October 4, 12:46 pm
Just got off the phone with a client concerned about his employees retaining information they’ve been taught. “Some of the training I have my people attend is very expensive,” he said. “I’d like to find a way to keep more of that information from evaporating three days after someone comes back from a training session […]
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October 2, 4:26 am
From time to time I get involved in discussions about optimum class size for a training program. In reality, the answer is “it depends,” but it would probably help to be more specific.
First we should separate one-time events from ongoing programs.
It’s a matter of practicality that one-time workshops can have a large numbers of attendees. […]
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September 6, 5:31 pm
Bill Cottle, Director of the Student Technology Assistance Program at Boise State University, tells me that their distance learning rooms are used for more than college classes.
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July 5, 2:50 pm
Here’s the scenario: You’ve just finished a project. It was successful, but like most projects, mistakes and missteps occurred along the way. Unfortunately, some of the mistakes were not new – your people have made these same mistakes before. And, like before, these mistakes cost you time and money.
Here are three questions you can ask […]
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May 29, 8:39 am
Best-selling business author Robert Heller has a great article on Leadership Strategy at Management-Issues.com on how leaders can get stuck in a rut. As Heller implies, and I wholeheartedly agree, when it comes to the way we operate at work, most of us would benefit by rethinking our critical thinking.
Heller talks about getting too comfortable […]
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May 22, 6:01 am
When conversations come around to “what’s needed for an excellent workplace?”, the answer could fill a library. Most of us don’t have time to read hundreds of books, so to make things easier, I’ve put together my “Ten Universal Principles of the Workplace.” It’s easy to print off and hang in a cube, post by the […]
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May 16, 4:42 am
Here are four tips I think every leadership team needs to be aware of:
1. Follow the advice of Good to Great author Jim Collins and get the right people on the bus. Be willing to let go those who aren’t buying-in or don’t show a passion for the company vision. I like the ‘bus’ analogy. […]
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