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Don’t Subtract the ADDIE
All HR professionals should know about the ADDIE model - particularly those involved with employee training and development. ADDIE stands for: * Analysis/Assessment * Design * Development * Implementation * Evaluation The ADDIE model is integral to instructional design. Here are some questions to ask under each of the ADDIE headings:

Overcoming Resistance to Change
Immunity generally refers to your physical well being (particularly in the current H1N1 epidemic); but Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey have written a book that deals with psychological rather than physical immunity.
Regain Control of the Sale
Do you ever feel like you’re losing control of the conversation with a potential customer that keeps going off on tangents? You quickly realize that you better regain control of the conversation quickly… or you are going to lose the sale! You might find yourself in this situation when you have a potential customer that bombards you with questions, stories, and off the wall scenarios. At first, you think "Wow" this person is extremely interested! Thirty minutes later you realize… wait a minute… we are nowhere close to getting this deal. Here is a technique that you can master and never face the above scenario again!

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7.3.3 Reconceptualising the role of training: Mainstreaming skills development for the poor
The whole concept of training should be reformulated more in terms of purposeful skills development based on a variety of modalities/interventions and not just conventional, formal training courses. Because 'training' frequently has pejorative connotations, serious thought should be given to replacing it with other terms. 'Skills development' is generally preferable with 'facilitators' (rather than trainers) in appropriate supporting roles.

Private Training versus Public Classroom Training
The time has come for employee development and instruction, but you cannot decide between private training or using publicly scheduled off site classroom training. There are pros and cons to both types of training and making a decision will be based on a number of criteria. Cost of training being one of the most important – or is it? Remarkably in some cases, for example Microsoft Office Skills Training, private training can be more cost effective than attending a classroom session. Here are some factors to consider when choosing between private or external classroom based instruction.
Recognition and Rewards: Who’s Got the Time These Days, Not to Mention the $$$?
With statistics, such as Salary.com’s February 2009 survey reporting that 68% of employees are actively looking for new jobs NOW, HR needs to find a way to retain workers before the economy regains strength and they jump ship. A report by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) identified employee recognition as a key factor in retaining top performing workers. Employee recognition seems simple enough…knowing this, what’s holding us back from firing this magic bullet? Is it time? Is it money?
The Two Most Effective Ways to Increase Employee Productivity, Customer Loyalty & Profitability
Wouldn’t it be great if you, as a leader, could wave a magic wand and initiate two simple tools that would almost guarantee an increase in employee productivity, customer loyalty and company profitability? Impossible, you say! After all, those increases require exhaustive planning, numerous employee training and business development initiatives, and a dogged determination to cut costs. In some cases, they even requires massive company reorganization – and everything takes lots of time and with no guarantee of success. Well, all that may be true. But consider another truth: By improving just two things --employee engagement and inclusion --you can immediately increase employee productivity, customer loyalty and profitability and it doesn’t take a long, drawn out program to pull it off. Let me explain . . .
Good Peer Realtions Enable Leadership Transitions
Despite rigorous selection criteria and intense training, Michael, an employee reporting to you, is not working out. His attitude and personal habits are fine, but you have invested heavily in his development but have come to the realization he will be better off as an individual contributor rather than a leader.

Learning at the Frank Sinatra School of Leadership
When a dog lies down on command-that’s training. When Fido places an online order for a doggy bed, then lies down-that’s development. Training is about learning to do things; development is about thinking things through and deciding to do things differently. Another way to put it is that training is about “doing” while development is about “being”.

Don’t Subtract the ADDIE
All HR professionals should know about the ADDIE model - particularly those involved with employee training and development. ADDIE stands for: * Analysis/Assessment * Design * Development * Implementation * Evaluation The ADDIE model is integral to instructional design. Here are some questions to ask under each of the ADDIE headings:

Calculating Training ROI
When it comes to employee training, there is a lot of ambiguity surrounding return on investment (ROI). Many companies refuse to train employees because of this uncertainty, while others refuse to invest any significant amount of capital in the education of their workers. Others overinvest in employee training and wind up losing money and workers to greener pastures. What is the appropriate level of balance when it comes to calculating ROI of employee training?
Employee Engagement - A Silver Bullet
Employee Engagement is much discussed by HR Executives and Organisational Development professionals alike. The question we are most asked is "How do we improve engagement?", followed closely by "Do we use a performance development system, leadership training, incentives, work-life balance or something else ?" This White Paper outlines a systematic way to increase engagement across the entire workforce and then maintain high engagement.
Employee Development...It's Back on the Radar
Robin Throckmorton, MA, SPHR and Cathleen Snyder, PHR discuss how companies have stopped providing employee development. Companies that survive tough times, often faced staff reductions - whether through reductions in force or attrition, budget cuts, restructuring and any number of measures to ensure the company lived to tell about the "Great Recession". You'll notice that nowhere in that statement was there mention of training, employee development, or rewards and recognition. For many companies, these areas have simply been off the radar. It's time to change this...
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