Corporate Training Program: Leadership Feedback Model

Posted by Lora Boiago on May 9, 2013 3:05:00 PM

Corporate Training Program: Leadership Feedback Model

We all have an idea of what leadership is. Leadership is the activity of organizing and leading a group of people (or an organization) to achieve a common goal. But what is a leader? Specifically, what makes up an effective leader? This question requires us to delve deeper and uncover the true qualities that make this great leadership possible.

Below, we begin our journey of understanding this concept by taking a portion out of one of our training consultant corporate training programs.

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16 Visual Presentation Techniques Used by Top Learning Consultants

Posted by Lora Boiago on May 2, 2013 4:23:00 PM

 

16 Visual Presentation Techniques Used by Top Learning Consultants

Tips from Instructional Design Specialists

Have you ever wondered how much of an impact adding audio/visuals can have on your presentations?  How about the most effective types of audio and visual techniques?  We looked into the best practices and techniques used by our top learning consultants and asked them what they thought.  Fact is, incorporating an appropriate balance of visual and audio into your meeting agenda will significantly increase effectiveness and level of engagement.  Surprisingly, many professionals fail to use whiteboards, flipcharts and handouts as aiding tools during important presentations.

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Course Development Tips – How to Build a Good Design Plan

Posted by Lora Boiago on Mar 22, 2013 5:19:00 PM

Course Development Tips –How to Build a Good Design Plan

"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works." - Steve Jobs

It seems like a logical progression - design your corporate training program, then develop it.  But often, a good upfront corporate design plan – if it exists at all - is pushed aside as we rush to develop the course first.  This results in the content being written and forced to fit into the course development schedule as opposed to the course development emerging from a good design plan.

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Top 6 Compliance Training Considerations for Your Organization

Posted by Lora Boiago on Mar 15, 2013 5:37:00 PM

Compliance Training Considerations for Your Organization


Compliance training should be viewed as a strategic corporate maneuver.  Rather than a necessary evil, think of the creation of a compliance training program as an opportunity for you to further perpetuate your organization's core values and culture. Link customer satisfaction or brand stewardship to the behaviors of compliance training, rather than focusing on the policy clauses and maintaining controls.  

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Topics: corporate training, corporate training program, corporate training consultants, corporate training trends, corporate training tips, organizational change, corporate training programs, compliance training program, compliance training, organizational development, compliance training programs, how to hire training consultant

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