Why Workplace Training Shouldn’t Get the Summer Off
It’s well past the start of summer, but does workplace training take a holiday too? Each year in July and August, class scheduling seems to slow. The common rationales: “We need to work around all those vacations.” “What day is the company picnic?” “Who wants to do training during the slow … Read more
What Business Can Learn from Remote Teaching
A futurist’s out-of-the-box ideas on how education should develop provide inspiration for the training programs of today. Among the proposed solutions to America’s much-discussed crisis in public education are merit pay for teachers, more charter schools and curriculum reform. But recently the blog of The Futurist magazine offered a less … Read more
Mindflash CEO Donna Wells: How to Make Online Training Pay Off for Small Business
In case you missed it: Susan Johnston’s interview with Mindflash CEO Donna Wells on the Intuit Small Business blog, about how changes in technology have made online training a powerful new management tool. Great insights here on why, when, and how managers can to take advantage of the new tools. Here’s … Read more
5 Essential Business Terms for Learning Leaders
We learning leaders often spend too much time trying to educate stakeholders on the language of training and development – and merely hoping that if our CEOs better understood what we do and how we do it, they would be more willing to allow us to do what we do. … Read more
Overcoming 3 Common Objections to Training Needs Assessment
While we all expect our doctors to ask lots of questions, examine symptoms, and base their diagnosis and recommendations on these data, in the business world we often shun this critical step the moment we encounter resistance from clients, SMEs, or managers who would rather fast-forward to business results. Read more
