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Here is a story about a company that has the simplest possible philosophy for orienting new hires . . . “Our goal is to get them into a chair as fast as possible and get them going,” the head of HR explains. At that company, onboarding new hires means enrolling them in the health plan,…
Can you think of a company that doesn’t have any clients or customers? Frankly, we can’t. When we asked an executive we know to name a company that didn’t have any clients or customers, he thought about it for a few minutes and then said, “A company that uses robots to dig mines on Mars,…
xx Every company pays for training. They can pay for it up front or pay for it through poor results at many times the cost of doing it right. It does cost money to train your employees. But it almost always costs much more money when companies decide not to train their workers….
When you approach a training development company with an organizational frustration that needs to be addressed, it’s easy for most vendors to say, “Yes, we can fix that.” At Tortal Training, we probably can solve your problem, but we never start with that assumption. We dig deep to identify root causes, and consult with your…
At first glance, you might think that designing bilingual training is simple. You have a workforce that speaks both English and another language, so you make sure your training materials are offered in two languages. But the fact is that if you are a training director at your company, there are several kinds of bilingual…
If you are already using a Learning Management System – and you should be – you are already enjoying a number of benefits. You know how many of your employees are enrolled in each of your training courses at any time. You know who has completed those courses, and how well they have done on…
Franchise executives are among the smartest businesspeople anywhere. They need to master a range of disciplines that include entrepreneurship, branding, marketing, supply chain management, retail and POS technology, negotiating real estate deals, and many others. But have you noticed that when it comes to training, even very capable franchise leaders sometimes seem to have…
If your company needs to train a defined group of employees who perform a specific function – retail salespeople, automotive service writers, front-desk hotel employees, food handlers – it is tempting to hire a training company that has a program that is ready to go. You call the company, find out what the training costs,…
“If you aren’t measuring it, it probably isn’t happening.” – Evan Hackel, CEO, Tortal Training Evan Hackel is right. If you’re not measuring what your training is getting done, chances are nothing is changing. That means that if you are not using metrics to measure the effectiveness of your training, you have probably agreed…
You visit the website of a company that offers a Learning Management System and it looks terrific. There are screenshots of menus and reports, images of people who are happily learning, and quotes from delighted users. It looks good. But should that level of information convince you that you have found the LMS that…
