WATCH YOUR TRAINING BLOOM

Training effectiveness is all about the care and nurturing that occurs after the training experience.  As training professionals, we all knock ourselves out to create the perfect content and delivery mode, yet we do little to understand and optimize the environment employees return to - where they actually have to apply the training.  Of course planting the training right is our responsibility, but making sure it blooms is where immediate managers and business leaders need to contribute.  Read more in my article in ATD this month...




April ATD Article

WANT TRAINING TO "WORK"? TRY A WARMER CLIMATE

Imagine if you were training for years to be a major league baseball pitcher and then on your debut opening day it was snowing.  Or raining? Or how about if the weather was perfect, and still after all that training, your new coach just decided to keep you on the bench?  Here, it really doesn’t matter how good you are or how hard you trained – the “climate” wouldn’t let you pitch!  In all the same ways, we are constantly sending employees through training and then letting them go into an environment where something is preventing them from changing, improving and truly maximizing their return on investment. Obviously, I'm not just talking about weather here - I'm talking about anything in your immediate work environment that's frustrating your ability to demonstrate what you've learned. 


Want to learn more?  Read my article in this month's issue of Training Magazine...


Training Magazine


http://www.trainingmag.com/does-your-training-work-try-%E2%80%9Cwarmer%E2%80%9D-climate