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What's your moment of learning need? |
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Just as some organisations manage their way through a crisis better than others, so do some people. Studies suggest that a protein Neuropetide Y helps people stay focused in an emergency or stress event. What's this got to do with training and learning you might ask?
Well, in the current economic crisis, people are looking for support - not everyone has the same amount of Neuropetide Y protein that enables them to cope easily. Trainers need to look at what people need, how they access that need, and importantly, when support is needed.
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What works and what doesn’t when communicating change? |
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What positively affects change management:
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frankness and openness of communication?
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one-on-one and team meetings?
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access to electronic technology (email and intranet)?
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immediate manager and supervisor?
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team interaction?
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other communication approaches (including publications)?
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electronic communication?
At first glance, most of us would probably give a resounding "Yes" to each of the above. Well, a major study of more than 1,000 employees across nine organisations (The Allen Consulting Group, Oct. 2003) found that the above factors did NOT have a major impact on successful change management. Whilst they all are perhaps good forms of communication, it's important to realise that communication and change are not the same thing.
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Management development: Mysterious route to wonderland? |
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Do practising managers have a clear idea of the path they need to travel to develop to their full potential? Or are they left to their own devices to find the best way home? Bob Selden suggests some ways organisations can provide a clear route to develop managers into leaders - and avoid them falling down a rabbit hole.
This topic reminds me a little of Alice in Wonderland. As Alice went on her adventures down the rabbit hole, she met many strange creatures and had some wonderful self-insights. But Wonderland is an illogical place, nothing seems to make sense to Alice. She starts to become very frustrated and confused. In one such meeting, "Who are you?" asks the caterpillar . . . "I - I hardly know, Sir", Alice responds ..." just at present. At least I know who I was when I got up this morning ..."
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How creative is your training? |
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Using creative learning appropriately, will not only make your sessions more fun, most importantly they will be memorable and transferable learning experiences for your participants.
As a young trainer, I was fortunate to work with a group of extremely talented and creative trainers. This experience has fostered in me the drive to ensure my training initiatives are as creative as possible. I was also fortunate to have a boss who whilst encouraging our creativity, ensured the training was meaningful. All training had to have behavioural objectives with outcomes that stipulated what was to be learned, to what degree of proficiency and where and when the learning would be applied.
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Climbing the training career ladder – the first step for new trainers |
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So, you want to make training a career. Where do you go to and how do you get there?
I recently had an enquiry from a young trainer asking how she could improve her career prospects.
My answer? "Become an expert". Not an expert trainer (that is taken as a given career development requirement). Nor an expert in a technical or professional area. But an expert in a particular HR, L&D or OD field.
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