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9 (More) Ideas for Effective Trainings

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Trainings are at the core of most knowledge-oriented organizations and often considered to be key driver of employee behaviors, and hence culture. Here are 9 (more) ideas to ensure that trainings are effective (related ideas in links below): Training is not a silver bullet. Timing of the training is crucial.

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Training Middle Managers On People Management Basics

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Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Training Middle Managers On People Management Basics Here is a simple idea: Whenever you have a new manager (project manager/departmental leader) joining in your organization, put him/her through a simple training program on how to manage people. Train existing managers as well.

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Looking Back at 2018

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5 Pointers on How to Think Clearly. My blog was featured in Training and Development magazine (published by Association of Training and Development) last year with a special mention of sketchnotes. Storytelling: Begin With The End in Mind. Nancy Duarte on Storytelling in Business. Leadership: Humility and Focusing on Others.

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How to Have an Effective Dialogue

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This mindset of seeing conversations as a medium to exchange energy helps me immensely when I coach, train and facilitate people and teams. The post How to Have an Effective Dialogue first appeared on QAspire Consulting.

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April 2012 Carnival of Leadership Development: Earth Day Edition

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So here they go, in no particular order: Dan McCarthy guides us on How to Discuss a Problem with Your Manager. Dan was recently reminded by a younger employee how intimidating it can be for an employee to bring up an issue with a manager. Lynn Dessert at Elephants at Work blog presents How to introduce an assessment to the team.

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Lessons in Using Checklists for Managing Processes

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Checklists can serve as a training/reference material for new comers. What is important about the tool as a checklist is in how people are trained to use it. A quick tip: Add a small paragraph at the top of the checklist that explains why and how to use it. Some training can also help.

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5 Key Lessons From Learning Organizations

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When problems occur, they first correct it but then, give a careful thought to how it can be prevented. They create focus groups on process improvements, document the lessons, relentlessly train teams and incorporate preventive measures in their processes. You need to plan on how to prevent that problem from occurring again.