Overcoming Performance Anxiety
When we get anxious, blood flows away from the parts of the brain that help us think creatively, evaluate effectively, and make sound decisions.
Happiness Is…Doing What’s Right
The new happiness movement is about employer-supported volunteerism where employees are the ones involved in doing good in their immediate communities or in the global arena.
Training in Tough Times
We need to ask ourselves those age-old questions that make training and individual trainers invaluable parts of an organization looking to “do more with less.”
Getting Training in Gear
It’s time to reframe the 70-20-10 ratio as a system and engage in inquiry from the perspective of what a performer needs to know, do, and believe.
Your Attention, Please!
How long can we use willpower to force ourselves to pay attention to something that’s just not that interesting?
Continuously Collaborative Cross-Cultural Curricula
Organizations need to formalize a method for continued guidance and support among coworkers, ongoing employee and team development, and metrics of an organization’s evolving cultural intelligence.
Focus on Ukraine
There is a great interest in training programs that address personal development, interpersonal skills, brainstorming, and public dialogue.
Top 10 Time Tips for Trainers
Even if you don’t teach time management seminars, good time management is essential for a great presentation.
My Half-Gallon of Ice Cream Is Only 1.5 Quarts
Subtle shifts can be the most dangerous for us as educators. Perhaps our material has gone flat while we’ve been busy creating ways to engage learners.
Creating Learning That Transfers
Trainers must focus on what they want learners to do at each stage of a learning cycle: engage in the content, participate in the learning, and then activate new behaviors.