaborative knowledge-sharing platforms to support employee development at every stage. Ample upskilling and reskilling opportunities create a versatile workforce that adapts quickly to industry changes.

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