Improves employee performance with powerful practice and training

The Challenge

Kiavi, America’s largest fix-and-flip lender, is revolutionizing the world of mortgage loans. By combining innovative technology with an experienced team, Kiavi provides borrowers with a seamless, transparent lending experience from end to end.

In the fintech industry, there are loads of complex documents, acronyms, products, and mortgage topics for employees to understand. “Given that we’re basically a bank, a lender, and a tech company, we have really, really deep documentation that we have to train on,” explains Spencer Hilligoss, Senior Director of Enablement. And to keep up with continuous industry changes and product updates, Kiavi needed a way to keep 200 employees aligned and on the same page.

In the early days, Kiavi used a combination of slides, spreadsheets, and docs for training. But for a company focused on simplifying complex processes, that system didn’t provide great consistency or visibility. Spencer reflects, “If there’s a skill that employees are trying to practice, how do you make sure that they’ve actually retained the knowledge?” That’s when Kiavi decided to find a better way to provide learning and practice opportunities that would help employees develop skills they need to succeed.

The Solution

With the help of Seismic Learning (formerly Lessonly), Kiavi transformed the way they deliver dense training material into a more modern, learner-friendly format. And partnering with Seismic Learning’s Services team, Kiavi translated a dry, complex 18-page document into three different lessons that employees now read—and understand. “Within a matter of weeks, people are able to learn stuff that otherwise would have taken a month,” notes Spencer.

Transitioning to Seismic Learning also allowed Kiavi to review employees’ top searches, helping identify the most accessed content and where more training was needed. These insights have helped the team regularly update training content so that it continually helps improve rep performance. “You’re not going to find an easier LMS platform to actually deploy, to implement, and to get people to use,” Spencer shares.

And Kiavi employees agree. “The first time we got into a lesson, it was just very clear and very concise,” notes Denise Tuesta, Professional Development Lead. “At the end, I was like, ‘Oh, I finally understand these updates.’ It was kind of life-changing in that way.”

Asked about their favorite Seismic Learning feature, the team overwhelmingly agrees that Seismic Learning practice tools are game-changers. With Seismic Learning, employees practice their sales pitches and receive feedback based on a consistent evaluation rubric. Now everyone has the same definition for a five-star pitch. “The practice [tool] is amazing,” exclaimed Emily Krauss, Professional Development Specialist. “The customer experience teams are going to get huge value from practicing and performing our Kiavi pitch.”