Association For Talent Development: 183 books
by Lisa J.Downs
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Project management is not easy. It is a complicated, multilayered matter, whether you manage projects for your entire company, for a department, or for yourself. And using a project management software program isn't enough, as many project managers painfully learn. This book takes you through 10 steps...
by Lisa J. Downs
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
All too often, we view negotiation as an innate skill, something that we are either born with or without. But the truth is that we can learn and improve the art of negotiation, and almost anyone can benefit from formal training on the topic.
Negotiation Skills Training helps trainers focus...
by Donald V. McCain
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
Stop presenting and start facilitating meaningful learning.
Whether you are a subject matter expert who occasionally takes on a trainer role, a trainer who wants to build on solid presentation skills, or anywhere in between, Facilitation Basics will help you create supportive and effective...
by Don McCain, Deborah Tobey
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Great achievers do not owe their success to luck, birth, or environment. From Michelangelo to Einstein, Madame Curie to Bill Gates, Colonel Sanders to General Eisenhower, all have characteristics that Leadership Lessons has distilled into 10 key actions for extraordinary success. Leadership Lessons...
by Kimberly Devlin
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Help them make the most out of every meeting.
Rambling group discussions, tangential concerns, difficult attendees, and unclear objectives can all derail a facilitated event—and often do. But more than just learning how to avoid the pitfalls, effective facilitators ease the way for groups...
Virtual Training Tools and Templates
An Action Guide to Live Online Learning
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
Are your virtual training tools ready for a tune-up?
You've discovered the best way to reach remote audiences without boarding a single plane. And you've learned that an effective virtual training program is relatively short, highly relevant, and extremely engaging. Now you need the tried-and-true...
Trust in Transition
Navigating Organizational Change
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
Culture is the key to a successful change initiative.
Organizations announce changes every day and expect, or at least hope, that people will react positively to them. The success, however, has everything to do with how leaders manage the transition.
Trust in Transition breaks...
by James D. Kirkpatrick, Wendy Kayser Kirkpatrick
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
A timely update to a timeless model.
Don Kirkpatrick's groundbreaking Four Levels of Training Evaluation is the most widely used training evaluation model in the world. Ask any group of trainers whether they rely on the model's four levels Reaction, Learning, Behavior, and Results in their...
Learning in the Age of Immediacy
5 Factors for How We Connect, Communicate, and Get Work Done
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2017
Welcome to the Age of Immediacy.
We're in a new era of learning, one in which learners expect information to be available anywhere and anytime. How do you make sure your learning experiences keep up with the pace of workplace transformation?
In Learning in the Age...
Immersive Learning
Designing for Authentic Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
Use immersive learning design to train others using new technology.
• Discover a framework for thinking in terms of immersive learning design.
• Outline the process of designing for immersion.
• See real examples of organizations that have applied these principles to solve learning and performance challenges.
The High-Impact Middle Manager
Powerful Strategies to Thrive in the Middle
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Whether you're a middle manager yourself, or a human resources or training professional who can help them, The High-Impact Middle Manager shows how to become a "high-impact" middle manager—one who makes substantial quantitative and qualitative contributions to the organization without...
Rapid Retooling
Developing World-Class Organizations in a Rapidly Changing World
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
Organizational and individual change is constant—it’s not a race to the finish line. Rapid Retooling explains that organizational change is a cyclical process, and shows readers how to constantly and rapidly adapt—or “retool”—themselves, their employees, and their organization business...
by ASTD (Lynn Lewis)
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
A how-to guide for successful group facilitation to champion learning, encourage interaction, and promote the spread of ideas.
10 Steps to Successful Facilitation explains how to address the different learning styles to be a more effective facilitator. Learn how to construct questions to stimulate...
Making Learning Stick
20 Easy and Effective Techniques that Transfer Training
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Training may be a pleasant break from the usual routine, but too often the long-term results are lacking. With Making Learning Stick, you'll have a practical handbook to help ensure that transfer of training happens, so that what people learn in class is actually applied on the job, where it counts....