Nathan Magnuson

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How to Host a Productive Generational Conversation

Nathan Magnuson

Generational-oriented training is mainstream. So how does your organization or team address generational dynamics from a awareness perspective? Given how many employees find themselves at odds with colleagues of different generations, it’s worth thinking ahead. Are you at least having the conversation?

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How to Measure Learning Programs Using the Kirkpatrick Evaluation Model

Nathan Magnuson

All of a sudden you get put in charge of building a new training course for your organization. It could be leadership training, professional training or technical training. Doesn’t matter.

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How to Deliver a Leadership Event that Sticks

Nathan Magnuson

I’m constantly surprised at what passes for “leadership training” these days. I’ve also noted how easily many business operators are impressed with the leadership development support that comes their way. Don’t settle for mediocrity. Just having an event doesn’t guarantee success.

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How to Perform a High Quality After Action Review

Nathan Magnuson

You just finished a project, event, engagement or training exercise. Army to analyze and report on training exercises. It’s time to get some feedback. What do you do next? The After Action Review (AAR) was originally developed by the U.S.

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How to Build a Development Library for Your Organization.

Nathan Magnuson

Home / Human Resources / How to Build a Development Library for Your Organization. How to Build a Development Library for Your Organization. In my last post I wrote about Individual Development Plans and how you can use them to develop in a professional setting. How to Build a Development Library. December 3, 2012.

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9 Ways Learning Events Can Flop

Nathan Magnuson

As a talent development professional, I’ve been privileged to lead, observe and participate in many types of learning and training events. I’m often invited by vendors to sit in on their training in the hopes I’ll make a purchase. Otherwise the participants will have trouble determining how to apply the concepts.

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Leadership Profile: Dale Carnegie | Thoughts for the Everyday Leader

Nathan Magnuson

Ironically, I had to travel to the opposite side of the globe before I invested the time to read what I have since considered the greatest leadership book of all-time: Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People. Dale Carnegie was an American writer, lecturer and training developer born into humble circumstances in 1888.