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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Will Kenny, Best Training Practices
With the economy in the condition it is, and the endless drumbeat of bad news we are all exposed to these days, you are no doubt delivering training and employee communications to people who are afraid, angry and suspicious. You may be teaching staff how ...
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Will Kenny, Best Training Practices
Last time I wrote about the need for a true business plan approach to running your internal training function. Since training departments rely on funds from the rest of the company, almost a form of external financing, I suggested that most departments could benefit from ...
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Monday, November 10th, 2008
Will Kenny, Best Training Practices
As we all know, there are many small companies offering various kinds of training services. They may deliver standard seminars or provide coaching. They may offer content development, step in to facilitate internal discussions of various kinds or create delivery tools such as online courses. ...
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
Will Kenny, Best Training Practices
Go to just about any kind of restaurant these days and you'll find a "wrap" on the menu. Much less common even a decade ago, all kinds of entrees are rolled into a tortilla now (or sometimes, in my part of the country, into lefse!).
The ...
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Will Kenny, Best Training Practices
With the current downturn in the economy, many training functions will be looking to outside help to complete essential projects. When crucial training has to get done, or key employee communications must be developed, contracting the work with outsiders who require no benefits, payroll taxes, ...
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Will Kenny, Best Training Practices
To promote key messages and crucial best practices that ensure success for your company, you are probably working to get the management visibly involved in your training activities, whether through some kind of public endorsement or by actually participating in the delivery of information.
This can ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Will Kenny, Best Training Practices
Sometimes companies treat training and employee communications as a "nice to have," as a luxury. Oh, they don't come out and say that, but the eagerness with which they cut budgets for these functions in a downturn reveals much about their perceived value to the ...
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
Will Kenny, Best Training Practices
You all remember our old friend Goldilocks, who, like so many of the chief learning officers and training directors I have encountered, was looking for "a seat at the table". Now, we are all inclined to think that Goldilocks was a bit fussy about things, ...
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Will Kenny, Best Training Practices
One of the most valuable contributions you can make to your company (or to a client) as a training professional is managing your experts!
Whether you are rolling out a new procedure or introducing a new product or service, there's a good chance that you will ...
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Will Kenny, Best Training Practices
Is your "onboarding" content a giant block of granite, a monument to "the way we have always done it"? Even if you are just now developing your message to new employees, providing basic orientation and explaining essential values and processes of your organization to new ...
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