Categories: Employee Training

While this blog generally focuses on issues relating to employee training, looking at how to best bridge the gap between training and performance proficiency. I’d like to talk a bit about the “beyond training” big picture.  There is of course always a healthy discussion of training costs, as well as how to best determine the…

Today, I am going to take a step back and talk about how to train an employee. I’ve spent a lot of time focusing on the specifics behind training, like gamification, learning patterns and training models. But let’s be frank – all of that is just technical jargon if you don’t understand the reasons behind…

L&D spending is on the rise, a new survey has reported. According to a survey conducted by Chief Learning Officer magazine, allocated budgets for employee training and development is have increased, in order to meet the needs of an aging workforce and develop a younger generation of employees. CLO notes that even though  the training funds have…

John R. Aberle wrote an interesting post over at Yahoo Finance  about some tips for more effective employee training.  Aberle writes using stories (“stories engage the imagination”), getting learners engaged in the training (get them to tell you what they are taking away from the lesson as a review of what you covered”) and repetition…

New ideas are always trying to push their way into the forefront of training, and I often do not want to touch on them until they’d had a chance to speak for themselves, and prove themselves worthy. Just like a field of crops, sometimes you must let a topic sit fallow for a while in…

Training employees is no easy task, and it’s also not a cheap one either. So much time and money is spent on training new employees that companies have felt the impact after this recession. Companies have found themselves between a rock and a hard place because the two aspects are tied so closely together. Staff…

Blogs are useful and important to communication. They have the power to reach the masses. They also allow us express our views on any and every topic in existence. Blogs even influence how we produce and perceive business strategy for employee training. With the power to influence comes the power to TRAIN. Because of the…