The expectations on leaders of training organizations to improve business performance requires them to understand how to create and deliver content that positively influences the learner's behavior.
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The corporate learning landscape continues to change and develop at light speed. Business demands and competitive pressures are forcing professionals to learn "in the moment."
Imagine a typical course on a technical topic: Learners enter the room; sit for hours passively listening to an instructor slog through a slide-heavy, text-heavy, lecture-based course; then walk out with their heads spinning. It doesn’t have to be this...
As a trainer, it is common to hear complaints like these from sales reps: “I don’t have time for training.” “By the time I get back to my territory, the information is obsolete.” “I need the information just before a sales call.” “Training...
At a recent conference I attended, the opening speaker stated We are living in a world of blur; I reflected on this statement and wondered to myself, how do we as learning and development practitioners make an impact in this rapidly, ever-changing
A learning professional must be able to separate fads from trends. The ability to distinguish between the two allows the professional to avoid jumping on a bandwagon versus becoming an organizational thought leader.
An immense amount of money is being invested into training employees and for good reason. No matter what industry you are in, technology can only take you so far. Employees ultimately drive a company’s innovation, growth, customer engagement and profits.
Science has been the driving force behind human progress for the past 400 years. The scientific method has produced dramatic advances in most human endeavors including medicine, communication, manufacturing and transportation.