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By Allison Horak, Trainer and Employee Development Consultant, People Development Systems As trainers, we regularly provide relevant training for workforces. Some of us (hopefully!) also have the opportunity to participate as a student in training ourselves, for personal development and resume building.

By Maria Mazursky, CEO of TourDeFIT.com

By Kathleen Brush A strategy is a plan—a unique plan because when it’s executed, it cannot lose. It is the creation and execution of strategies that allow leaders and their departments and companies to succeed today and tomorrow. Being able to identify or create the elements of plans that cannot lose is a valuable skill that should be present in the skill set of every leader. Strategies are created using a process that revolves around defining the five elements of a strategy hierarchy. From top to bottom they are:

By Shawn Achor As I learned during my stint in the Navy, a weapons system can have the fastest missile in the world, but if it’s not locked on its target, it will whiz right past it. Similarly, at work you can have all the success accelerants you want, but if you aren’t on the right trajectory, you won’t accomplish what you want to accomplish.

By Kapil Bhasin, Senior Vice President, Learning, Indecomm Global Services Many independent training companies, as well as internal training departments, find themselves in the position of reacting to their clients’ needs on a one-off basis, making revenue growth and planning a challenging proposition. To overcome this, we in the learning services industry must redefine and evolve the nature of our relationships with our clients. This, in turn, will change the nature of our business from that of an occasional provider into a strategic partner.

By Andrew Mullaney, Curriculum Developer/Senior Trainer, City University of New York- School of Professional Studies The rollout of a training program can be a substantial undertaking for training professionals. Program management of an upcoming session may include everything from assembly of materials and documents to the scheduling of sessions to the actual delivery and reporting of results back to the key stakeholders.

By Julie Winkle Giulioni, Co-Founder, DesignArounds Have you ever noticed that the first four letters of the phrase, “career development” spell “care”? Coincidence? I think not. Because even beyond words on a page, care is at the very core of authentic and effective development. Unfortunately, career development doesn’t receive the care many employees need to feel valued, satisfied, and like they’re moving forward. As a result, too many organizations see engagement and results suffer.

By Teresa Taylor  Following a keynote speech on creating a unique customer experience, I was approached by a guest who asked, “How do you do it?” As I started re-summarizing my speech, she interrupted and said, “No, no, no. How do you balance your work and home life? You seem like you have it so together!”  I have been asked that question endless times, and as my career advanced to the corner office, men and women became even more inquisitive. 

By Floyd Adler, Training Account Manager, Signature Worldwide TRAIN:To teach, to guide, and to prepare—also, to do exercise or preparation; an order of occurrence designed to lead to some result; to direct the growth, to aim at an object or an objective.

Edited by Margery Weinstein