There are loads of assessment tools and strategies in the marketplace.  All these platforms and tools provide organizations an awesome opportunity to build specific coaching solutions based on the results. 

Join Lou Russell and her friends on Friday the 13th to prepare for 2020 (NOT the TV show...). 

Learning cannot be separated from stories. Learners understand lessons better and quicker through stories because they relate to the core of human experience. There are many methods leveraging the use of stories, but seven models have repeatedly shown results based on research. Furthermore, these models build on each other to deliver deeper engagement, learning and thinking capacities. 

You know an effective sales force is essential. Equipping your reps with product knowledge, best practices and objection handling are baseline skills. Well-trained salespeople drive better results. Yet only 42% of sales training programs meet expectations.

Your eLearning course storyboard is ready and you’re really proud of how it turned out. Your next task is to convert it to an eLearning course. You’ve spent a lot of time in making the storyboard instructionally sound and now left with no time to design the course interface and interactions. Ever found yourself struggling in such a situation?  

For talent leaders, critical skills are gaining momentum in the race to develop effective talent and business strategies. But the focus on employee skills isn't new. We still hear about talent shortages and skills gaps. More recently, the "soft skills" or behavioral skills that underpin long-term sustainability, leadership and agility are taking center stage. In this eBook, Saba gathered stories from progressive companies that have successfully embedded critical skills to deliver organizational capabilities at scale and ensure employees can perform, innovate and grow in areas that are strategic to organizational success. You'll gain insights into: Reskilling to compete in times of growth and transformation Tips for nurturing behavioral skills that support company values How social learning and collaboration can help build critical skills How to close skill gaps by linking performance, feedback and learning Ready to learn more? Download this eBook and get inspired to develop and enable critical skills in your organization!

This session, based on the presenter’s book Care Like a Mouse, will show attendees how Disney harnesses human capital through Purpose, Priorities and People. At each step, we will share strategies and tactics participants can apply to their organization.

They say an elephant never forgets, but as humans we forget a startling 80% of what we learn within a week. This phenomenon is called the forgetting curve, and it's a frustrating experience for training professionals who dedicate a lot of time and resources to training initiatives. But it's not just frustrating, it's also alarming to think that employees could be forgetting crucial information on topics like workplace safety or harassment. These gaps in knowledge leave you vulnerable to accidents, lawsuits, and fines. But there's a way to beat the forgetting curve! Learning reinforcement is the key to helping employees not only retain but also recall important information from training on the job. Quick recall exercises keep the concepts top of mind, which helps to prolong the impact of training in just a few minutes a day. In this infographic, you'll learn why reinforcement is important for maximizing training efforts. You'll also learn: The most effective research-based learning reinforcement methods The science behind the forgetting curve How learning reinforcement helps you save on training costs in the long run

Are you a first time eLearning developer? Looking for some solid foundations to build your eLearning courses?    

The path to becoming a virtual trainer is a hero’s journey, one filled with adventure, challenges, disappointments, excitement, determination, and great success and achievement. Those who have forged ahead know the journey is often fraught with fears, foes, and failing audio connections. With challenges like confusing links and logins, participants unable to connect, and unexpected technical issues, it’s no easy feat to become a respected virtual trainer.

Mark Sellers wants you to know that you have blindspots that are killing your coaching and leadership. In his new book, Blindspots: The Hidden Killer of Sales Coaching, sales coach, trainer and author (The Funnel Principle) Mark Sellers exposes a universal problem facing sales leaders - they all have blindspots.  The fundamental problem with blindspots is they prevent leaders from creating emotional connections.  As a result, leaders don’t get everything their people have to give, and performance and results are compromised. 

Mindset is the missing piece to grow and sustain performance. 80% of success is based on mindset; while only 20% is based on skillset. This webinar is designed to help us achieve higher levels of success by modeling and adopting the mindset of excellence. You will become highly aware of and be able to harness the power of your Inner CEO - the key center of the brain that regulates and improves what we do on a daily basis.   

