With the fast faster fastest pace of life today, finding a shortcut can be a big help. And the Internet has opened a world of resources to help us in our personal and professional lives. But: searching…copying…pasting…sending… can cause you major problems—maybe even land you in court!  Content is OWNED by someone. They OWN the copyright to that content—and can control how it is used. This includes the exclusive rights to: copy/reproduce distribute create other works from that content display or perform the content publicly give permission to others to use the content in certain ways (often by granting a license for a fee) pursue those who use that content without permission. Most of us don’t pay attention to the Copyright Law, so we are setting ourselves up for expensive and time-consuming legal nightmares; we could be sued for using someone else’s content and images without their permission. Getting a letter in the mail from an attorney—who’s not our attorney—makes the heart pound! Or Maybe we discover that content we have created has been taken and used by someone else—without our permission. Then we have to pay an attorney to straighten that out. That could lead to Very costly and time-consuming litigation—and the death of a business. Click below to download this eBook.  

If you're ready to see success in your employee training program, you first have to understand what success looks like. Seeing positive results from your program requires dedication to individuals achieving goals, which translates to the organization achieving its goals. What goals are you trying to reach, and how are you measuring whether or not you've reached them? Rather than trying to come up with strong goals out of thin air, we've outlined ten steps that will take you through the process of creating goals and metrics for your employee training program. These steps will help you think through how your program is aligned with the business, and how your employees are positioned to boost business results through various training initiatives.

Business leaders look for predictability. They seek insight from mounds of data to get just a glimpse of the future. They demand their sales and marketing executives put the business on the right path to meeting or exceeding sales and margin goals. Sales executives create detailed business plans to identify new opportunities and retain existing customers.  They train sales reps and channel partners on product benefits and teach them to overcome objections. They develop compensation plans aligned with corporate goals to encourage growth. Marketing leaders identify competitors’ strengths and weaknesses. They define buyer personas and construct profiles to ensure the right messages reach the right prospects. They carefully map out every step of the buyer’s journey to know when and how to influence behaviors. All this to increase the likelihood of success, to gain more certainty and predictability. Shouldn’t your sales incentive program work this hard to engage your participants? Knowing how and when to nudge your participants could mean the difference between blowing past your goals and scrambling to explain a disastrous failure. This eBook maps the sales incentive journey which participants embark upon when engaging with a program. We’ve developed it from insights gained during almost 50 years of observing and influencing participants, and it can help put your program on the road to predictable success. Click below to download this eBook.

What challenges are your organization wrestling with? Revenue growth? Product and service innovation? Profitabilty? Change management? Agility? Complexity? No matter what issues you're dealing with, you have the internal resources to address them. You just might not be taking advantage of them. Click below to download this eBook.

Due to advancements in technology, there's been a shift in the way employees have wanted to receive their training. That has left organizations with the task of developing new learning methods that support the science of learning. Whether your organization already has a program in place or you’re just jumping into the deep end, there are sure to be a lot of questions around strategy, goal alignment, becoming a learner-centric organization, how to tackle low engagement, and more. We’ve identified the top three challenges with training a modern workforce and how you can use on-demand training to overcome those challenges and have a positive impact on your organization. In this ebook, you’ll learn: How microlearning can help combat long training times Tips on gamification and how it can boost engagement Strategies on boosting information retention through learning boosts

Do your employees really know what you're trying to accomplish as a team and an organization? New research links organizational underperformance and failure to meet key objectives with rampant employee confusion about Key Results. 85% of organizations say Key Results are not clearly defined such that employees at all levels can engage. Download "Clarity Is Key" to discover the impact that clear communication has on results--and use this information to guide your team effectively, boost results, engage employees, and reach goals faster than ever.

Microlearning is a treatment for instruction. Microlearning can be used to deliver a wide variety of subject matter, and the primary decision guiding the implementation is the scope of content to be covered. Microlearning is meant to be easily consumable in short periods of time (e.g. less than 10 minutes). The microlearning solution should address one learning objective ONLY.

Microlearning is the trend of the moment, yet it is the most commonly misunderstood. This infographic from Shannon Tipton will help dispel two of the most common misunderstandings, and then give you 6 key markers to use as guidelines for ensuring microlearning success. After downloading the infographic, hear/watch Shannon explain in the recording of her webinar on the topic below.

AirClass partnered with InSync Training to bring you a guide to going virtual. Many organizations are transitioning existing face-to-face learning programs to the virtual classroom. Most would assume that this project would simply include taking existing content, and dropping it into a new format. That's far from the reality. During this evolution, we identified seven challenges that we needed to mitigate for a successful virtual classroom implementation. The learning environment wasn't the only major change - facilitators, instructional designers, and participants all needed specific support.

If your sales team isn't producing the results expected, the pressure is on you to fix the situation fast. One option is to replace salespeople. A better option is for you to optimize your performance as a sales leader. In The Sales Manager's Guide to Greatness, sales management consultant Kevin F. Davis offers 10 proven and distinctly practical strategies, skills, and tools for overcoming the most challenging obstacles sales managers face and moving your team ahead of the... (click to download excerpts from this eBook)

Coaching and leadership are about people. People are unique and to compound the situation they behave differently under varied circumstances. So is it not an overstatement to suggest that there is a framework that can be applied to achieving greater success with people and through them? I will answer with my standard mini-exercise. Assume you are a recruiter. You are asked to identify a Field Commander for a hot war zone as well as a Guidance Counsellor for an all-girls high school. Did your mind automatically paint different pictures as to who will fill the roles? Intuitively, you recognize the differences but what are the factors that brought you to that conclusion? Also, what if the roles were not so far apart, could you intuitively distinguish among candidates? That is role and the value of a reliable framework. For decades, as a member of member of the Extended DISC™ network, I have been using an approach that I call DISCerning Communication to drive healthy interpersonal relations among a cross-section of groups. When people experience others communicating with them in a manner that is comfortable for them the opportunities for positive cooperation increases exponentially. Someone referred to it as communicating from inside the head of the other person. Course after course, webinar after webinar, article after article I receive encouragement to present DISCerning Communication principles in a concise publication to a wider audience. This is your invitation to join the mission and make a positive difference in how we communicate and relate to others.

