Infographic: Microtraining & How To Do It
How To Develop Training Strategies for Creatives
Creativity. It is that human thought factor that results in virtually every innovation known to mankind. It is what brought us the light bulb, the telephone, the computer, and virtually every piece of technology that has been bestowed on humankind. It is what drives a society or an organization forward, whether it is the design […]
How to get your coaching program to Carnegie Hall
There’s an old joke that goes like this: a pedestrian in Manhattan stopped Jascha Heifetz, a famous and incredibly talented violinist and, in the mid-1950’s, a household name. “Excuse me, ” the pedestrian inquired. “Could you tell me how to get to Carnegie Hall?” “Yes,” said Heifetz. “Practice, practice, practice!” — I think everyone would agree […]
Coaching models explored: PESOS
As part of Tim Hawkes’s continuing series exploring coaching models, he takes a look at one called PESOS. This model is particularly suited to clients who have a strong need for hands-on experience when learning, or who might be more analytical by nature and like to have something empirical to hang on to, rather than […]
How to Enable Employee Leadership in The Workplace
It’s no longer enough for growing companies to train employees in the skills they need to do their jobs. Team leaders and managers must also help their people develop leadership skills. After all, when current leaders move upwards, they need people who can move into their roles. The time to develop these important skills isn’t […]
Coaching models explored: CIGAR
Tim Hawkes kicks off his series looking at the many coaching models out there by examining the CIGAR model. Coaching Models When you embark on the development of a coaching culture for your business, it’s important that you have a good toolkit at your disposal. Over the coming months, we will be taking an objective […]
Three Keys For Network Marketing Success
It’s clear that we’re in changing times when it comes to how business is carried out. For example, the baby boomer generation, which consists of close to 80 million people, are on record saying that they’d be open to starting a business — according to studies. The day of the 9-to-5 being the end all […]
How Google Creates Impactful Employee Training
Businesses today spend more on employee training than ever before, but the results have failed to keep pace with spending. Every worker can recount being sent to some seminar or classroom and listening to some hotshot drone about some topic, only to forget what was being said 30 minutes later. Google is looking at this […]
How to Train Employees on New Technology
LearnTech 2018 is almost here – so, with learning technologies on our mind, I thought it would be useful to take a look at something that many training providers ask: How do I train employees on new technology? It’s happening. Finally. After months of research, IT teams wrangling with executives, and more demos and trials […]
Are you getting the most out of your role-players?
Emma Jowett tells the community about the benefits of role play and drama-based training. Drama-based training, namely role-play, can make a huge impact in businesses across all industry sectors. It’s no surprise really that actually feeling best practice in action is typically much more effective in developing behaviours than simply talking about it in a […]
Company Training and Relocation For All Employees
In a global economy, more companies are relocating more employees to different locations. While telecommuting can allow businesses to connect with experts in ways they never considered before, sometimes you need feet on the ground in a particular location. Sending employees on a trip requires one level of organization, but if you’re relocating employees for […]
Coaching Subordinates on Decision-making Heuristic
Decision-making consumes a tremendous amount of cognitive energy. Over the course of a day, hundreds of minor decisions can lead to mental fatigue. Most workers use a number of decision-making short-cuts to minimize the amount of cognitive energy they expand throughout the day. These shortcuts (or heuristics, as my capstone instructor in business school referred […]
Why Businesses should invest in employee training
Employee training has become more significant over the years. In 2014 alone, it was estimated that spending on training and development had risen by 15%. The truth is companies are slowly coming to terms with the fact that trends are changing and at a fast pace. Currently, the millennials fill most workplaces and they come […]
10 Hacks to Improve Your eLearning Programme
You offer great elearning products. That’s the first step. However, in order to have a successful e learning program, you have to create and deploy a successful marketing program. Your goals will center around the following: Creating engagement on social media Boosting traffic to your website Earning great reviews and referrals Getting email subscriptions Converting […]
Chunking – the efficient way to store information in your brain and succeed
You can’t learn a complex skill instantly. Your brain has to break down incoming information into manageable, bite-sized ‘packets’ in order to embed them into your long-term and muscle memory. The number of steps depends on a number of factors, including intelligence, interest in subject matter, and learning environment (learning in a dance studio versus […]
Mental health training for line managers
Training staff for marketing roles
To do marketing properly, you need access to a huge skillset. We demonstrate this with a list of ten of the major career streams for marketing graduates. The list shows that marketing training can be a great investment for almost any business. For each of the different marketing roles, a business can hire an expert, […]
GDPR: Myths and Misconceptions for Training Teams
Is your training business ready for the incoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? It’s the dramatic and far-reaching regulation that offers individuals stronger protection and control over their personal data. But the broad and all-encompassing nature of the regulations – and what GDPR means for training companies – means they’re shrouded in myths and misconceptions. […]
Who should learn online?
Before someone invests in an online or cloud-based course, it’s worth checking to see if that person is a good fit for the learning format. The advantages of studying online are great, not the least of which is the pure convenience. But certain personal attributes are required to make it work. Let’s consider the qualities for […]
Building A Cloud Based Corporate Training System
For over a decade now, eLearning has been the most preferred model over physical classrooms for corporate training programs. These training systems have traditionally been software-based because of the sheer bandwidth required to store learning packages and to access them. But there have been a few developments in the recent past that have made cloud-based […]
