Training
Business Simulations: Learning to Run a Better Business by Playing Pretend
Growing up, we’ve all had dreams of being a fighter pilot, astronaut, space explorer, ancient warrior, or any of a million different occupations throughout history. Unfortunately for most of us, we don’t ever get to live out our childhood dream, instead settling for a simulated experience in a video game.
Sometimes the simulations are so real […]
What to Give Your Employees to Boost Sales And Profit Margins
Sales training is perhaps the single greatest resource you can give to your employees. It is a means of teaching them the best techniques for today’s business world. It is also a means of giving your employees the right tools to boost sales and profit margins.
Sales training is being used more and more by […]
Understanding a Need for Leadership Training
What was long thought of a desperate approach to failed leadership, executive leadership coaching has made its way into many “successful” businesses as a mainstay. IBM for instance, has permanent staff whose role is strictly to train upper management. Successful companies are looking to maintain that winning streak. Executive leadership training is meant to help […]
Don’t Start With a Blank Page, Use Content Blocks
Recently I helped a small business owner totally re-write his marketing and business plans. The owner was grateful for the new copy, but expressed a concern that he may have issues writing copy for marketing materials or responding to bid proposals later in the year.
He said,”It is so hard to start from scratch writing […]
Stabucks Closes For Training: News At Ten
While catching the early morning news at the gym today, I was astonished to hear the headline that Starbucks is closing nationwide for three hours to train its 135,000 store employees on the art of coffeemaking and the ultimate customer experience.
Wow! I have been a training professional for over 25 years and this announcement is […]
Business and Communication Skills
If you are interested in succeeding in the area of business, it is essential that you are well educated in the area of effective communication skills.
While many individuals seem to be born natural communicators, the rest of us must acquire this particular skill in order to be successful at it. Consistency is the key when […]
Write 38 Measurable Objectives In Minutes!
My assumptions are that:
You have some basic knowledge of training.
Or you may have experience in the training field as an instructor.
You might have developed instructor-led training or printed training manuals.
YOu would rather get a root canal than write objectives!
Wait, there is hope!
The first most important principle to remember about writing objectives is: Understand is not […]
