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Performance Basics Resources

  • The 2006 ASTD Training & Performance Sourcebook: This training and performance sourcebook contains reproducible activities, icebreakers, assessments, and other learning exercises on topics such as communication, e-learning, management development, personal effectiveness, and sales coaching and training. A CD-ROM of reproducible exercises and activities is part of this book.  ASTD Press Book  2006  ISBN:1-56286-423-8
  • What in the World is WLP? This article seeks to clarify what is meant by workplace learning and performance (WLP) as it relates to the training field. It offers the broader perspective on WLP and how it adds value to the organization. T+D v59 n1 p51-52 January 2005
  • Training Triage: Written for the seasoned trainer, this book looks at the seemingly impossible challenges presented each day from internal and external clients. The book covers how to manage emergency projects dealing with topics such as leadership development, technical and process training, compliance training, collaboration, and coaching. The book includes a CD-ROM with handouts, assessments, and tools that support the strategies outlined in the chapters. ASTD Press Book 2005   ISBN: 1-56286-409-2
  • The Future of Performance: This article reports what is going on the field of performance currently and what is likely to occur in the future. Eight developments are presented based on input from respected and knowledgeable HPI professionals: faster, faster (rate of change and demand); leadership or coup? (meaning the outlook for performance is good now, but it may not always be within the role of HR in the future); get strategic, or be outsourced; new content (no consensus on what the right content is at this time); what are we selling? (the ability to explain what a manager will obtain from a performance consultant); who are we? (being able to define the professional understandably); am I certifiable?; and tool time (the time has come to focus on developing and implementing effective performance tools such as front-end analysis tools.) T+D v58 n8 p26-31 August 2004
  •   Talent Management Tools: Talent management, aka recruitment, succession planning, and overall performance management are the focus of this article. Successful strategies are discussed that include defining job duties clearly, providing technology-enabled tools, and on-boarding and developing employees. The article concludes with a 10-point checklist to use when evaluating your organization's talent management strategy. This article was excerpted from T+D Magazine, April 2004. Learning Circuits v5 n4 April 2004
  • Training Ain't Performance: This book covers the topic of performance from beginning to end in a substantive yet lighthearted fashion. Most importantly, the book defines what performance is and is not and the role of training as one of numerous interventions that contribute to an individual's and an organization's performance.  The book is filled with checklists, forms, and worksheets which complement its content. ASTD Press Book 2004   ISBN:1-56286-367-3
  • Performance Basics: Written for practitioners new to performance consulting, this book emphasizes the practical application of performance improvement. It sets the stage for performance consulting by devoting chapters to each of its phases--finding the root cause,  understanding findings, determining problems, solving problems, and evaluating results. The chapter format displays key concepts, contains exercises, and 54 basic rules of performance consulting. ASTD Press Book  2004  ISBN:1-56286-370-3