As a Leader, you likely have goals to implement strategic initiatives that keep your business running or more so implement new ideas that compete in a world of innovation, growth and constant change.
It’s likely your new technology or project has a goal to increase profitability, find synergies or fix a problem you deal with. If this goal isn’t achieved, you learn from it and try something else.
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Modern technologies make virtual training easier, cheaper, and as effective as in-classroom training. Yet distance learning is still a growing industry and as such, some of its benefits aren't as widely known as they could be.
We're here to help make those benefits a little more clear. We're experts in distance learning and want to share the key learning advantages of the virtual classroom with our prospective clients.
Whatever you need to teach your employees, whenever you need to do it, virtual training can be the way to go. Ready to learn more about how virtual training can help to improve your business? Then keep reading!
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You’ve decided to use Salesforce, great! But do you know how to use it?
Helping organizations grow and thrive is what Salesforce does. Think of Salesforce as the command center for your business - a customer relationship management platform (CRM). Salesforce provides a solution to manage your sales, marketing, customer service and more, all in one place!
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Many of us have had to quickly adapt to the new reality of working at home and although this can be a challenging adjustment for many, the development of your people should still be a clear priority.
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A business analyst is responsible for utilizing tasks and techniques to analyze, engineer or re-engineer an companies processes and systems to align with its business objectives. It is a lucrative job that touches a lot of lives, helps numerous companies, and influences the economy. This rewarding career is one that touches a broad range of topics. Let’s take a glimpse of what people in this profession do.
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A good training needs assessment saves resources by channeling them to a measured need as against a perceived need.
It helps you focus your efforts to ensure that those with the maximum need get the help they merit. It guarantees that the right resources and training are delivered to the right need using the right delivery format, to the right roles to achieve the right results you need.
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Picture joining a webinar, or a virtual training session where the presenter simply reads their PowerPoint slides. Its unproductive, boring and can leave you thinking - I could have read those slides myself and saved an hour! You wouldn’t enjoy this format in person, and you certainly wouldn’t virtually.
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Working from home doesn’t mean training or development should stop.
Distance: real and perceived
As I help people, both individual contributors and managers, acclimate to the new reality of working remotely, I am reminded of the three ways people can see distance between employees even on the same team. The current experience we are all sharing in working remotely and trying to conduct business as usual in unusual circumstances will make many pause and reflect on what it means to be ‘distant’ from our team, our organization, and our closest work allies and friends.
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As a manager, you deal with problems every day. You use your past experience, the information at hand and your team’s expertise to identify and implement a solution. “See it; fix it; move on” is often the common, immediate response.
Occasionally though, it is important to take a longer-term view to problem solving. High achiever managers recognize that some problems require a more methodical, inclusive process in order to get to the root of the problem, not just apply a band-aid. Download a FREE Fishbone Template Below!
Read MoreTopics: soft skills training, employee soft skills, problem solving, decision making
Many companies outsource their trainers to reduce the operating costs of having a full-time trainer onsite, as well as to the ease and convenience of finding a trainer that helps meet their specific need at any given time.
Contract trainers are training specialists who provide contingent support to organizations. Our team of experienced contracts trainers thoroughly understand the training content in order to enable change, they assess training effectiveness and can interact with all levels within an organization. Are you looking to be a independent trainer? If so, you will find the tips below helpful.
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