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“What have you learned lately?” is an important question to ask your in-house training professionals and the training consultants you are working with. And one more thing – if you are a training professional, why not ask yourself? Learning is important. When trainers are life learners, they bring a lot more to training . ….
I am proud to announce that my article “Four Ways You Are Paying for Training . . . Whether You Know It or Not” has just been published in the November issue of Talent Management Excellence Essentials and is now available to read online. The article provides ample food for thought – and compelling…
Let’s take a look at two professional trainers. In today’s post, we’ll call them Joan and Jack. How Joan and Jack Are Similar Both Joan and Jack are energetic trainers who get their audiences laughing. They will both do whatever it takes – using props or quacking or asking trainees to do silly things – to…
We all know that hiring the wrong training development firm wastes time and money. Yet making the right choice isn’t always easy. Even a firm with a good reputation and an impressive client list might not be just right for your needs. How can you increase the likelihood that you will retain the right firm…
“It is critically important to include industry-specific terms and concepts in your training,” Chris Kirchner stated in the Breakthrough Ideas in Training webinar that he presented for us at Tortal last summer. Chris is Director of ROI Certification for the ROI Institute, he knows what delivers results in training, and his recommendation is very,…
If you’ve ever hired the wrong training company – or for that matter, the wrong supplier, accounting firm or any other business partner – chances are you can look back and pinpoint just how you made the wrong hiring decision. It’s helpful to understand past mistakes, but far more useful to avoid making similar…
Is it more cost-effective to develop and administer your own training programs in house or to bring in an outside training company? The answer is, it depends. If you only need to train employees to improve a few pinpointed, well-defined skills, it can be more economical to develop your own programs…