Many organizations struggle with the decision on which training format is best for their developers. And many teams focus on testing out a self-paced training solution. Is it the best method? Can it help retain their teams? We sat down with the industry’s biggest leaders and asked for their honest feedback. In this white paper, you will learn: The outlook for self-paced training in 2020. The cost considerations for various training formats. If self-paced training can be the end all solution. Training tips from some of the country’s biggest companies.

Coaching is the most effective mechanism for accelerating human performance. So, why doesn’t everyone have a coach?

Have you felt at times that your webinars and virtual trainings are big guess work? You are hoping learners would not multi-task or snooze off or just remain so quite, Does it ever come to the point that you feel like you’re the only one in the webinar? This is a scary and eerie feeling. But it happens to many trainers and presenters. 

Creating a culture of learning within your organization is an ongoing process. No single technology can finger snap you from a culture that avoids learning to a culture that promotes and celebrates learning. There are however some technologies that can provide an architecture for your learning culture to grow more easily.  

The days of "sales" being assigned to just one individual or team are GONE---in a typical transaction in today's market, literally every member of your team may come into contact with a client or prospect. And every one of those moments is a selling opportunity...making EVERY job a sales job! Dr. Cindy McGovern will show you how to take the "ick" out of selling and adopt a new and energized sales mentality. Everyone in your organization is capable of playing a part in elevating the customer experience.

When was the last time you examined the impact of your learning strategy? Use this evaluation tool to help determine which conclusion best describes your organization’s current learning program and what steps you can take to make improvements.

Video is a unique beast. It's more engaging than a training manual, but sharing it on your LMS (or worse, on YouTube) can create problems. It helps you scale your training worldwide, but every new recording is a pain to produce. And it would be ideal for just-in-time learning, if only it could be effectively searched.

Learn how to make simple yet engaging and professional slides and do it fast. Often, we have to make presentations with very little time and money. Using the K.I.S.S. principle, discover tips, tricks, and techniques to developing amazing slides using the latest design trend: simplicity. Less is more in this session.

As we enter a new decade, we also welcome a new wave of leadership to the workforce.   Millennials are now the largest generation in the workforce, and although the age range of generations can vary, it would be safe to say that within the next 10 to 15 years they will make up most of your company’s leadership teams, if they don’t already.

Technical and on-the-jobs skills are important, but many organizations often overlook training on a skill set that could be their secret to getting ahead: soft skills. In fact, the growing soft skills gap in the workforce is one of the biggest challenges facing organizations today. Prioritizing soft skills training has a number of benefits. Not only can it help close skill gaps in your existing workforce and in new hires, it can give your organization a competitive edge, help you hang on to your top talent, and improve your bottom line. When you train your employees on skills like problem solving, communication, and social intelligence, they have better relationships with co-workers and customers. This translates into less turnover, improved productivity, and increased profitability. Working to close soft skill gaps can feel overwhelming and a bit arbitrary. It's hard to know where to begin and where to focus your efforts. In this ebook, you'll learn how to tackle closing the soft skill gaps at your organization in a manageable and effective way through training. You'll learn: How to identify where soft skill gaps exist in your organization What roles need what skills Which training methods are most effective at closing soft skill gaps What soft skills other organizations are training on

Download research that shows how high performing organizations are getting results from coaching. The Real Benefits of Coaching: Productivity Gains Employee Engagement Knowledge Transfer ROI

Here’s a statistic that will boggle your mind: Humans consume 74 gigabytes, the equivalent of 175 newspapers of content, per day. Customers are assaulted with facts, pseudo-facts, white papers, media and statistics all posing as relevant information. Much of the well-sourced information is contradictory. Sorting the "need to knows" from the "nice to knows" can be exhausting. Add to this a new average of ten stakeholders and more and more customers are defaulting to the status quo or a no-deal.