Training Today: Tips for Leaders in the Facebook Age
By Ken Comée, CEO, Badgeville
To nurture top performers,leaders need to borrow from the many user experiences and shifts in employee motivation that social media culture has surfaced. Some tips:
Training Today: Tech Talk (Sept./Oct. 2013)
>>Westinghouse Digital introduced a new lineup of digital LED-based whiteboards consisting of four models, ranging in size from 55-inch high-definition units through an 84-inch 4k (Ultra-HD) model. The digital whiteboards feature the proprietary CVT Touch 6 Point Infrared Touch System, which provides interactive control and detects touch points quickly and accurately.
Becoming Your Best Self
By Anne Dranitsaris, Ph.D., and Heather Dranitsaris-Hilliard.
There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstances permit. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.—Art Turock
One-to-One
Last week, my phone rang, and when I answered, a woman cheerily said, “I just wanted to let you know the One-to-One training subscription for your iMac is set to expire next week. Did you want to renew?”
“Expire?” I thought incredulously. “It’s a year already?”
Best Practices: T&D Transformation
By Neal Goodman, Ph.D., President, and John Schieman, Vice President, Global Programs and Marketing, Global Dynamics, Inc.
The ubiquity of information networks and mobile computing is transforming the nature and quality of global learning. More than ever, learning is now a continuous process, delivered through just-in-time training and other techniques that maximize value.
Continuous Learning
World View: Focus on Canada
By Dr. Neil Orkin, President, Global Training Systems
Niagara Falls, hockey, diversity, fairness, low crime rates, incredible wildlife, Michael J. Fox, clean and beautiful cities—Canada is famous for all that and more.
How-To: Create a Training Infographic
By Kendra Lee, President, KLA Group
Like the phoenix rising from its ashes, an infographic is the rebirth of what trainers have been using for decades: the job aid.
Last Word: Constructive Criticism for Managers
By Michael Rosenthal, Managing Partner, Consensus
Q: Our organization touts the value of “coaching up,” yet our employees find it difficult to give their managers constructive feedback. What do you do when it’s the boss who needs coaching in a certain area? How can a direct report achieve the results he or she wants?
Soapbox: Riding the Technology Wave
By Marty Nowlin,Vice President, Human Resources - North America, ManpowerGroup
We are living in a time when the world of work is changing, when the only thing we can be certain of is uncertainty. These changes have affected the workplace and have led to the evolution of what we today call The Human Age.
Soapbox: It’s All About the Manager
By Ross Tartell, Ph.D.,Technical Training and Communication Manager – North America, GE Capital Real Estate
Business spends billions of dollars on training—more than $55 billion in 2012 alone, according to Trainingmagazine’s 2012 Industry Report. But does this enormous investment produce the desired results? Many would say no, a perception buttressed by the fact that 80 percent of training content is not applied to the job.