Trainual wrapped: This year's top templates, latest releases, and wildest moments

Peep this special edition of The Manual Weekly featuring the templates you couldn’t get enough of and moments that had us cracking up (okay maybe tearing up, too). Plus, the newest features that helped us work smarter and get more done in 2024.

Welcome to The Manual Weekly – LI Edition, the can’t-miss newsletter for business leaders. You’ll find snackable bits of news highlighting emerging trends, actionable resources, and proven best practices that can help take your business to the next level.

This week’s special edition must-reads:

• The must-have templates for the year ahead.
• The most laugh-out-loud, share-worthy content of 2025!
• The standout features that sparked conversation this year.
• And our most defining moments of 2024.

Five templates to help you smash your 2025 growth

If templates had a Spotify Wrapped, these would top the charts: most downloaded, most loved, and most likely to make your 2025 a smash hit. From onboarding and hiring to processes and decision-making, here’s your ultimate playlist for peak performance:

1. Hiring Process Checklist Template.
2. New Employee Onboarding Process Template.
3. How To Document a Process Template.
4. Leading and Managing Remote & Hybrid Teams Process Template.
5. Decision-making Guidelines Template.

Eye-catching content that made you laugh (and relate)

The 2024 box office didn’t disappoint! (Did you catch Dune and Wicked?) While we may not have Timothée Chalamet headlining, we're rolling out our purple carpet to showcase our favorite videos of the year:

• POV: managing “things on your plate”.
• The most awkward Zoom call ever.
• What it’s like keeping SOP’s in Microsoft Word.

And don’t miss our top episodes from the Inside The Process podcast (templates included):

• How to land your next top performer with Marlowe Everett.
• How to make training stick (and not suck) with Sara Berry.

The features that made everyone go, “Did you see that?!”

Over the past year, we’ve been on a mission to sprinkle some serious magic on your training experience! ? Check out our 2024 fan favorites — these are the must-have upgrades you’ll want to snag for your account as you strut confidently into 2025.

Equip your leaders with the tools they need to create and improve effective training.

• ?? Let AI generate full tests?for you in a click.
• ?? Set content update reminders.
• ?? Create dynamic flowcharts?that link to best practices, people, and more.
• ??? Train your team in other languages?like Spanish, French, Portuguese, and more!
• ?? Restore old policies and processes and see how your training evolves over time with version history.?

Drive accountability, compliance, and productivity across your team.

• ?? Boost accountability with unlimited e-signatures?on all content.
• ?? Maximize productivity and prevent information overload with personalized training paths.
• ?? Ensure employee and HR compliance with 350+ pre-built premium courses?— created by experts and ready to share.
• ?? Use the Delegation Planner??to visually map out responsibilities as your team grows and changes.
• ?? The Trainual mobile app?got a makeover.

Remember when? Our fave Trainual memories from 2024!

?? Playbook 2024

Playbook 2024 passed the vibe check — whether you were into playing pickleball, hiking, or relaxing with a massage, there was something for everyone. If you're getting a little F.O.M.O, don't sweat it! Be one of the first to get the latest updates on Playbook 2025 and snag the best prices by joining our waitlist.

?? Our annual retreat

Flashback to our epic Flagstaff retreat! Grand Canyon views, good vibes, and all the team bonding you could ask for. We came back recharged, refreshed, and more connected than ever — ready to crush it together and make big ideas happen!

?? Trainual volunteers

This year, our team packed 2,781 bags of food for children in local school districts — proud of our crew! ?? Psst...our Employee Volunteering Policy Template can help your organization make a meaningful impact too.?