What’s your Safety Harness?
So many trainers don’t bother writing a training session plan, but if you don’t, you’re taking a huge risk…
Subject Matter Experts as Trainers
Using subject matter experts can be a great way to develop knowledge and skills in others. But it can also spell disaster. Knowledge is only a small part of what’s needed to train and inspire others. Here’s how we can support them and harness their genius for good.
Can you REALLY design training for others to deliver?
So many trainers and facilitators feel that only THEY can deliver a course. Whilst it’s natural to feel attached to something you created, being able to pass it on to others is essential to minimise risk and encourage agility and growth. And it’s all in the training is designed.
Is it Ready Yet?
One of the biggest reasons that people don’t enjoy training design as much as they should, is that they don’t know when its finished. This blog aims to provide some insight and a short checklist to help you to gauge whether you’ve finished your design or not.
Retro Training Design
As you know, I’m a great believer in doing proper training design before running an event. There are many reasons for this – even when designing for yourself – which I’ve mentioned before (Here’s a quick recap). But even the very best design doesn’t guarantee things will run perfectly, OR that you’ll run an event…
Abreasted Development
Forgive me if this is unprofessional, but I’d like to talk to you about my new bra. For all intents and purposes, it’s very similar to all my other bras. Not surprising since the fundamental design of the bra hasn’t changed in decades. Of course, it has been refined and materials have improved (thank goodness…
Transferring Learning to the Workplace
Measuring learning transfer is essential for organisations: As L&D practitioners, this is what we have more control over, NOT ROI.
Take a look at the 12 Levers of Learning transfer identified by Dr Ina Weinbauer-Heidel and see how applying them can dramatically improve your success.
Is this perfect design?
I’ve spoken before about by Pump-Action Dandelion Destroyer. (Proper name the Fiskars Xact Weed Puller). It brings me so much joy – and that’s because it is such a joy to use! Any why is it such a joy? Because it’s perfectly designed for the job it’s meant to do. It’s designed to pull out…
Are we hung up on semantics?
The L&D community has a very specific vocabulary, as all professions do. But (like all professions) we need to speak the language of our customers, NOT expect them to be fluent in ours if we want to influence and inspire them.
Neither do they need to know what happens behind the scenes, so why do so many L&D people expect learners to understand?
10 Reasons to Design Training in Detail
Great training doesn’t just happen. No matter how good a facilitator you are, you can’t magic up an effective training workshop that delivers results on a few scant notes. Great training is properly designed, even if you’re going to deliver yourself. Here are 10 reasons why it’s important.
Designing Training for Other Facilitators
It’s risky asking other trainers to deliver on your behalf or employing associates: How can they even come close to delivering as well as you do?
Take the guess work out of it and make it easy for them by designing your training in detail
Induction Training – Right First Time
Induction training is incredibly important, yet is generally given a fraction of the attention that leadership development is. People are taking the first steps an exciting new career. They have let go of the security and familiarity of their previous job where they were probably highly competent, well-known and comfortable. Now they are taking a step into the unknown.
To design an induction programme that meets the needs of the individual and the organisation, we need look no further than Maslow…
I don’t have time to design training
Training design takes longer than people think, so it often gets put off until the last minute or pulled together with insufficient time. Here’s what bust L&D professionals can do to give learning design the time and attention it needs to do it justice
How can I make Virtual Training more Engaging?
Learner engagement is critical to effective training – especially online. But we don’t need fancy tech or gimmicks to make that happen. there’s lots you can build in to training to keep learners engaged, including using 6 training trumps…
Learning Transfer: Conditions Matter!
No matter how well training is designed or how brilliantly it’s delivered, it’s going to have limited impact if conditions back in the workplace aren’t right