The Manager S Pocket Guide To Training

Quickly acquire the know-how to implement training and get results ManagerOCOs Pocket Guide to Training. By Shawn Doyle. Learn everything you need to know as a leader about training OCo and how to use it to get results. If youOCOre not satisfied with current levels of performance and want to turn training into a major contributor to the bottom line, this pocket-size guide will be invaluable. A simple and quick read, the book contains seven chapters that cover: The benefits of training to the organization and its customers; What is training and when is it needed; Training basics OCo learning styles, timing, the importance of fun; Types of training OCo classroom, e-learning, self-study and more; Source of training delivery OCo HR department, outside consultants, training vendors; Working with the training team; The future of training and how to keep up. Author Shawn Doyle, who has been involved in training and development for the past 19 years, has had the opportunity to observe leadership in all kinds of organizations. He distills the essential knowledge busy leaders need to get the full benefit of training, including how to: Increase retention and decrease recruitment and hiring costs; Improve the morale of employees; Save money by eliminating errors; Drive productivity; Make hiring easier; Save time by reducing confusion and redundancy; Increase employeesOCO confidence; Prepare employees to better represent your company"

Every company wants and needs productive, skilled employees. Investing in a work force that can help your business keep pace with the competition may be the most important strategic decision you make. The Manager's Pocket Guide to Performance Management clearly spells out the specific steps a manager can take to ensure improved performance organization-wide. It presents a systems approach to performance enhancement and includes tools for determining current performance levels and establishing desired performance levels. This handy reference will show managers how to: Analyze the performance of individual employees Pinpoint the gaps in performance and determine what's causing those gaps Develop practical strategies for maximizing performance Get the most from your training dollars and ensure that training is successful Give recognition of an employee's achievements Evaluate whether or not employees are using what they've learned Contents Identifying Employee Development Needs A Systems Approach to Performance Enhancement Fostering a Learning Organization Analyzing Employee Performance Identifying Causes of Performance Gaps Selecting Non-Training and Training Strategies Managing Training Resources Promoting Training Transfer Evaluating Training Outcomes

Systems Thinking is a more natural and better way to think, learn, act, and achieve desired results. Effectively implemented, it can dramatically improve a manager's effectiveness in today's complex and interconnected business world. This book provides managers with many practical new Systems Thinking tools and the main concepts of Systems Thinking to enhance individual, team, and organizational learning, change, and performance. Every manager should have a copy!. Contents: Overview of Systems Thinking and Learning. Standard Systems Dynamics. Phase A: The Outcome Thinking Tools. Phase B: Feedb.

Use this guide to unleash the creative potential in others by understanding the key enablers and barriers to creativity. Directed creativity is possibly the most important problem solving skill. Is there a secret to creativity? Can a simple change in the way we think about problems dramatically cut the cycle time for generating state-of-the-art solutions? Yes! And this book will show you how. It presents practical tools and suggestions for creative thinking while never losing touch with the essential components of the process: its looseness, its freedom, its risk-taking. You'll learn how the elements of creative thinking-the methods that help us get un-stuck-can themselves be creative. What better way to drive home the power of the creative thought process than to go out on a limb and be creative about creativity!. Includes: .: Personal Creativity Assessment.; Checklist of common workplace behaviors that block creativity.; A realistic, useful model of the creative thought process.; Creative thinking methods-process tools that help you do creative thinking.; Training Transfer Assessmen

What if the next consultant you hired came with an instruction manual filled with strategies to maximize your end of the relationship? That's exactly what this pocket guide is - a practical how-to guide to taking full advantage of what the right consultant can provide.

This practical guide for supervisors and managers discusses contemporary leadership responsibilities, and goes on to specifically describe the steps and skills needed to successfully apply 14 leadership competencies including: Leading organization change, managing time, coaching, creating a motivativing environment and more.

Learn how to protect your employees as well as your company from sexual harassment. The Manager's Pocket Guide to Preventing Sexual Harassment approaches the issue globally, from creating policy statements on sexual harassment and conducting employee audits to determine vulnerabilities (and appropriate cures), to the five A's of understanding, to handling and dealing with stereotypes and biases. The pocket guide also covers the investigation process and how to properly document incidents; it also includes exercises to instill ownership and facilitate understanding among employees to generate commitment to harassment prevention.

This guide covers the critical emotional qualities that can have a greater impact on success than general intellectual intelligence. Includes best practices on how to enhance self-confidence, empathy, self-control, and other important emotional competencies.