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How to Conduct a Personal S.W.O.T. Analysis

This analysis process is used to capture information about your internal strengths and weaknesses, as well as external opportunities and threats. It can help you think about your career like a business and yourself like a product.

Invest in Developing New Employees’ Soft Skills—And Protect That Investment

The key to protecting your development investment in your new young talent is making young employees co-investors in the learning process.

Learning & Development’s Role in Preserving (and Enhancing) an Aging Federal Workforce

A look at the public sector’s succession planning challenges, as well as Learning & Development’s role in overcoming them.

How WWII Mathematicians Can Improve Your L&D Strategy

Abraham Wald and the big brains of the Statistical Research Group (SRG) helped to win WWII with math and logic. We can use similar tactics to win the battle for budget and resources in corporate learning and development.

Anticipation

What often gets in the way of mid-level performers rising to the next level? Most new and mid-level performers do not ANTICIPATE what will happen next!

Training Top 125 Best Practice: Commercial Cookery Apprenticeship at Crown Resorts Australia

Completed over three years by applicants who satisfy rigorous selection criteria, Crown Resorts Australia’s Commercial Cookery program addresses the shortage of appropriately skilled chefs in Australia.

Ace Center for Excellence: “Where Customer Service Is Our Language”

Since Ace Hardware’s beginning 90-plus years ago, it has had leaders who were clearly focused on creating a culture that lived “helpful” every day.

10 New Year’s Resolutions for Professional Trainers

Resolutions can become elements of a professional contract, not just a good intention. They should be infused into our performance standards and incorporated into our accountabilities.

January 2016’s Top Reads

More than 15,000 business books are published every year—an overwhelming choice for busy professionals. Therefore, in partnership with getAbstract, Training brings you January’s top three business books recommended to our readers.

L&D’s Important Role in the Employment Value Proposition

The manner in which an organization manages its Employment Value Proposition (EVP) affects success in performance/productivity, attracting talent, engaging talent, retaining talent, customer satisfaction, and many other indicators.

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