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By Barbara A. Trautlein, Ph.D.         

By Al Switzler, Co-Founder, VitalSmarts Have you ever felt frustration or disappointment about the amount of change that resulted from your training initiative? At the end of the training, you knew the participants learned the material—they shined on the cognitive assessment, performed like professionals in the practice sessions, and received gold stars on the behavioral test. And yet, when you saw them at work in real situations; surveyed their usage of the skills; and looked at the metrics you were trying to move, there were few shiny, gold stars.

By Doug Lipp

By Marty Neumeier The metaskill of learning is a form of metacognition, or “knowing about knowing.” It’s the self-awareness that comes from observing what you think while you’re thinking it. It tells you when and how to use a particular strategy to solve a problem or address a challenge.

By Stacey Harris, VP, Research, Brandon Hall Group

By David Brookmire, Ph.D.

By Dr. Kathleen Brush

By Samantha Howland, Senior Managing Partner and Executive Development Director, DSI

By Lynda McDaniel, Co-Founder, The Book Catalysts, and Founder, Association for Creative Business Writing. In the classic film noir, Double Indemnity,Edward G. Robinson plays an insurance investigator who foils Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyk’s scheme. How? He listens to his intuition. “Every month, hundreds of claims come to this desk,” Robinson says with rapid-fire delivery. “Some of them are phonies. And I know which ones. How do I know? Because my little man tells me … The little man in here” (pointing to his gut).

By Tim Toterhi Business leaders are fond of comparing talent acquisition and retention to physical confrontations, most notably, the war for talent. Few, however, demonstrate the dedication required to prepare their organizations for such encounters.