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-June 2012 :Po – Idea’s in Training – provoking our thinking

“Po is a notation used in Lateral thinking, by Edward de Bono. It stands for provocative operation and is used to propose an idea which may not necessarily be a solution or a ‘good’ idea in itself, but moves thinking forward … 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 7 : Creating a learning environment and delivering training

In the case of Instructor led Training (ILT), delivering the training is where the rubber hits the road. Delivering training is in my view a science and an art. The same way that painting is a science and an art. To … 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

The Larks Learning Trainer MOOC: What do you need to know tech-wise?

This is for the luddites among us. Those who are tech-savvy please humour us. The aim of this MOOC is to inspire, motivate and enable all of us to embrace new methodologies that use the web. So what do you … Continue reading

5 tips for trainers to improve cognitive processing of their learners

A first grade teacher in order to aid the cognitive processing of her learners can take her learners through a series of learning activities such as giving them pictures of animals, getting them to sort them and do a classification, … Continue reading