Reuben Tozman of edCetra Training puts forward a vision for the future of learning/training professionals.
In a nut shell; if what you're doing isn't strengthening the network that drives the performance of your company, stop and do something that does.
"Stop talking about "performance support" as though it were a job aid or a little something you use to support a training effort. We need to start talking about performance support as though it were the very essence of what we do and look at training as something that may be used when required." Via Sam Burrough 
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Are you approachable? Or have you unwittingly locked yourself into comfortable patterns and habits that are making you boring and impersonal? If you have, then it might be time to change! 
This is a guest post by Jason Womack, author of Your best Just Got Better—a book designed to show you how to make your best even better, how to achieve more in work and life, and how to sustain those changes over time. 
Team members always love and admire a player who is able to help them go to another level, someone who enlarges them and empowers them to be successful.
I recently shared a few quotes on mistakes here. And based on the comments, they seemed to strike a chord for many of you. I believe you can’t have too much instruction on the value of mistakes. 
This Is Not a Coffee House – It Is a Coffee Cup House Training has/had that same issue. Problems with the label. Training There is Training – and then there is Training 
Training professionals often make two mistakes without ever realizing it. By simply acknowledging them, we can begin to improve performance quickly and easily — and without any new training programs. 
To build on the "trust" theme from my last post, here's a guest post from performance coach Darryl Rosen: Leaders and managers spend a lot of time and effort figuring out how to develop their people’s talent, shape their performance, and motivate... 
Social Media - Fad or "Business as Usual"? 
There is no question that habits are important parts of our lives. We do many things in our lives not from conscious decisions, but from habits. So understanding how habits work is essential. 
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More reaction and, this time, extraction from Karl Kapp's new book on The Gamification of Learning and Instruction. Learn 10 basics about gamification in this quiz. Via Sam Burrough 
When this message posts on the blog, I will be driving along the Columbia River that borders Washington and Oregon, en route to Pullman where I went to college. A nice little road trip to a place that means a lot to us.
In his book Focus: The Future of Your Company Depends on It, marketing consultant Al Ries gives a tremendous illustration: The sun is a powerful source of energy. Every hour the sun washes the earth with billions of kilowatts of energy. Yet with... 
Many would argue that leading a virtual team requires the same leadership skills and attributes as leading a traditional team. 
One constant challenge for learning professionals is being able to demonstrate the return on investment of their training programs. A number of methodologies have been proposed to address this problem. Six Sigma, The Impact Measurement Framework, and ADDIE are but a few. All of these solutions typically begin with some type of needs analysis and conclude with some kind of reporting mechanism. The needs analysis portion of these methodologies are often supported by tools, templates and/or checklists that are intended to help ensure that all of the right questions are asked. 
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work for an organization and not have a boss breathing down your neck? 
Without organization, order, and peace, you will never be great at your job. Disarray and emotional turmoil will suck the creative juices right out of you. You will become unfocused. You will be much less efficient. 
Ready or not, here they come!... 
I was with a group of 8 managers. They hired me to coach and develop along with them what they called “techniques and systems to motivate their teams”. What I called The productivity of our people is dropping and we have punished them, yelled at... 
Posted in Leadership DevelopmentIn today’s business world, time is money. Because of this, it’s smart to institute regular performance appraisals, commonly known as a performance review. 
Habits will always be with us. Some good. Some bad. But how do you replace bad habits with good habits? More importantly, how often do we ask ourselves if what we are doing is really just a habit? We are less intentional than we think we are. |
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