5 Employee Training Tips to Follow in the New Year
Do you have plans to hire new employees in the new year? Are you looking forward to doing so with the idea that it will help take your company to the next level? Do you have some reservations in regards to what it takes to train employees with a high level of success? Although no […]
How To Transform Training With Gamification
Don’t confuse gamification with turning learning into a game. The latter often falls flat and results in learning experiences that are cringeworthy and a bit childish. The former, on the other hand, is a strategy that has been proven effective in the classroom and the workplace. In fact, a Colorado Technical University case study showed […]
How To Make Millennials Into Managers
As the tides of time set more and more baby boomers on the pathway towards retirement, millennials are rapidly taking over America’s labor market in greater numbers. Few of today’s business owners or experienced managers know how to cultivate millennials into the next generation of leaders, however, and even fewer know where to turn to […]
Classroom delivery
I’d like to find out whether in any of your organisations both past and present there exists/existed a standard number of days an internal consultant should be delivering classroom-based Learning. Currently, we are working with 3 days per week. This seems extremely excessive and counter-intuitive to the other work that should be ongoing such as preparing for delivery; […]
How To Nurture A Culture Of Training And Learning
When it comes to running your business, there are few things as important as inclusive, well-executed training programs that instill in your employees a desire to be life-long learners. Inspiring your workers to constantly improve their skills and shoot for higher goals is vital towards your company’s long-term success, and something that managers shouldn’t be […]
Sales training programmes and business objectives
For many businesses, the sales function is a critical part of their business growth strategy and research shows that while most businesses recognise the need to continually develop that resource, they aren’t always clear how to do it. As a result, what happens is that they apply a one-size fits all approach to sales training […]
How To Give Your Employees The Training They Need
Plenty of corporate managers and small business owners alike rack their brains constantly for new employee training techniques, and for good reason; there’s nothing of more importance to a company’s success than a highly trained and dedicated workforce ready to make it valuable on the marketplace. Employee training programs often stall, however, and it can […]
Providing bespoke training materials
Hi, I’ve just started a business that creates bespoke training materials. We don’t actually do the training ourselves, though we can provide a lot of support to help clients set up their training provision. I’d love to know what people think, and whether we should market our services to businesses that already do training courses, […]
How To Fix Training Fails
Every leader with a storied career has faced an employee training failure at some point; acclimating new workers to your office environment can be an extraordinarily stressful and difficult task, so the occasional mix-up or error is only to be expected. Nonetheless, good managers know they should always be striving to do better. Still, many […]
Change management video
Hi all, I’ve been preparing a change management training (primarily for top and mid level managers). My aim is to make it as practical as possible. 1) Could anyone share some case studies that worked well in this kind of trainings, please? 2) It’s going to be a 2 day training, where I would like […]
8 Reasons Your Training Presentation Isn’t Working
You know your content inside-out. You’re a good presenter – you know how to work the room, and encourage your learners. But was that a sigh you heard as you transitioned to the next slide in your presentation deck? Here are eight mistakes you’re probably making if you get that sneaking suspicion your training presentation […]
How To Fix Your New Hire Training Process
You’ve done it; your company is up and running, even bringing in a profit, and every day the ranks of your team swell with new, excited employees. But something’s missing; the most frequent complaint, it seems, is that your new hire training process is lackluster, and in dire need of reform. So what’s a good […]
How To Train A Sales Team From The Ground Up
In a market dominated by big data analytics and targeted advertisements that seem to know more about consumer’s habits than they do, it can be challenging for managers and business owners to try and develop their own sales teams. Creating and maintaining an effective team capable of bringing in more business isn’t impossible, however, and […]
Qualifications for L&D Professionals
Beyond the obvious CIPD Level 3 and TAP Certificate, what qualifications would you recommend for L&D professionals? We are looking at ILM Coaching, and psychometric testing qualifications such as MBTI. I’d be really interested in your views on qualifications that you have found useful or that you look for on a CV thank you Chris […]
12 Tips In Training An Ecommerce Staff
Starting an ecommerce business is one of the most exciting opportunities out there for any entrepreneur. With ecommerce expected to grow up to $25 trillion by the end of 2018, it’s a great way to make money in our economy. Whether you’re selling stock images or wood sunglasses, there are plenty of ways to start […]
How To Improve Sales of Your Training Programmes
You may be a solopreneur. You may be part of a larger organization. And what you have are some amazing training programmes. Not only do they have the latest and greatest conceptual frameworks and curricular content. You have incorporated cutting edge interactive technology, even some VR, and the feedback from your testing of a few […]
Focusing on Trainable Skills for Sales Teams
For sales managers, there are two sets of skills to examine both during the hiring process and beyond. Those are skills that can be taught and those that cannot be taught. Some of the skills and personality traits that cannot be taught include drive, integrity, and self-awareness. If those kinds of traits are not already […]
What works in corporate coaching?
The first point that we have to consider is an obvious one: does coaching actually ‘work’? And doesn’t that depend on what we mean by ‘work’? For most people in the corporate environment, having something ‘work’ means seeing an increase in performance, or retention, or engagement, or job satisfaction. For coaching, it means solving a […]
Cross-Departmental Mentorship: Does it Really Work
Every employee should be enrolled in a mentorship program as soon as they are welcomed to your team. Matching junior team members to the right mentors is essential for their long-term success. The best mentors may not be in the employee’s own department. E. Wayne Hart points out that the best mentors are highly inspirational. […]
New Hire Training Mistakes You Never Want to Make
Are you in the process of training a new employee? Do you have a system in place for helping this person become acclimated with their position, as well as the company as a whole? Are you concerned about making mistakes that could hold you back? It goes without saying that there are new hire training […]
