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How to Turn Your Training Department into a Profit Center “We just hired a new training development company,” the CEO of a retail company told me recently, “and we’re going to be paying a much higher cost for our training than ever before. It better work.” I appreciate that executive’s concerns. After all, increasing expenditures…
You have a group of trainees. You have things you want to teach them – skills, behaviors or information you want them to absorb and use. That’s the usual situation before most companies start to design training. But what kind of training will most effectively deliver the knowledge you want to teach, and in the…
It’s tempting to think that employees will like your training because it gives them a chance to kick back and get away from their desks. But in reality, your training is probably causing conflicts like these for your trainees: “I get 100 emails before lunch every day, some of them critically important . . ….
There’s no doubt that hiring the wrong training development firm can cost you time and money. And the most difficult part is, it is often not enough to simply hire a firm with a good reputation and good references. The bigger question is whether the company you are considering is the right one for your…
By Evan Hackel 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 in my experience, it almost always costs much more money when companies decide not to…
There are many compelling reasons to deliver your training directly to your employees’ cellphones. To cite just a few . . . Mobile training can be conveniently delivered to large numbers of employees who work in multiple locations There is no hardware cost, and no need to install a training center for employees to use…
The days and weeks after employees start in your facility management department represent a time of unique opportunity. Can you teach them new systems and skills? Of course you can. But have you also stopped to consider all the other important goals you can reach during the onboarding period? To name just a few, facility…
We are pleased to let our readers know that this article by Evan Hackel has recently been published in TrainingIndustry.com. We are pleased to reproduce it here for you, with permission. Five Secret Benefits that Only Training Can Provide by Evan Hackel Training creates a company that operates better, because employees have superior skills. But…
Do you have older training materials that you would like to update? Or would you like to create a new training course on your own? If so, we have some great news for you. Actually, we have two pieces of great news, so read on . . . First Great News! Tortal Has Introduced the…
by Dan Black, VP Learning Strategy, Tortal Training The world of training is infatuated with games today. Everyone seems to have gotten the idea that games motivate learners to get more involved, to learn faster, and to retain more information – gamification, the new buzz word of learning industry. I’ll share a secret with…
