Calling All Trainers: We Are Learners Too!
Consider me your accountability coach. I’m here to challenge your thinking . . . specifically, to challenge you to give yourself the same energy you give to your learners.
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5 Tips for Training the Untrainable
Your materials are prepped. You’ve practiced the content inside and out. You’re ready to deliver a best-in-class training program. No matter how prepared we may feel, our profession is guaranteed to present us with the unexpected. So how do we pivot when faced with learners who don’t see value in the program, who don’t buy in to this timely investment? How do we train the untrainable?
HRTV: An Interview with Taner Topcu, Director of Academic Zone at RAKEZ
Taner Topcu, Director of Academic Zone at RAKEZ (the leading government authority operating in Ras Al Khaimah) explains the quality assurance decision making for a world-class investment destination. RAKEZ is a world-class Authority established to consolidate Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone (RAK FTZ) and…
From a Training Culture to a Learning Culture
By Stephen Gill Companies have long thought of employee learning as something that happens in a classroom, delivered by a trainer away from the worksite, with content and activities selected by an instructional designer. Managers, as well as trainers, have come to believe that good…
HRTV: An Interview with Irfan Hafeez, CEO of Human Development Solutions
Irfan Hafeez is a CEO of Human Development Solutions, the company which primary focus is to create value/results through alignment, execution & continuous development of organization’s most valued asset, its people. USP created via structured solutions that engage, inspire and motivate. Prior to that Irfan…
What Makes Training Great?
It isn’t easy to create effective learning events. If it were easy, there would be little need for instructional designers—everyone would build their own learning events.
The APTD: Why I Did It, and What I Got Out of It
I did not go to school for talent development—I was thrust into the role of trainer, and I liked it. It turns out this was the same path as some people who built learning and development at some major companies, so much so that there is a term for it—we’re called “accidental trainers”.
Ten Disruptions We Can Expect in HR Technology For 2018
What HR technology can we expect to see (if we haven’t already) in 2018? And what disruptions can we expect them to introduce across management lines? Keep reading to learn more about the future of HR, and what we can expect from tomorrow.
Avoid These 5 Mentoring Program Mistakes
Not all mentoring programs are successful. So what goes wrong? Here are five mistakes you want to avoid.
5 Marketing Tools L&D Can’t Live Without
Some may argue that the marketing industry and the learning industry have little in common. The two industries have their differences but share an underlying goal: to influence how others think and behave.