The term ‘cracker barrel’ refers to the type of informal gatherings to share ideas and information that used to happen around the cracker barrel in an old-style country store. Now …
Learning In Context – The Evolving Way We Learn
This past week, I ran into one of my friends who is a grade school teacher at a social event. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the adoption and …
How Quickly Can Your Talent Develop and be Optimized?
What is your response when company executives ask your training and development team questions like, “How can we get new employees productive in 30 days or less?”, or “What is …
Seeing the Training for the Trees
The popular philosophical question goes, “If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” The 18th century Irish philosopher …
Motivating Learners and Coaches—is Delivering Happiness the Secret Sauce?
When you think about motivating learners to take charge of their own development and learning, what questions have you asked yourself that can help achieve results like a wildly successful …
The Connection Between Asking Deeper Questions and Impacting Your Business
Every training initiative is the culmination of a series of questions that usually begin with the basic, “How can we improve our sales?”, “Are employees meeting performance standards?” or “Are …
Top Training Company Professionals Embrace Their Inner Biker
While it wasn’t quite the Ride to Sturgis Rally, the Harley Davidson museum in Milwaukee was the ideal place for Wisconsin and Illinois learning leaders to gather and discuss training …
Innovation: Step Away from the Box for Training and Development Professionals
I recently read an article about the state of our economy that had an interesting take on the problem. It didn’t blame the Bernie Madoffs of the world, or the …