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As I continue to update and add content to The Bob Pike Group's new site I am finding it difficult to figure out what topics are most useful for you to read about, so I am asking you to fill out a short form and tell me what topics you would like to see posted on our site as resources for you. If we do not have articles already published on your topic it will be put on our e-Zine list to be written, published and posted in the near future. Thank you for taking the time to read this even if you did not fill out the form. Have a wonderous day (no that is probably not a word)! Topic suggestions form.
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The primaries for narrowing the field of eligible political candidates has passed and now political advertising has begun in earnest, both in print, on television and through the Internet. However, there's a platform I've never seen promoted, but I'd like to. Competition and power struggles between and within organizations are an inevitable part of business. That's not news. But an interesting item submitted to Creative Training Techniques newsletter by Mike Smith, a human resource manager back in the 1980s for Research Cottrell, Somerville, N.J., reminds me of the delicate balance trainers must strike vying for power within companies - strength that translates into healthy budgets, plentiful learning resources, appropriate staffing levels, involvement in important projects, but that does not intimidate or manipulate learners. Our annual conference is here, and we're so excited! The energy created by this event helps us get reinvigorated to do what we love doing as we see attendees "get it" regarding involving participants in their own learning. This week is a great time to get away and charge your batteries and plan so what you learn here is applied back at the office after a great week of experiencing learning at its best. Personality tests are a popular component of many organizations' hiring processes. As these tests contend to measure traits and characteristics that remain stable over time, it is intuitive to believe information regarding candidates' individual differences in these areas would be helpful when making selection decisions. Yet evidence supporting the usefulness of personality tests in the hiring process has been called into serious question. The Bob Pike Group is hiring a person to supervise two other sales persons, but spend approximately 80 percent of time in developing his/her own sales portfolio. The company seeks a person with solid sales experience and training in a well respected company that is grounded in selling best practices and disciplines. Selling is largely through referrals and leads and is based primarily on phone contacts and phone meetings. Little travel is involved accept to a small number of conferences and tradeshows. Twitter can have a place in the training classroom. There are several ways this tool can help both the learner and trainer through its provision of real-time information. So what practical uses are there? It fascinates me to see the coming trends and recognize them as "old fashions." How does this relate to training? Twitter can be an effective engagement tool for training. Many training departments seem to have a hard time justifying themselves to the mainstream aspects of business. Not because training isn't necessary, but because trainers may not be well-prepared to show their essential role in improving the company bottom line. Here are ways to show increased productivity and increase engagement of employees. Collective intelligence is what it sounds like-a group, usually large, of people working together, collecting information in various ways and sharing that information electronically. This method is being fine tuned by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for Collective Intelligence which shows CI to be effective.
However, first-hand experience for many has shown this type of information-synergy to be true even before researchers decided to put specific numbers to it.
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