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Training and Workplace Professionals -- Sharpen Your Skills

  • Table Manners: Development. Getting a seat at the table and keeping it are two very different achievements. This article explains the Do's and Don'ts that make this seat yours for the long haul. It provides suggestions for female executives in male-dominated cultures. The article concludes with eight pointers for the first 90 days. T+D, v59 n10 October 2005
  • 12 Habits of Successful Trainers: This Infoline provides background information on the 2004 ASTD Competency Study and weaves its elements into the 12 habits or practices for successful trainers. Armed with the knowledge of designing learning, the 12 successful habits are: prepare for training delivery; align solutions with objectives/needs; convey objectives; use various learning methodologies; facilitate learning; encourage participation, build motivation; establish credibility; manage the learning environment; deliver feedback; create positive learning climate; ensure learning outcomes; and evaluate solutions. Infoline September 2005
  • Build Your Business Acumen: The expression 'business acumen' creates panic for some workplace learning and performance professionals. This article defines the term; explains how training professionals can learn to respond confidently based on their knowledge and understanding of business terms; and defines the pitfalls that will giveaway the lack of business acumen. The article includes a self-assessment tool that tests business enabling skills. T+D, v59 n6 June 2005
  • Performance Excellence Through Partnering: This Infoline asserts that most performance improvement and human resource development initiatives demand working together, partnering, with others within a department, section, or organization to be successful. This booklet helps workplace learning and performance professionals learn to create, develop, and cultivate partnerships of varying kinds such as cooperative, collaborative, formal, informal, and short- or long-term. There are two Job Aids in this issue: Planning the Partnership Worksheet and Effective Partnership Self-Check. Infoline April 2005
  • Getting Directors on Board:  This article presents a conversation about the role of boards of directors in corporate learning initiatives. The article is an outgrowth of a series of NETg whitepapers on board imperatives. NETg worked with the Concours Group to identify 10 questions (included in the article) boards should ask about corporate learning. T+D, v59 n3  March 2005
  • The Inside Pitch: This article emphasizes the necessity for training managers to speak the language of CEOs--finance-- to illustrate the contribution made by the training function to the bottom line. It presents a communication plan strategy along with 12 steps to value success that can change how training is supported in an organization. T+D, v59 n2 February 2005