Content about Training

February 28, 2012
Core Competencies: Setting Training Up for Failure?

Letting the Training department assume responsibility for core competencies sets you up for failure. You’re not in a position to implement organizational strategies. What you can do is provide a direct link between the core competencies your organization has chosen and your department’s specific training offerings in terms of employee competence.

By Dan Cooper, CEO, ej4.com

When it comes to training, the “competence” word gets thrown around a lot. The assumption is that everyone knows what it means, but that often isn’t the case. You need to make sure you know which of two definitions you’re talking about, and what the training department is signing up for.

Core Competence

February 20, 2012
Field Tips

Many employees claim they learn best while doing, so they prefer to dive right in and learn as they go when they get a new job or take on new responsibilities. But the most successful and quickest learning on the job takes place when there is a formal on-the-job training (OJT) program—a fact many organizations and managers fail to take into account.

By Lorri Freifeld

Many employees claim they learn best while doing, so they prefer to dive right in and learn as they go when they get a new job or take on new responsibilities. But the most successful and quickest learning on the job takes place when there is a formal on-the-job training (OJT) program—a fact many organizations and managers fail to take into account.

February 17, 2012
New Article: What’s an LMS? Part 2

Lessons learned about Learning Management System implementation, software training, internal marketing, and user adoption from the Training & Organizational Development manager at Multi-Chem.

 

By Glenn Drysdale, Training & Organizational Development Manager, Multi-Chem

February 17, 2012
What’s an LMS? Part 2

Lessons learned about Learning Management System implementation, software training, internal marketing, and user adoption from the Training & Organizational Development manager at Multi-Chem.

By Glenn Drysdale, Training & Organizational Development Manager, Multi-Chem

Recently, I embarked upon an adventure: implementing the first Learning Management System (LMS) in our company. The first article (http://trainingmag.com/article/what%E2%80%99s-lms-part-1) looked at identifying needs, making the business case, choosing a vendor, and obtaining senior leadership buy-in. Here in Part 2, we look at implementation, software training, internal marketing, and user adoption.

January 3, 2012
Soapbox: Paychex Train-the-Trainer Partnership Program

The Paychex Train-the-Trainer Partnership enhances the training skills of a select few business unit subject matter experts, giving them the tools and confidence to educate peers and fellow employees. It also allows the Training Department to become a more integral partner with the business unit, providing support and resources to achieve mutual goals.

By Lisa Green, Training Manager, HRS and H&B Operations, at the Paychex Training and Development Center

Kelly Schnupp never thought participating in a three-month program to enhance her training skills would have such a powerful and immediate impact on the company’s bottom line, but her experience with the Paychex Train-the-Trainer Partnership has left her pleasantly surprised.

November 8, 2011
Evaluating Training Providers

Everyone talks about the benefits of training, but it’s important to identify these benefits in your organization. Then, when you are ready to look at potential training providers, you will know exactly what you should expect to receive from them. Here are the seven biggest benefits of training, followed by tips for selecting and evaluating training providers.

By Hank Moore, Corporate Strategist

Everyone talks about the benefits of training, but it’s important to identify these benefits in your organization. Then, when you are ready to look at potential training providers, you will know exactly what you should expect to receive from them. Below are the seven biggest benefits of training, followed by tips for selecting and evaluating training providers.

7 Biggest Benefits of Training

October 31, 2011
3 Keys to Effective Safety Training

Safety training is an important part of any business. But effective safety training consists of more than locking your employees in a closet and forcing them to watch a video. It needs to include interaction, be engaging, and, most of all, effectively deliver the intended message.

By Michael Rich

Safety training is an important part of any business. It helps to protect your company from costly injuries and keep employees safe.

However, effective training consists of more than locking your employees in a closet and forcing them to watch a video. It needs to include interaction, be engaging, and, most of all, effectively deliver the intended message.

Follow these three tips to ensure an effective safety training program:

October 19, 2011
8 Tips to Fill Your Training Room

As an HR professional, you are thrilled to organize compelling training programs for your employees, but how do you guarantee high attendance and participation? Fortunately, there are a few simple and (mostly) free techniques for filling your training room every time.

By Brad Karsh, President, JB Training Solutions

As an HR professional, you are thrilled to organize compelling training programs for your employees, but how do you guarantee high attendance and participation? No matter how great the program is on paper, if attendance is low, then the impact is lost. So what can you do?

Fortunately, there are a few simple and (mostly) free techniques for filling your training room every time:

October 11, 2011
Big Picture Professional Education Necessary for Company Success

There is a large disconnect between indoctrinating people to tools of the trade and the myriad elements they will need to assimilate for their own futures. Training vendors sell what they have to provide...not what the constituencies or workforces need. Emphasis must be placed upon properly diagnosing the organization as a whole and then prescribing treatments for the whole, as well as the parts.

By Hank Moore, Corporate Strategist

There is a difference between how one is basically educated and the ingredients needed to succeed in the long term. Many people never amass those ingredients because they stop learning or don’t see the need to go any further. Many people think they are “going further” but otherwise spin their wheels.

October 7, 2011
Soapbox: Old Habits Die Hard

Many organizations give tips, tools, and techniques that can help employees enhance their performance and businesses increase their revenue, but most of the time, articles are read and seminars are attended, and that is where the learning stops. It’s not a mistake that the saying goes, “Old habits die hard.” The key to successful learning is training reinforcement.

