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
How to Network Effectively: 5 Essential Tips
When it comes to preparing us for adult life, schools do a pretty good job. We learn basic skills like reading, writing, and mathematics and advanced skills like critical thinking, …Read More
What’s New with What’s New?
The holiday season is nearly upon us, which means that party season is also about to kick into full gear. Between workplace and club end-of-year parties and friends’ holiday happy …Read More
Not Your Father’s Compliance Training
Every year, employees in countless organizations engage in the “check the box ritual:” They attend mandatory training to comply with safety, financial, or legal requirements. In the past two decades, …Read More
Short, Sweet, To the Point, and not Rambling On and On…
Jim Rohn, the American entrepreneur and philosopher, famously said, “The more you know, the less you need to say.” If you really understand something, you can summarize it in a few …Read More
Is Your Custom Training Hitting the Mark?
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
The Annual Gift-Giving Guide
An interesting contradiction exists in the business world today: Stories abound about how businesses are allowing less and less travel. Between the high cost of gas, the increase in terrorism, …Read More
Is Your Training Program a Help or a Hindrance?
A recent operation on my foot required being on crutches for a few weeks. My lack of mobility gave me time to reflect. Naturally, I was dismayed to learn that …Read More
To Agree or Not To Agree?
It doesn’t take much detailed research to know that most US citizens are frustrated with the domestic political process. Since 2011, the combined total of bills enacted into law was …Read More
Does your training suffer from New Years Resolution Syndrome?
What is the most crowded day at your neighborhood gym? January 2. After the end-of-year holiday binging, New Years presents the perfect time to put one on the straight-and-narrow of …Read More