I was speaking to a colleague the other day. He said that the senior management at his company decided to include the company’s values in the next performance review. The values had been introduced three years before. But except … [Read more...] about Are You Sort of Excellent?
Don’t Fool Yourself
Last week I was at a dinner and a friend asked me about what I’ve been working on. I told her I’ve been doing some work focused on developing people. She immediately said she and her employees had no problems with … [Read more...] about Don’t Fool Yourself
The Case of the Trainer Who Trained a Training Program
If you’ve worked in the training and development field for any length of time, you undoubtedly will have heard some version of the story of Susie or Steve. Susie/Steve was very good at designing and delivering training … [Read more...] about The Case of the Trainer Who Trained a Training Program
The Training Transfer Conundrum
Who is accountable for ensuring that employees apply on the job what they learned in a workshop or class or similar event? This is called training transfer or transfer of learning. If you're not in the training and development … [Read more...] about The Training Transfer Conundrum