By Tim Hagen, President, Sales Progress

September 9, 2011
What Does It Take to Be Really Good at Live Virtual Training?

Having access to great technology, content, and even good virtual facilitators proves inadequate for creating and delivering consistent and effective virtual training experiences. The 64-million-dollar question is: Where do you get access to the kind of expertise you need to maximize the ROI of live virtual training?

By Martyn Lewis, Founder and Principal, 3g Selling

July 25, 2011
How-To: Create a Simple Plan for ROI

The training world continues to be all abuzz about return on investment (ROI), but there’s much discussion about how to effectively and affordably do that. Before you design your training, begin with the end in mind. In other words, determine what your business success looks like before you start. You can do this by getting a multi-level perspective on the situation and then determining the scope, severity, and value to the company.

By Kendra Lee

The training world continues to be all abuzz about return on investment (ROI), but there’s much discussion about how to effectively and affordably do that. Before you design your training, begin with the end in mind. In other words, determine what your business success looks like before you start. You can do this by getting a multi-level perspective on the situation and then determining the scope, severity, and value to the company.

May 20, 2011
Resilience: The Foundation of Organizational Success

Scientific evidence supports the fact that to be fully effective, employees need greater soft skills to complement and enhance their hard skills. Becoming more resilient is the soft skill at the very foundation of all other work activity. Discover the seven pillars that serve as the gateway to resilience training.

By Jim Hornickel, Director, Training & Development, Bold New Directions

April 12, 2011
Using Social Media to Evaluate Training Results

Prior to the training, create a forum for communication between participants and trainers. For example, create a Facebook Group with restricted privacy settings or member-only LinkedIn Groups. Continued communication after training allows you to assess participant attitudes and hear about successes or frustrations. The relaxed feel of these sites overcomes the challenges of finding time for a conference call as a post-training activity due to conflicting work schedules.

By Claudine Trontin, Training Account Manager, Signature Worldwide

March 23, 2011
The Case for Embedded Training

According to the “Handbook of Human Performance Technology,” there is a trend to move training as close as possible to the work situation, both to save time off the job and to increase the likelihood that the worker actually will use the new knowledge and skills. Embedded training—which provides instruction in one content area while the participants are working in another—removes the learning obstacle of theory’s passivity when stripped of its context.

By Susan Lesser, Co-Founder and Partner, nPlusOne Consulting

I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand.

—Chinese Proverb

October 1, 2010
Training Today: Products & Services

The latest new training products and services.

>> Nobscot introduced a new version of Mentor Scout, its Web-based mentor/mentee matching and administration program. New tools include: pre-defined mentoring group types that can be loaded onto the system as part of the account setup; support for ad hoc group creation; a group workspace with designated areas for group discussions and Q&As; and group administration control and moderation within the administrative console.

July 30, 2010
Focus on the Netherlands

The Netherlands is a fairly small but populous country with 16.5 million inhabitants and high population density. The country is flat, which is said to be a reason for Dutch values such as openness, transparency, and honesty. The Dutch consider training and coaching to be important tools for professional development. Many trainees have busy jobs and take training very seriously. They want to maximize the return. The higher the education level of the trainees, the more they feel responsible for their own learning. 

The Netherlands is a fairly small but populous country with 16.5 million inhabitants and high population density. The country is flat, which is said to be a reason for Dutch values such as openness, transparency, and honesty. Historically, the Dutch are known to be traders. As a consequence, Dutch people value pragmatism, collaboration, and compromise. 

July 29, 2010
Training Act II

My mentor, colleague, and friend Joyceann Cooney-Garippa always says, "When one door closes, another opens." In my case, I'm thrilled that the door opened to Training, Act II, allowing me to reprise my role as editor-in-chief of Training magazine, albeit from a slightly different stage as I'm now working from home. After 18 years of hours a day commuting to New York City by train, I have to say this is a welcome change.

My mentor, colleague, and friend Joyceann Cooney-Garippa always says, "When one door closes, another opens." In my case, I'm thrilled that the door opened to Training, Act II, allowing me to reprise my role as editor-in-chief of Training magazine, albeit from a slightly different stage as I'm now working from home. After 18 years of hours a day commuting to New York City by train, I have to say this is a welcome change.

March 10, 2005
Software features

Chart of features for TechSmith Camtasia Studio 2.1 and Macromedia Captivate.

Chart of features for TechSmith Camtasia Studio 2.1 and Macromedia Captivate.

July 1, 2004
Before & After

AUDIENCES LOVE THE STYLE OF "WEALTH-STRATEGY" COUNSELORS LAURA AND WAYNE WILSON. THEIR ESTATE-PLANNING SEMINARS ARE CONSISTENTLY FILLED WITH CROWDS HUNGRY FOR HELP ON MANAGING THEIR FINANCIAL ASSETS.

AUDIENCES LOVE THE STYLE OF "WEALTH-STRATEGY" COUNSELORS LAURA AND WAYNE WILSON. THEIR ESTATE-PLANNING SEMINARS ARE CONSISTENTLY FILLED WITH CROWDS HUNGRY FOR HELP ON MANAGING THEIR FINANCIAL ASSETS.