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Examination Kit Available
Since I wrote The Training Physical in 2010, I have been asked numerous times about creating a kit with all of the worksheets included to conduct a training physical. Well finally this week I pulled out all the stops and … Continue reading
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Creating From Scratch
Most of my work with corporate training departments involve determining how to make the existing training operation more productive. The process of diagnosing the health of the function is separating what is working well from what is not working as … Continue reading
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Diagnosing Progress
With only one week to go, 2012 will only have 10 more months to accomplish our annual goals. If you have made significant progress in the implementation of your training plans for this year I commend you, and if you … Continue reading
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A Visit From Your CEO
Have you ever spoken with someone who is so far in over their head that they are drowning and still unaware of their circumstances? What do you do after running across this kind of person? Do you ignore them, try to … Continue reading
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Accountable Training Department
In the past two weeks I have spoken with 5 CEOs about the health of their training function and if they know how much training is returning on the annual investment. Not a single one had given it much thought, … Continue reading
CEO Evaluates Results
In last week’s blog, An Exercise for the CEO, I was sharing with you the experience of a credit union CEO that I asked if she thought that her training department was returning on the money (investment) being allocated to … Continue reading
An Exercise for the CEO
While talking with a CEO this past week, I asked her if the training department was at least returning on the money spent this past year. She laughed a bit, and said, “I really don’t know.” So I said, let’s … Continue reading
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Is Training Worth Keeping?
In an age of saving every penny possible, and getting back every nickel spent, it boggles my mind why training department managers are not going out of their way to prove that their function should be the last to go … Continue reading
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Make Decisions or Resign!
Making decisions is a skill that too many managers struggle with these days. In general, any manager that cannot make a decision, needs to find a job without management responsibilities. This blog however, is devoted to the health and return on the … Continue reading
Are You Solving or Preventing Problems?
As a Training Manager, have you ever stopped to ask yourself how much of your time is spent solving performance problems versus preventing performance problems? The difference is being a proactive solution provider rather than a reactive solution provider. In … Continue reading
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