I’m often asked how to make training more effective, and I always share the five actions I think are critical to creating training that makes a difference. Read on to find out what five things I think are most important to effective training.
Read moreHow Practice Helped Me Learn the Pythagorean Theorem and Can Help You Too!
Practice is critical to the development of new skills. It allows learners to apply new skills and receive feedback on the results. The process of practicing increases learning in a way that simply reading about a skill will never do. Once you acknowledge the importance of practice, this post will help you increase the effectiveness of practice.
Read moreHow to Radically Increase Engagement in Your Training Programs
Every developer, HR manager, or other individual responsible for training struggles with a lack of employee engagement in training. “It’s hard enough to get employees to complete required compliance training programs, so forget about getting them to complete anything optional,” is the sentiment we hear often from frustrated HR professionals. Why is it so hard to get employees to engage in training?
Read moreDisengaged Employees Are Dangerous to Your Team Health
Fifty-one percent of the workforce just shows up. Their disengagement from their work suggests they mark time while there, largely neutral toward what they do and the organization’s goals. Wondering what you can do about them?
Read moreFour Lessons in Good Training Design I Learned from My Kindergartner
Tantrums in corporate classrooms may look a little different than a kindergartner's tantrum, a tantrum is a tantrum and should be avoided at all costs. Here are four lessons that I learned from these five-year-old besties.
Read moreSaving the World from Ineffective Training, One Organization at a Time!
Two years ago, John enlisted our help to redesign a series of existing courses, which he recently described as “still the most interactive and engaging courses in the catalog.” But that was just the beginning of the relationship between this client and Gillespie Associates.
Read moreNew Hire Orientation: From Dead Bore to We Want More!
Training systems are often designed to shovel every possible bit of knowledge into a new employee’s head with the expectation that they’ll be able to apply that knowledge on the job. Does a new employee need to know everything on Day or Week 1? No. They don’t even need a fraction of that. And the knowledge they do need has to support their performance in the moment.
Read moreFour Ways to Make Thought Diversity the Future of Your Business
In many workplaces, it’s dangerous to disagree with the boss. Doing so signs you up for every crappy task and unwanted assignment possible until your boss forgets or forgives your transgression. It doesn’t have to be that way, though. Differences of opinion can help you build a competitive advantage. As a leader, you have the power to change the way your organization works in this regard.
Read moreQ&A: The Story Behind the New Manager Jump™ Series
Gillespie Associate’s own Michelle Wescott, creator of Gillespie Nimble, shares her thoughts on the company’s new off-the-shelf solution, the New Manager Jump Series. From initial design to the program’s launch, Michelle has taken her expertise in instructional design to bring this solution to life.
Read moreToday is a Good Day to Die: What Klingon Wisdom Teaches Us about Talent Development
Quite often, developing the best, most engaging, learner-focused development tools can be a battle. Who better to prepare us than the ever battle-ready warriors, the Klingons?
Heghlu’meH QaQ jajvam Today is a good day to die.
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