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Coaching is NOT managing. This is often the biggest misconception we have with clients. They assume weekly staff meetings or one on one appointments with employees can be classified as coaching. WRONG! A true coach drives performance for individual employees as well as employee teams, while a manager is often content with sustaining the status quo. Coaching can be further described as the ability of the leader to inspire and motivate employees to improve knowledge, increase skill levels, and alter behavior to be more positive. In order to create a coaching culture, it must be understood that coaching is about driving performance and should not be mistaken with traditional management techniques.

What is time management? A useful definition of time management might be, The ability to use one’s time effectively and efficiently. Now that’s sounds simple, right? If only accomplishing our goals was truly simple, all of us would likely be in better places both personally and professionally. However, the reality of our lives tends to create demands on our time that get in the way of effective and efficient uses of time. A fact that is inescapable about time is that it is finite. We simply cannot "manage" more time out of our day or lives. A day comes and goes, and no matter how much we’d like things to be different, each day lasts only 24 hours.  Therefore, in a very real sense, we can never "manage" time the way we manage other factors that influence our success at home or at work. We have to think about time differently if our goal is to be more effective and more efficient.

With so many Learning Management System vendors out there - and with so much happening with learning technology - choosing a learning environment that will work for your organization, now and in the future, can be a challenge. This is especially true as the LMS has moved well beyond course management, and even yesterday’s "LMS+", and must provide a true learning environment. This guide is designed to help you get past the competing claims, the long lists of feature-by-feature comparisons, and focus on the most essential factors to keep in mind as you make your evaluation. With nearly two decades experience providing organizations around the globe with the world’s leading Learning Management System, we’ve learned a lot about what matters most in an LMS. And that’s an LMS that:   Goes beyond course management, and even overall learning management, and provides a full learning environment Has learners at the center Is easy to update with content and programs Holds a proven track record of learning innovation Expands its portfolio with innovative partnerships Is dedicated to your ongoing success Whether you’re evaluating an LMS for the first time, or re-evaluating your current approach, this guide’s for you.

You’ve Got This! Tips for Better Virtual Facilitation, by Cynthia Clay, is packed with tips and insights to help you transform your virtual classroom delivery to engaging, interactive learning that makes multi-tasking impossible. From the introduction by Cynthia Clay: This ebook contains a selection of articles on how to bring your best facilitation skills to the challenge of leading interactive, engaging online training as well as facilitating productive, effective virtual meetings. No matter what web conference platform you use, you’ll find the mindset and the tactical tools described here will help you get better results in your next web event.

Exploding the Myths of Why Salespeople Succeed or Fail​ The Hard Question! Are you comfortable taking your present salespeople-with their current level of performance and skills-into an ever increasing competitive marketplace? Will doing what you’ve been doing get you where you want to go? The Hard Reality! If your salesforce is somewhat normal, 20 percent are high performers. Are you content to leave this as it is? Or, are you searching for ways to improve?

It’s no secret, companies with positive cultures thrive while those with negative ones can wither. But how do you build a positive organizational culture? And once you build it, how do you maintain it? This eBook will help you assess where your company is, assist you in understanding why you’re there, and then show you how to build a culture that will energize your organization, engage your employees, and ultimately delight your customers.

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The Consumerization of Learning Guide The purpose of this e-book is to help organizations, learning and development (L&D) professionals, human resources (HR) departments, and business leaders navigate today’s constantly changing work environment through the concept and idea of consumerizing the learning experience at work. Inside, you’ll find information about: • What the consumerization of learning is and why it is happening • How consumerization is impacting the learning landscape • A comprehensive guide to help leaders, L&D and HR staff, and organizations meet workplace challenges and succeed in a tough, but opportunity-rich, environment

Mustering the courage to present confidently in front of others is hard enough, but when it comes to actually engaging an audience and managing their participation, nervous and novice presenters either usually freak out, forget to add interaction, or both. And there’s another, lesser-known but equally important issue: Audiences can struggle with interactions in presentations, too, feeling uncomfortable participating and not knowing what is expected of them. Why must engaging with your audience be so difficult?

Employees spend the equivalent of one work day per week searching for information they need to perform their roles and the majority of training they receive is forgotten within one hour. Improved Access, Assessment, and Analytics can substantially improve employees' mastery of the skills and knowledge that drive the performance of your business. The following best practices can help you translate training to performance and financial impacts.

Learner motivation is a critical success factor in designing e-learning that makes a difference. In an individualized learning setting, like asynchronous web-based training programs, active learner engagement is necessary for learning to occur. So while it is important for the instructional designer to get the content "right," it is even more vital (and usually more challenging) to design interactivity to draw in the learner to commit to the authentic behavior needed for learning to occur.  This e-book presents some straightforward and effective design strategies to create learner motivation in e-learning.

Here are 5 myths that limit individual performers, managers and their teams. Click below to download the free infographic that reveals the truths and strategies that can dramatically expand your performance. Myth #1:  A manager's job is to run the operation. Myth #2:  Coaching is for Low Performers Myth #3:  It's not a part of our culture. Myth #4: Coaching is confrontational Myth #5:  The person has reached their potential  person has reached their pote