Removing Obstacles to Success
November 15, 4:57 am
A friend of mine oversees training for a large company. During a recent phone call he told me of how an accident at his company was deemed a “training problem.”
This malady afflicts many companies. “Something is wrong — let’s blame the training department.”
Perhaps it would be more mature … more responsible … for these companies to stop and think before […]
November 14, 9:19 am
Why some people flirt with disaster to save a few bucks is beyond me. What is it? Laziness? Excessive compulsion to skimp to the nth degree? I’m sometimes asked if ambivalence can be overcome by workplace training. My answer is a “definite maybe.”
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October 18, 1:29 pm
Just thinking: How often have you ever attended training for how to deal with workplace problems? The range of topics could cover a lot of valuable ground:
How to respond to someone who’s not doing his/her job — and it’s affecting yours
How to approach someone who’s lack of boundaries is causing problems
How to best deal with […]
October 16, 5:19 am
Over the years, diversity training has been conducted with the impression that we’re all supposed to get along. I’m all for that. What I have a problem with is the phrase “strength through diversity.”
With all due respect, that won’t work. Diversity is differences. If you doubt me, just check your dictionary, or visit yourdictionary.com, dictionary.reference.com, […]
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 […]
October 3, 6:08 am
Hey! It’s about time management development get a bit of the spotlight.
Just when ASTD publishes my article on Helping New Managers Learn to be Managers, the ASTD publishing arm is also releasing Lisa Haneberg’s new book, 10 Steps To Be A Successful Manager.
This book is literally hot of the press — so while no reviews are up […]
October 3, 4:52 am
As a longstanding member of ASTD, I am honored to be published in their monthly LINKS – a regular benefit to ASTD’s members reporting on what’s new regarding ASTD, from chapter news to public policy about training issues—and a lot in between.
Included in each is issue of LINKS is a feature titled In Practice, which is […]
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