Association For Talent Development: 183 books
Play to Learn
Everything You Need to Know About Designing Effective Learning Games
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2017
When trainers use games, learners win big.
As a trainer interested in game design, you know that games are more effective than lectures. You've seen firsthand how immersive games hold learners' interest, helping them explore new skills and experience different points of view.
But how...
Unstoppable You
Adopt the New Learning 4.0 Mindset and Change Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2017
Never Stop Learning
The ticket to a successful and fulfilling life is a significant upgrade to everyone’s ability to learn. Visionary teacher and lifelong learner Patricia McLagan views learning ability as software for processing daily life. And like all software, learning software...
ASTD's Ultimate Train the Trainer
A Complete Guide to Training Success
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Being asked to deliver a train-the-trainer workshop is an honor: It's a recognition of your skills and competence as a trainer. But how do you live up to those expectations? ASTD's Ultimate Train the Trainer provides the background needed to effectively train other trainers and a detailed instructional...
by Lou Russell
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
For every trainer, presenter, or facilitator who's ever "lost" an audience, or had the nagging sense he or she missed the mark, Crash and Learn is part handbook and part inspiration. Motivational speaker and classroom guru Jim Smith Jr. covers just about every possible mistake a presenter...
Beyond Happy
Women, Work, and Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
Beyond Happy: Women, Work, and Well-Being
Over the course of a decade, positive psychology authority Dr. Beth Cabrera has surveyed and interviewed more than a thousand women to gather insight into how to effectively balance career and family responsibilities. Beyond Happy: Women, Work, and...
Find Your Fit
A Practical Guide to Landing a Job You'll Love
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Master the new world of work.
You want—no, you need—a new job. But not just any job. The job. So you polish your resume till it shines. You apply for countless openings, tailoring your message to each. You search for the hidden job market, although it remains very well hidden. And the response?...
Success for Hire
Simple Strategies to Find and Keep Outstanding Employees
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
Training is vastly more effective when methods are based on evidence!
Seasoned technical trainer Ruth Colvin Clark has synthesized the findings of today’s crucial learning research into a noteworthy refresher of her 2010 book. Delve into the foundational ideas of evidence-based practice and...
Lead with Your Customer
Transform Culture and Brand into World-Class Excellence
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Lead With Your Customer goes beyond corporate culture and customer satisfaction, and provides a complete roadmap to achieving permanent excellence in your organization. This is a real-world, sustainable process of improvement—not just a flavor-of-the-month business technique—that shows you how...
by Darin Hartley
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter... You're familiar with social networking systems, but incorporating them into your communication efforts can be daunting. Which are right for your needs, and how should you use them? Whether you're a consultant, communications professional, or corporate CEO, 10 Steps...
by Sivasailam "Thiagi" Thiagarajan
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2005
Seven time-tested presentation methods for turning a lecture into a two-way communication medium.
Although the juxtaposition of the words lecture and interactive may seem like an unlikely duo, Thiag's Interactive Lectures proves how the unusual pairing can successfully co-exist. Lectures become...
by Beth McGoldrick, Deborah Tobey
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Go from order-taker to valued performance consultant.
You may be pressured to give an immediate “yes” to a training request. Resist. Instead, start playing an essential role in driving your organization forward by using needs assessment to target your training programs to support critical...
by Elaine Biech
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Prepare and establish new front-line leaders with training that develops essential supervisory skills.
Investing in new supervisors increases productivity and organizational profitability, and it results in engaged, high-performing teams. Yet many new supervisors—the very people responsible...
by Maxine Kamin
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Providing great customer service has never been more critical for the success of any business. 10 Steps to Successful Customer Service is designed as a quick but effective check up to ensure that front line professionals as well as customer service managers focus on the key practices that keep and...
Leaders Open Doors
A Radically Simple Leadership Approach to Lift People, Profits, and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
True leaders open doors of opportunity.
"I got to open doors for people!" These seven simple words, spoken by author Bill Treasurer's five-year-old son, cut straight to what matters most about leadership: True leaders open doors for people. This radically simple concept is the heart...