Bøger udgivet af American Society for Training & Development

Part troubleshooting guide, part introduction to training design and delivery, Troubleshooting for Trainers delivers in-the-moment fixes and longer-term solutions for common challenges at every stage of the learning and development process.

Offers a view of a different education system: the world of talent development. In each chapter, former teachers recount the stories of how they made the career switch, describe their current roles, and share resources and tips for success.

Measurement and evaluation experts Patti Phillips, Jack Phillips, and Rebecca Ray contend that efforts can and should be made to demonstrate the effect of soft skills. This book reveals how to use the ROI Methodology to clearly show the impact and ROI of soft skills programmes.

Describes the fundamental shift that has occurred in the nature of L&D's role as a result of the digital revolution, and introduces a new five-step model: the Owens-Kadakia Learning Cluster Design Model (OK-LCD Model), a new model for training design that meets the needs of modern learning.

Drawing upon firsthand experiences and insights from senior practitioners, Leading the Learning Function offers best practices, tools, techniques, and processes that successful business leaders use to develop, build, and implement their personal leadership skill sets.

Demonstrates the value of finding a mentor at any stage of your career; explains the different types of mentoring relationships; describes how to build significant mentoring relationship with trust and respect; discusses setting expectations and developmental goals; and equips you with practical tools for achieving your learning goals.

A much-needed resource that breaks new ground with a framework to simplify the discussion of measurement, analytics, and reporting as it relates to L&D. The book helps practitioners select and use the right measures for the right reasons; select, create, and use the right types of reports; and create a measurement and reporting strategy.

Guides you through the implementation of a rational succession planning roadmap, and includes developing a workforce profile and analysis, individual job profiles, and employee development plans that allow you to roll out a well-exectued succession plan that ensures the future success of your organization and its staffing needs.

Offers a primer on design thinking, a human-centred process and problem-solving methodology that focuses on involving users of a solution in its design. In this how-to guide for applying design thinking techniques, Sharon Boller and Laura Fletcher share how they adapted the traditional design thinking process for training and development projects.

Coaching skills become critical management competencies as organizations prepare a new generation of leaders, using fewer financial, human, and training resources. This book is suitable for those who want to initiate a formal coaching process with their employees.

From children to adults, everybody likes a good story. Stories are memorable, actionable, and emotional. Instructional Story Design is a practical guide to writing and developing stories for training.

Major societal forces and business changes require talent development professionals to adopt new approaches and upgrade skills to keep pace and grow. Capabilities for Talent Development presents a powerful framework to guide the profession in what practitioners need to know and do to develop themselves, others, and their organisations.

Microlearning is an essential tool that talent development professionals can use to fully engage their learners and tackle organisational performance needs. How do you know if the microlearning approach is successful? And what works? Designing Microlearning answers these and other questions.

"Learn the evidence behind both new and tried-and-true best practices for training. Ruth Clark connects research to practice and offers concrete training guidance in this second edition of Evidence-Based Training Methods. With this book as your guide, you can incorporate evidence and learning psychology into your program design, development, and delivery decisions."--Back cover.

Explains why new manager orientation is critical for bridging the gap between when employees join management and when they receive development. Sharlyn Lauby details management orientation and how it differs from other management development programs; why a manager-specific program is needed; and ways to gain support for these programs.

Details a five-step process for creating a culture of excellence. Jacqueline Burandt provides ways to use award applications as a benchmark for developing change; a list of benefits to elicit C-suite support; guidance on how to align with internal and external parties; and tools for building and sustaining a high-quality learning organisation.

Introduces the Results Come First framework. Chris Adams and Beth Hughes show how results should come first when engaging with clients; the forces that may throw off the balance of your development initiative; and examples of how the framework works in action.

Provides a modern approach to giving performance feedback. Ben Locwin discusses the importance and challenges of giving feedback; why discussions go wrong; how to personalize feedback discussions; considerations for measuring the effectiveness of discussions; and tools to assist managers in providing feedback more effectively.

Organizations thrive when employees feel valued, the environment is energized, and high productivity and innovation are the norm. This requires a new kind of leader who fosters a culture of connection within the organization. Michael Lee Stallard's Connection Culture provides a fresh way of thinking about leadership and offers recommendations for how to tap into the power of human connection.

Conquer your phobia of public speaking with 10 Steps to Successful Presentations. In this second edition, the Association for Talent Development provides an updated 10-step guide to delivering first-rate presentations whether you have several months or just one day to prepare.

Provides the real-world definitions to about 300 of the world's most commonly-used business terms and gives you the origin story (who coined the term? when did it start to be used figuratively in the business world?) for each one. Get the language clarity you need and have fun learning the full etymology of favourite phrases.

Gleaning insights from research, theory, and practice, authors Karl M. Kapp and Robyn A. Defelice debunk the myths around microlearning and present their universal definition. In Microlearning: Short and Sweet, they go beyond the hypothetical and offer tips on putting microlearning into action.

Author Megan Torrance introduces the LLAMA (TM) methodology to illustrate how Agile applies to learning and development projects. This book includes templates for goal alignment, scope definition, estimating, planning, and iterative development.

Sheds new light on quota challenges, the story behind them, and the methods to solve them. Author Mark Donnolo's problem-solving approach features quota design frameworks and a range of scalable methods plus the candid expert perspectives of CEOs and other senior leaders. This is a must-read for those who set and fulfil quotas.

Filled with real examples and 40 tools to help you master the nuances that drive deliberate development. Wendy Axelrod helps you stretch your abilities to unlock memorable experiences for your mentees and create a lasting legacy for yourself.

Become an exceptional manager - learn to motivate employees, communicate expectations effectively, and build great work teams.

Discover the gritty reality of training. Confessions of a Corporate Trainer will entertain you, challenge you, and remind you why you as a trainer are so important in today's workplace.

Creates a new framework for anticipating emerging learning technologies, outlining six key perspectives you should consider with any new technology. The authors examine some of the day's most commonly discussed emerging technologies and pose the questions that will point the way to your own strategy.

Challenges compliance training that simply ensures employees avoid the legal risk of failing to comply with a specific mandate. Organisations must design compliance programmes that serve a higher purpose and build resilient cultures focusing on integrity and ethics learning.