As we go about the business of identifying performance needs and designing, developing, and delivering training for clients, we focus on the learning requirements. After all, we are the sponsor of learning, and the champion, the steward, the expert in learning and train... More »

Human Capital , Learning & Development

Assessment , Business Impact , Delivering Training , Designing Learning , Human Performance Improvement , Measuring and Evaluating

Mentoring programs can be an important part of the human performance technologists toolkit. The history of mentoring may have its beginnings in Greek mythology when Telemachus left his son in the care of a wise man named Mentor. Defining what mentoring is, and what it i... More »

Career Development , Human Capital , Learning & Development

Career Development , Career Planning , Coaching and Mentoring , Human Performance Improvement , Informal Learning , Managing Organizational Knowledge

Fill a room full with training and development professionals, mention the word design, and expect a heated discussion with views all over the map--from hardcore Skinner behaviorists trying to condition every response to designers who advocate creating structured chaos, ... More »

Learning & Development

Beginner Level Content , Delivering Training , Designing Learning

Isnt it amazing how masterful we can be at denial, procrastination, and avoidance, constantly making excuses for why we arent accomplishing the goals we say we want? A lot of energy gets wasted in this department. Usually there is far more talking and not enough doing. ... More »

Human Capital

Beginner Level Content , Career Development