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July 25, 2018
Are You a Training Fossil?
Read MoreWhat can you, as a training professional, do to protect your organizational role and the future of our industry? You need to approach your job as if you were a…
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September 16, 2015
Does Your Organization Truly Value Learning?
Read More“Learning and development in our organization is currently given a lot of lip service, but because of budget limits, it generally defaults to mission critical individuals and capabilities getting the most…
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August 5, 2015
Could You Be Replaced By an App? – #3: Do Your Stakeholders Trust You to Solve Their Problems?
Read MoreLast week, we provided tactics for building a bridge to the business. Click here if you missed it. This week, we explain what might happen when your level of communication with…
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February 18, 2015
Training Strategy Mistake #4: Misapplying Kirkpatrick’s Level 4 Results
Read MoreIf you missed the training strategy mistakes quiz, click here to take it before reading on. We asked about isolating the impact of training, and found that we actually disagree with the…
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January 28, 2015
Training Strategy Mistake #1: Failing to Build Tactical and Strategic Bridges to the Business
Read MoreThank you to the hundreds of readers who responded to last week’s training strategy mistakes quiz. If you missed it, click here to take it before reading on. The first question asked which of…
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January 14, 2015
Don’t Become a Training Dinosaur
Read MoreDo you cling to the way things used to be, hesitant to carve out new paths even when you know that the environment is changing around you? Read this New…
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July 9, 2014
How Do You Tell Your Story of Value?
Read MoreTom had spearheaded the leadership development initiative for the past three years. As he put the finishing touches on the 100-page final report that undeniably showed the value it had brought…
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July 2, 2014
Do You Offer More Than Training?
Read MoreWendy was once approached by a sales manager who seemed to know exactly what kind of training her salespeople needed. This is how the conversation began: Sales manager: “Wendy, we…
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June 11, 2014
Trade Show Radio Interview with Jim & Wendy Kirkpatrick
Read MoreDuring the ASTD 2014 ICE, Jim and Wendy Kirkpatrick took a moment to speak live on air with Trade Show Radio hosts Lee Kantor and Stone Payton. In response to…
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May 7, 2014
How Do You Respond When Someone Asks You to Jump?
Read MoreIn response to last week’s thought-provoking story about a saleswoman whose many rings served as the basis of her business conversations, one Kirkpatrick Community member reflected: “Before I learned to stay focused on business…
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March 5, 2014
Do You Challenge Training Tradition?
Read MoreAt the 2014 Learning Technologies Conference in London, I had dinner with Brian Solis, a well-known digital analyst and keynote speaker. Brian is the principal at Altimeter Group, a research and advisory firm,…
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December 18, 2013
Our Favorite Resources for Building Business Partnership
Read MoreMany training professionals struggle to gain support for training initiatives from key business leaders and stakeholders. They often find themselves tasked with providing a new training program to fix a problem that has not…
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October 31, 2013
Put on Your Business Hat to Get Program Buy-In
Read MoreMichael Wiedecker, with the consultation of Ron Meyer, implemented the Kirkpatrick methodology at the Maryland Transit Administration train yard to reduce the occurrence of costly mistakes. Inspired by the book Training on Trial by Jim and Wendy Kirkpatrick, Michael secured…
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August 14, 2013
Improving Performance to Drive Business Results
Read MoreThe role of training is not simply to deliver programs or content; it’s to improve performance to drive business results. How is this done? Listen to Jim Kirkpatrick as he explains…
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June 19, 2013
Training Evaluation Mistake #9
Read MoreTraining Evaluation Mistake #9: Working Independently to Create and Demonstrate Training Value The partnership between training and the business is critical to being able to create and demonstrate training with…
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January 23, 2013
Do You Partner with the Business?
Read MoreWith training still on trial in the workplace, it has become more important than ever for training professionals to build partnerships with high-level managers. Ali Dickens quickly recognized the value…