Corporate Training | Developing Human Capital ™
Far too often corporate management and human resource departments confuse these two types of training programs. While the objectives of both may be similar, the path that they each take is dramatically different.
Corporate eLearning is focused on training and not necessarily education. The goal of eLearning is to transfer knowledge to the user in the [...]
Is it time for you to measure the effectiveness of your training programs? If you’re not sure where to start, these Top Ten Training Metrics can help. Measuring the effectiveness of training is a very difficult task, for stakeholders, training departments and end users. If you are a training manager or company stakeholder looking for ways [...]
This past month has been a busy one. I have found myself in discussions with a number of companies that are seeking a Chief Learning Officer (CLO), or the equivalent. Many of the discussions have originated with the company’s need to move their internal training; up from some ad hoc structure into a more highly systematized educational [...]
Last night I attended the Holiday Party for Mercedes-Benz USA. It was a beautiful event, on their beautiful corporate campus. It was attended by some 700 staffers. Near the start of the event, the head of North America, was on a stage addressing the staff. After some general pleasantries, he started to share with them [...]
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“The firm spends an average of $2,000 on training per hourly worker each year. Everyone within the organization benefits from training and development initiatives. Servers get two weeks of on-the-job training. Candidates vying for a managerial position receive 12-week development courses. Even dishwashers are included in training initiatives.One way the company measures its return on [...]
I recently had the opportunity to speak in front an audience of sales professionals, and their managers, wherein the topic of Sales Metrics arose. I found it interesting that many within the group, and some of them where very high income earners, had little or no knowledge about what comprised their success. It became uncomfortable [...]
Is success really about who you know?
Or is what you know more important in today’s marketplace?
“It is more about who you know than what you know.” If you have been in any type of business for any length of time you have probably heard this old gem a thousands times. “It’s not what you know, [...]
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