Training: An Opportunity to Communicate Organizational Values

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Swati Karve

Failure to be ethical in leadership and management leads to immense losses at both the personal and corporate levels. That makes organizational values and ethics important for all stakeholders in the business, including employees, shareholders, and the general public. More »

Practical Advice for Bringing Professional Continuing Education Online

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Brian Giuffrida

The challenge to creating an online continuing education program is how to move education content in a way that provides the best possible learning experience for the student, and the easiest all around management experience for the organization providing the content. T... More »

Draw Out the Best from Each Participant

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Brownell Landrum

In Latin educare to educate means to draw out. But it seems as if education and training are often more focused on a top-down teaching approach, where information is disseminated, than a true drawing-out process in which participants discover the learning through a proc... More »

Consider Contribution Margin to Calculate Training’s Impact

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Carol Decker

A goal of successful business is to choose a course of action that will produce profitable results. In training departments, for example, directives to increase the bottom line can come as suggestions to eliminate certain programs, raise prices, reduce expenditures, or ... More »

Building Rapport with Learners

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Robert W. Lucas

One point to remember when designing activities and planning your delivery strategy is that some learners might be uncomfortable being a focal point in your workshop. This could create challenges if you call upon them to role-play or ask them to share ideas and informat... More »