The Difference Between Coaching and Training
We’ve all heard it. We might have even said it. It usually sounds something like, “This training was no good—people are still doing things the wrong way.” Sometimes it sounds …Read More
8 Management Mistakes And How To Avoid Them
Recent studies from Gartner and LinkedIn highlight employee skills gaps as one of the top contenders for the 2023 employee crisis. Between the great resignation, talent shortages across many sectors, …Read More
How to Build Work Community: A Step-by-Step Guide
People are funny. They are filled with contradictions they don’t even realize, and these are woven into our workplace communities.
On the one hand, Gen X’ers and older employees feel that …Read More
Top 5 Benefits Of Training Programs For Employees
During the two years of the global COVID-induced lock-down, the world went virtual: Virtual reality, virtual training, virtual workplaces, virtual live performances. At first, the world wondered, “Would it work?” …Read More
How To Run Effective Meetings
A 2021 study by Reclaim.ai found that since the COVID-induced shift to working-from-home, the average business professional attends 70% more meetings weekly than in 2018. In 2021 professionals spent almost …Read More
3 Best Virtual Team Celebration Ideas That Inspire
As Martha and the Vandellas and, later, Van Halen sang, “Summer’s here and the time is right for dancing in the streets!” The USA, France, Canada, Burundi, the Solomon Islands …Read More
5 Key Qualities of Effective Instructional Design
If you are spearheading your organization’s implementation of a new policy, process, or system, don’t wait until a month before go-live to start thinking about your training needs. Custom processes …Read More
The Instructional Design Process: A Step-by-Step Guide
Growing up, it seemed that all the working adults had titles that were short and easy to understand: doctor, nurse, teacher. These days, titles have gotten longer and more ambiguous: …Read More
Instructional Designers vs Auditors: Partners In Learning
A few months ago, a client’s training department underwent an audit. The external auditor, an intelligent, analytical, and somewhat cynical man, asked, “Why bother using instructional designers to create the …Read More
10 Tips for Improving Employee Time Management
If you want to enhance your employees’ time management skills, the process is simple: send them to the training provider that offers the best value for a generic course. Hundreds …Read More
Microlearning vs. Macrolearning: Which Is Right for You?
Women’s fashion in the 1800s was characterized by maxi-dresses which came all the way to the ankles. By the 1940’s, skirt lengths crept to mid-calf with the introduction of the …Read More
The Instructor Guide: The Essential Resource For Any Trainer
If you have ever hired anybody, you know how tricky the process can be. First, you have to locate candidates. Then, you need to down-select to two good candidates. Possibly, …Read More