Training Up: Why Executives Need to Be Trained Too

For quite some time, executive training was in steady decline. Since the 2008’s recession, training budgets were cut significantly and executive education was not considered high priority. Now, however, executive education is on the rebound. So much so that business schools are dedicating significant time and resources to executive engagement. The movement to see leadership

3 Effective Training Delivery Methods You Need to Know

Organizations use all kinds of training delivery methods to improve the skills and qualifications of their personnel. However, it’s also worth remembering that different training delivery methods have different features and weaknesses. So if your organization is currently looking for a better way to instruct its personnel then here are three options that it should

5 Key Training Strategies That We Will See More of in 2015

With the year’s end drawing near, I wanted to look ahead at some of the key trends that I think we will see more of in 2015. Let me know what you think. Virtual Classrooms Virtual classrooms incorporate all aspects that media can provide – it can include accessibility (mobile, tablet, and computer users can

3 Training and Career Development Challenges You Need to Overcome

All organizations have to contend with training and career development challenges. It’s just part of the work of building up a skilled, loyal and highly engaged workforce. Different companies may face specific variations of such challenges, but ultimately, these challenges boil down to a specific set of problems that involve the long term costs and

Best Training Articles of the Year

We’ve seen a lot of development in the world of employee training in 2014. Whether increased adoption of micro learning and performance support, to the spread of mobile learning and the utilization of Big Data – so much has been written about that I think instructional designers, learning technology managers and L&D professionals, in general,

5 Continuous Learning Tips That Worked For Me

For many years, most companies haven’t been embracing continuous learning. Training was always viewed as one time event, where employees completed a course, learned new techniques and then went back to their jobs where everything went back to normal. However, this is no longer the case today, companies are now working hard to implement a continuous learning

Improving Training Performance

Today, many organizations are focusing beyond the traditional competence development and are adopting to more commercially focused performance fundamental values that are known to improving training performance. This shift in focus has linked business investment development to a much improved performance and higher returns to initial investment. In order to achieve the best training performance,