Saturday, December 31, 2011

Friday, December 23, 2011

I wish you happy holidays and a wonderful new year filled with abundance, joy, and treasured moments. May 2012 be your best year yet!

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

A good trainer determines how to support and train employee activities without removing them from their natural work environment.
It's better to deliver shorter blocks of training at multiple times a year instead of one long course for an extended period of time.
Consider alternatives to traditional class-room training like on-the-job learning, job rotations, special development assignments, and action learning...
The vast majority of value ascribed to companies today, as compared to ten years ago, is related to their non-physical assets.
Individuals who move from the front line to joining training function offer critical perspective & skill sets (selling, negotiation, marketing,+) not normally possessed by those who are 'schooled in HR' function.
When expenses must be trimmed, training budgets make an easy target; trainers need to correlate their programs to core business objectives.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

..."the only long-term competitive advantage we have is our workforce," training dollars are often the first to be cut during down economies.
Although corporate leaders frequently state that "our people are our greatest asset" and that "the only long-term competitive advantage we have is our workforce," training dollars are often the first to be cut during down economies.