business partnership

What 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…

“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…

Last 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…

If 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…

Thank 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…

Do 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…

Tom 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…

Wendy 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…

During 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…

In 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…

At 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,…

Many 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…

Michael 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…

The 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…

Training 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…

With 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…