August 2015’s Top Reads
More than 11,000 business books are published every year—an overwhelming choice for busy professionals. Therefore, in partnership with getAbstract, Training brings you August’s top three business books recommended to our readers.
Developers of Learning Content Face Uphill Battles
While there are challenges to overcome, a recent survey shows tremendous opportunities to increase engagement and improve maintenance, time to market, and delivery of training and learning content.
Improving Leadership Development: The Time to Act Is Now
Some 36 percent of organizations say their leadership development practices are still below average or poor, according to Brandon Hall Group’s 2015 State of Leadership Development Study of more than 500 organizations.
6 Strategies to Put Continuing Education in Center Stage
Get in the habit of continuing your education by learning something from every person you meet.
Taking Charge of Your Professional Development: The Warrior Way
“The Warriors” are individual contributors who do the right things, the right way. Warriors cherish and embrace learning and new experiences as a way to become the best at what they do.
Healthways, Inc.’s DRIVE to Develop Talent
DRIVE is well-being improvement solutions provider Healthways, Inc.’s eight-month professional development program for high-potential front-line colleagues.
Making the Complex Simple: A Core Learning Design and Facilitation Skill
Too many ideas detract focus. Mixed messages and learning goals bewilder people. Irrelevant details bury key ideas. In contrast, simplicity leads to focus. And focus produces clarity of purpose.
The Cure for Bad Meetings
5 “Do we really need a meeting?” questions you should answer before any meeting.
Instructional Design and the Art of Negotiation
Unless negotiation skills are acquired through other learning programs, life experiences, or on-the-job training, new managers who now have instructional design as part of their roles and responsibilities are likely to be lacking in the art of negotiation.
Strong Brands Are Distinctive
A brand, whether it is a business brand or personal brand, starts to become strong when leaders or individuals decide on what they believe in and commit to acting on those beliefs.