Best Training Practices News and Updates

Starbucks, Nike, and the Race for Results (Training Tipsheet Reprint)

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:30:53 GMT

When I recently picked up a "bookmark" of tips on how to get ready to enter a 10K run, I realized a lot of their basic tips were also good fundamentals for corporate training -- especially for the "professional amateurs" who are in charge of most of the training in most of our organizations.

New "Other Writing" Page

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:29:07 GMT

In addition to the articles and reprints you can find on my own site, I contribute articles to other blogs and article directories. Visit my "Other Writing" page to see some of my other writing, on a variety of business topics, from freelancing to career change to changing employee behavior.

Send Your Boss to Training (Training Tipsheet Reprint)

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:14:41 GMT

Executives, department/divison heads, and front-line employees often get the same core information through separate tracks. But when the boss takes the "regular" training, many benefits follow . . . as this example from one bank's CEO will show.

Change Drivers and the Training Function

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:37:02 GMT

This exercise helps you and your staff to jumpstart strategic planning.

Major change drivers in the external environment affect the needs of your internal customers, with powerful impacts on how you can serve the rest of the organization with training and employee communication.

This page gives you instructions and forms for this planning discussion. This is the exercise referenced in my Training Tipsheet article on "Realism About Resources," also available on my web site.

Realism About Resources (Training Tipsheet Reprint)

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:32:56 GMT

My recent survey of corporate training leaders about how they plan to respond to broad, external change drivers led me to wonder how their responses would be received by the leaders of other functions in their own organizations. Truly managing resources is an important step in earning the respect and support of your colleagues . . .

Is a Seat on the Bench Better than a Seat at the Table?

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:33:50 GMT

Leaders of corporate training functions are fond of talking about how much they want "a seat at the table," to be welcomed at the highest levels of the organization. While it's great to be a starting player, it might be even better to be on the bench, playing a supporting role . . .

Training Evaluation, Enhanced Impact, and a Hint from my Dental Hygienist

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:50:28 GMT

From The Training Tipsheet of June 12 . . .

Replacing your evaluation questionnaire with a much simpler format can not only give you good information, it can enhance the impact of your training . . . especially if you take a tip fro my dental hygienist!

Are You An Efficionado? (Training Tipsheet)

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:48:54 GMT

If you could reach maximum possible efficiency in delivery of training and employee communications, in terms of costs and speed, would you be doing a good job for your organization?

(Reprint from the May 28 Training Tipsheet.)

Win More Friends with Bite-Size Morsels

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:09:52 GMT

The May 14 edition of The Training Tipsheet has been distributed, and the reprint is available on my web site. This article recommends overcoming the habit of delivering training and employee communications in large lumps, that breaking things down into bite-size pieces is both more effective communication and less of a strain on the rest of the organization.

In short, more gain, less pain!