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Having sound wisdom from someone who has walked in your shoes and who can offer fresh, experienced perspective is key to aligning your career goals with your passion. For this reason, I choose to be that person for others.
As a training professional, you spend much of your time focused on the career development of others. But what does your own career path look like? What are your prospects as a training professional, and how are training roles evolving? Read on to find out.
There’s a reason that creativity features in the majority of organizations’ values. Companies that fail to evolve face extinction. Preventing this extinction is important, but creativity also attracts and retains talent.
The buzz about the gig economy is certainly fueling the excitement of going solo. Good news: The timing is right. Here are three reasons why.
We all know the saying, “If you build it, they will come.” That’s not necessarily true for all L&D professionals and the learning cultures we try to build. Fortunately, we have some insight into the issues that may be holding your learning culture...
The art of managing up and down — simultaneously — is not easily mastered. It takes perseverance, communication, leadership, continuous learning and, most prominently, balance. If you’re a new training manager, it’s easy to become overwhelmed.
Although my daily routine has changed from being in a room full of energized and hungry students and athletes, my routine today is similar when you consider that it involves teaching, mentoring, coaching and leading “big kids”!
Just as instructional designers look to subject matter experts (SMEs) when creating training programs, organizations are beginning to look to SMEs to fill training management roles due to their comprehensive knowledge.
You have impact that goes up, down and laterally throughout your organization. What you do has a ripple effect. You are influential, and you should use your influence to make an impact.