Note: This article excerpted from Building Business Acumen for Trainers: Skills to Empower the Learning Function and is used with Permission by the Publisher, Copyright2006 John Wiley & Sons. Listening is an essential skill for selling T&D in an organization. Li... More »

Learning & Development , Sales Enablement

Beginner Level Content , Engagement

Much of the research on leadership development focuses on the individual who already is in a leadership role. But what would happen if the focus was on those in pre-management roles and helped leverage their development for future management and leadership opportunities... More »

Career Development , Human Capital , Learning & Development

Career Development , Career Planning , Competencies , Engagement , Intermediate-level Content , Leadership Development , Measuring and Evaluating , Trends

The challenge of implementing ROI and evaluation in a comprehensive and sustained way requires a range of responses, including capacity building, competence development, the adoption of new methods, and changes in processes and behaviors. For many practitioners to susta... More »

Human Capital , Learning & Development , Senior Leaders & Executives

Change Management , Engagement , Europe , Human Performance Improvement , Measuring and Evaluating , Training and Development - General

How much a learner gets out of training has a lot to do with how much a trainer puts into it. In addition, learners tend to appreciate training more when they feel what they are learning is valuable to them in some way. So before you begin a training session, consider w... More »

Learning & Development

Coaching and Mentoring , Delivering Training , Engagement , Innovation , Managing the Learning Function , Students , Training and Development - General

E-Learning projects are different than traditional learning projects. In general, the key word that describes this difference is MORE. An e-learning project is actually two projects: a software project combined with a performance enhancement ("training") project. That m... More »

Global Human Resources Development , Learning & Development

Designing Learning , E-Learning , Engagement , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Managing the Learning Function , Training and Development - General