By Jennifer Birch Marketing might seem like a completely different world for those in Human Resources (HR), as it is centered on attracting customers to the company, rather than its prospective and current employees. Despite this difference, both still cater to a company’s stakeholders, and…
By Mehmet Baha We had a common friend. That is how the music band leader got my mobile phone number and called me. A few days later I found myself in a studio in Berlin, Germany. A producer, who was working at one of the…
By Mehmet Baha Imagine how heavy it is to carry 30kg military backpacks. They wear these backpacks around the office. They also eat military ready meals in the office that many people would not even touch. Reading actual letters from overseas soldiers to their families…
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.
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?
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…
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…
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…
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.
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”.
