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Your mission, whether you would like to accept or reject it, is to create a training program for workers who are paid hourly. Focus groups are one of the simplest and safest ways to do a needs analysis, yet so many trainers...
Managing difficult participants-they seem to breed in every classroom. Trainers clamor for any tricks they can put in their goody bag to pull out when needed. Here are some tips on working with unwilling or just unaware but difficult trainees from author John Townsend.
Good help is hard to find. This is obvious when you watch the The Office. I wonder how Dunder Mifflin every makes it with Michael Scott in charge. And I know how challenging it can be to find qualified and engaged new hires so I can only imagine the rigorous search process they're going through to replace Scott when he leaves the company during this season.
However, I think in industries that...
Poor Bartholomew Cubbins. He has 500 hats. Each time he removes one, another one appears. This story, by Dr. Seuss, seems an apt description of the increasing scope of trainers in the workplace and the many hats we wear.
But wait, there's more. I've seen another trend surfacing now.
Back in the days of the one-room schoolhouse, students used slates and chalk to do their lessons. Not many books were available and certainly not a lot of paper. So slates worked well and were very eco-friendly.
Nowadays, about 75-150 years later, we're moving back to slates in a more high-tech fashion with some schools using iPads and Smartboards-eco-friendly ways of learning in the classroom.
But, do you need all the latest bells and whistles to do your job well?
Republican and Democrat are two titles that tend to quickly ensure whether someone tunes in or out. How about union or management? The rep there is that the two are always on opposite sides of any issue. What happens when you label people in the training room?
If the 19th Century was Great Britain's time to shine and the 20th Century's torch bearer the United States, the 21st Century almost certainly heralds the dawn of global dominance by India and China. With more than a third of the world's population living between these two countries and a rising global consumerism driving demand for their products and services, it appears that the new world order will have a decidedly eastern feel. But who will win the race to hold the mantle of number one?
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