March’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 March’s top three business books recommended to our readers.
Improving Learning Transfer
Interval training reinforcement solutions provide spaced repetition learning as both a pre-training and post-training intervention. It generally is being implemented through purpose-built software applications. Some deliver the information via daily e-mails, while others have sophisticated interfaces that also incorporate game mechanics to amplify employee engagement in the learning.
Searching for LMS Satisfaction
Learning management system (LMS) solutions are underperforming in the eyes of the organizations that use them, according to an annual LMS Trends Survey conducted by research/analyst firm Brandon Hall Group. Less than half of the 457 survey respondents give their LMS solution high marks in terms of overall value for the price they pay.
Change Your Life Over Lunch
In today’s fast-paced, get it done NOW world, wouldn’t it be nice if you could create the life you really want in roughly the same amount of time it takes to walk to the nearest sandwich shop, order your food, scarf down your pastrami on rye, and get back to work? Realizing true happiness, fulfillment, and contentment begins with understanding who you are and how you’re wired to excel.
Case Study: Emerson Network Power Uses DACUM to Identify Job Responsibilities
The company’s precision cooling training team partnered with Dr. Robert E. Norton, DACUM International Training Program director, and others at the Center on Education and Training for Employment at The Ohio State University (CETE/OSU) on the use of Developing A CurriculUM (DACUM), an approach to job analysis that determines which tasks must be performed by a given occupational area.
Afni’s Coaching Model
Front-line supervisors are called coaches at contact center provider Afni. The Afni Coaching Model (ACM) is a behavioral-based strategy for coaching that has become fundamental to development at all levels of the organization. All coaches, management, and support staff are immersed in the ACM methodology.
The Test Most Executives Fail
Too many executives overanalyze a $25,000 investment in an idea intended to increase revenue, but pay little mind to hiring a salesperson with a $25,000 salary whose job is to increase revenue, as well. Top-performing companies view their sales teams in a completely different way. They recognize that each salesperson represents a revenue investment made by the company.
Change Employee Habits Through Better Communication
Before you embark on a training program, make sure you communicate the reason for it, whether it’s to increase customer satisfaction, increase sales, or something else entirely. Explain what the employees’ role in the training is, what they’ll be expected to do differently as a result, and how. By doing so, you’re giving them the tools to learn and succeed.
Are You Prepared for Success?
The path you may have chosen when you graduated from the university has taken many detours. So what is in your toolbox? Yes, education is key for the first tool to fill the box. But what else to you need to succeed, especially as a leader?
The Olympics of Business
The Olympics are a metaphor for understanding what is happening throughout the world in terms of the global economy. But how do we ensure that not only does our team stay in the game but also that we win our share of medals? The starting point is the alignment of the organization to a higher purpose that inspires and to which people are willing to give their total commitment.