As training and development professionals we realize that training is not a cure-all, so we shouldn’t say yes to all training requests. But how do we determine when to say no? More »

Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives

Managing the Learning Function , Designing Learning , Delivering Training , Training and Development - General

Ensure your training program is relevant and timely by focusing on its end before you even begin. In his book, Identifying and Managing Project Risk, Tom Kendrick writes that project failure can be attributed to one of three causes: The project was actually impossible, ... More »

Learning & Development

Managing the Learning Function

We know good facilitation skills: Ask don't tell, and encourage discussion among participants, not just between you and the participants. An instructor needs to play devil's advocate to challenge people's thinking. Yet when they move from the traditional classroom to th... More »

Learning Technologies

Delivering Training , E-Learning , Engagement , Managing the Learning Function

Many trainers have probably spent at least one all-nighter in a hotel room, as our team recently did, scrambling to put a complex instructor-led training program back on track. We had previously discovered that wireless access to the custom enterprise application was no... More »

Senior Leaders & Executives , Workforce Development

Business Impact , Designing Learning , Human Performance Improvement , Management Development , Managing the Learning Function , Training and Development - General

Without lengthening the workshop, trainers can easily incorporate movement into standard activities such as discussions in pairs and group activities. The first step toward using movement in a workshop is setting up the room. Make sure chairs and tables are set up to fa... More »

Learning & Development , Learning Technologies

Delivering Training , Engagement , Managing the Learning Function , Students , Training for Multiple Cultures