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Developing Leaders: Why Training Interventions Fail?

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Companies spend considerable amount of time and money on developing leaders through training programs and workshops. I have attended a number of such training programs and workshops and have observed the impact of these interventions. In lean terms, imparting training that does not deliver intended results is a waste.

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Training: The Change Agent

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Organizations that embark on process journey initiate rigorous training programs to ensure that everyone is trained to perform activities associated with specific roles. I have seen training programs becoming more of a “necessary evil” over a period of time. Imparting training is a costly affair.

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Looking Back at 2018

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My blog was featured in Training and Development magazine (published by Association of Training and Development) last year with a special mention of sketchnotes. Richard Tubb for sharing my insights and sketchnote to French IT and MSP companies in early December at Paris. Here are a bunch of people with their sketchnote selfies!

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Building a Business Culture That Works for Everyone: An Interview with Diane K. Adams

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Adams is Chief People Officer at Qlik (NASDAQ: QLIK), one of the fastest-growing high-tech companies worldwide with nearly 2,300 employees in 30 countries. She specializes in helping companies recognize what’s required to energize their people and to achieve long-term success at the bottom line. Adams] Thanks Tanmay.

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“Value” and “Waste” – Watch Them Constantly

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Companies are working ways out to deliver more value, people in organizations are evaluated based on value they create and clients seek “value-adds” in products and services they purchase. Somewhere, in this process of constant realignment and improvement, ‘waste’ is introduced.

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Hidden Costs 25

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re-hiring/training new hires when your experienced people leave? not training your workforce? inefficiencies structured within your org chart? treating people like machines (and expecting 100% productivity)? talking only from a “problem” perspective? taking “short-term” view of business? analysis-and-planning-paralysis?

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April 2012 Carnival of Leadership Development: Earth Day Edition

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In her post titled “ Of Money, Trust and Elephants ” Miki Saxon points that focusing on profits doesn’t make a company more profitable, while focusing on customer service usually does. Wally Bock has been training and coaching first-time bosses for more than a quarter century and has learned some things along the way.