Why Process-Based Training Improves Execution
From my associate Dan Elliott. Most organizations say they care about results, and their training programs reflect that. People are trained on targets, metrics, and outcomes they are expected to deliver. What gets far less attention is how the work is actually supposed to get done each day. That gap matters more than many leaders realize. […]
Why Training Fails – And What Leaders Must Do Differently
Most leadership and sales training programs don’t fail because the content is poor. They fail because organizations misunderstand what training is supposed to do. Too often, what could be an incredibly valuable training session (or sessions) is hijacked to drive participation, engagement scores, or short-term enthusiasm rather than business results. Leaders feel good. People say the […]
Developing People
From my associate, Dan Elliott. We all have or have had that one person who we thought was going to bring so much to the team. Everything about them exuded promise. They were sharp and engaging during the interviews, they grasped concepts quickly and were conversant. It was clear they were going to be a […]
Soft Skills vs. Hard Skills: Navigating Key Differences in Training Approaches
Creating training programs for “soft skills, “such as interpersonal and communication skills, leadership, teamwork, or emotional intelligence, versus “technical areas,” such as finance and budgeting, coding, machine operations, engineering design, or data analytics, often requires different approaches due to the nature of the skillsets involved. Here are items to consider: • Training Approach: – Soft Skills: […]
A Whole New World of Training and Development
From my associate Grant Tate. The pandemic threw all our neat organization designs up in the air. Now, at the beginning of 2023, leaders are trying to figure out the new structures to get work done. Leaders are experimenting with remote, office, hybrid, agile, matrix and other new schemes. Whatever the new form, we can […]