What Is Coaching?

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At its heart, coaching is about change. And as most organizational learning professionals know, goals for learning and change go hand in hand. So how can coaching advance the goals for workplace learning? Recent research in the neurosciences has shown that it doesnt tak... More »

The Fundamentals of Adult Learning

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Linda Russell

Although learning has always been a part of the human experienceoften through necessity as much as desire or aspirationsome broad principles for guiding and facilitating adult learning in particular have emerged over the past 40 years. Drawn from the work of Malcolm Kno... More »

Creating Value for Your Organization—The Way Forward

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Karen Mantyla

Perhaps youre successfully holding on to your training dollars and have not had to deal with major cuts to your training budget. Perhaps you have been struggling to keep your training budget intact and are being forced to do more with less. Or perhaps your situation lie... More »

Transitioning to HPI: Three Lessons I Learned in the Trenches

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Moneta Lester-Taylor

Many of us in training and development are facing tough times right now. In this era of economic uncertainty, many organizations cut spending for training first because it is not perceived as adding value. I know this from firsthand experienceI lost my instructional des... More »

Designing Interactive Training

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Lisa J. Downs, CPLP

Good design is the essence of effective negotiation training, and it is a critical part of meeting the needs of learners and the client organization. Careful thought about the readiness, learning styles, and training needs of potential workshop participants will help to... More »