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Training Without Words

Training Without Words I, and about 30 million of my “closest friends” watched this summer’s Olympics. I was totally amazed as .01 seconds was all that separated the gold medalist from the silver medalist in some events – .01 seconds! … Continue reading

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Can-Can’t, Will-Won’t

Although this sounds like a dance move, its’ really a great approach to use when your clients want a “training fix” for each and every one of their employees when they’re “not doing what they’re supposed to be doing.” This … Continue reading

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Climate Change in the Learning Environment

Setting the learning climate is nothing new – it’s just been tossed aside due to “not enough time” or “not important enough to include.” Yet when we ask trainers (especially SME’s) what they want to get out of our train-the-trainer … Continue reading

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What can Aikido teach us about training?

I don’t know much about martial arts. So when the subject of aikido came up as it relates to training at a recent facilitator training, I was intrigued. I began to ask myself, “How does aikido relate to training?” Aikido … Continue reading

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Make it Matter: An invitation to our L+OL Manage Class…

We had a fast and idea filled start to our certificate workshop yesterday. Everyone did a great job of not letting the technology get in the way of why we were there. We invite you to extend the benefit of … Continue reading

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Instructional Objectives: Friend or Foe?

When I was first taught  how to write behavioral-based instructional objectives, my initial reaction was, “You have GOT to be kidding!” It seemed such a vast waste of time to include all four elements (write from the learner’s point of … Continue reading

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The Role of the Training Coordinator is Changing!

Years ago the job of a training coordinator was very much an administrative function in the department – but not any more! Today’s training coordinators are the GLUE that holds the department together.  They are meeting with outside vendors, coordinating … Continue reading

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The Trainer as Peak Performer

Jean Barbazette and I recently conducted a webinar entitled, “The Trainer as Peak Performer: Scale the Heights.” During this highly interactive 60 minutes, we discussed and received feedback from our participants on the following characteristics of peak performers: Transcend their … Continue reading

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Training in Europe by Dianne Faieta

“Embrace the unfamiliar.  You can’t get somewhere new without exploring uncharted territory.” Shortly after embracing the above quote from Healthy Living I responded, “Sure, I’ll present training in Luxembourg.” I enjoyed both the journey—planning for my European training—and the destination—presenting … Continue reading

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Facilitate Training With Impact

Your job as a trainer is to deliver content that has been specifically designed to meet the needs of your learner. Your responsibility is to do so in a manner that increases retention, reduces boredom and enables the learner to … Continue reading

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