Productivity principle: Sharpen the saw or BURNOUT

The frentic pace of life tends to overtake you and as responsibilities pile up the first thing that you cut out of the calendar is renewal or as Stephen Covey says “Sharpen the Saw”. Has that ever happened to you? … Continue reading

The art of followup – Keep the Balloon Full

Have you ever had the experience of working with a client or a prospect and feeling like they were right in line with you? They were excited about the opportunities, the relationship and with you. I am sure you have. … Continue reading

Either way you pay..Training or Employee turnover

While all of us know that employee turnover costs, we do not calculate the money value of this loss. If we did the sheer value in rupee turn will blow us away. HR understands that there is a cost of … Continue reading

Trainer MOOC April-Jun 2012: Week 8: Measuring training effectiveness

Finally we come to the last week of the 2 month Trainer MOOC. And we are covering a very interesting topic and that is measuring training effectiveness. It is interesting because it is also time for us to evaluate our training program…Now … Continue reading

How training can enhance wellbeing?

The backward bending supply curve of labour, (one of the things I do remember from my honours degree in economics)  Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backward_bending_supply_curve_of_labour and which basically states that as economic prosperity increases people put more value on leisure and therefore are willing … Continue reading

Trainer MOOC April-Jun 2012: Week 6 : Using technology to enhance learning

This week we explore the new and exciting area of using technology to enhance learning. With the advent of technology….especially the Internet…..education/training/learning has scrambled to keep pace. And to an extent till now we have been in a time warp and … Continue reading

My Experience with the 5 learning theories

MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE 5 LEARNING THEORIES To make it easy for me to remember and reflect i am dividing my life so far into Preschool School College Professional course Professional And will take each part and describe the learning … Continue reading

Compare and Contrast Various Learning Theories

None of the learning theories can completely define the learning process in its entirety. Rather depending on the context in which learning is occurring and the goal of learning, a theory takes predominance. Instructors will have to become adept at … Continue reading

How We Use Constructivism In Our Workshops To Enhance Learning

According to Mehmet Ali GÜLPINAR in The Principles of Brain-Based Learning and Constructivist Models in Education three fundamental elements of optimum teaching are: “ Relaxed Alertness which means, creating the optimal emotional and social climate (challenging, but non-threatening, and confirmative environment … Continue reading

Mentoring- Connecting activity with end goals enhances motivation

In the words of Stephen Covey, a key issue is to balance between production (current work pressures) and production capability (creating a team of capable individuals). A lot of managers under the pressure to perform forget that what is obvious … Continue reading