Monthly Archives: May 2011

The Three C’s of Successful Training Organizations

If you’re in the fortunate position to build a training organization from scratch, you have a unique opportunity to avoid and/or leapfrog all the traditional characteristics of training groups that keep them from having a seat at the table in strategic discussions on the organization. If you were to build … Read more

Reinforce Learning Through Storytelling

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin Trainers bring a full tool box to reinforce content: small group work, role plays and a myriad of experiential learning techniques. It’s really hard to monitor a role play across the range of … Read more

For SMBs, 5 Ways to Offer Learning that Sticks

Posted on by Jay Forte

Great companies take extreme measures to hire the right people for the right jobs. They know not everyone is great at every job and that the best results come from aligning employees to jobs that need their particular combination of talents, strengths and passions. So while many organizations work hard … Read more

Stock Boy to Tech Mogul: The First Jobs of Tech Billionaires

For many tech billionaires, the pleasures of easy money, private jets, and business empires was a distant dream when they landed their first job. Many of these billionaires started off small and worked their way up the entrepreneurial ladder. (Click image to enlarge)

4 Ways to Boost Training Retention and Memory

Whatever the field in which you’re training or being trained, there’s one thing that can improve the experience – a better memory. Whether the subject is chess,  computer coding or cookery, better recall will help students reach mastery sooner and with fewer headaches. So are you simply cursed (or blessed) … Read more

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