Setting Training Budgets in Recessionary Times

Recessionary times tend to polarize opinions about employee training. On the one hand some managers see training budgets as the first target when “trimming the fat”. Others view training as a vital core activity that must be preserved. Most managers would agree, however, that all training needs to be cost effective.
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Right Brain, Left Brain, and Whole Brain Talent

Last week we reviewed Daniel Pink’s book - A Whole New Mind: why right-brainers will rule the future. Mr. Pink makes the assertion that, since we have outsourced most of our left brain jobs to India and China (e.g. IT, manufacturing, etc.), “right brainers” will rule the world of work in the 21st century.
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The Power of Mentoring

Talk to anyone who has had a successful mentor/mentee relationship and they will probably tell you it was one of the best learning experiences they ever had. Mentors can help move people to the next level of confidence and performance and have a life-long influence. But unfortunately great mentoring is all too rare in organizations [...]

If You’re Not a Right-Brainer You’ll be Left Behind - A Review of Daniel Pink’s A Whole New Mind

Daniel Pink is the author of A Whole New Mind, in which he proposes a huge theory. If you are a right-brained individual you will love this book. If you are a left-brained individual you will fear what Pink has to say. Just to clarify, for those of you who have misplaced [...]

Distinguishing between Employee Training and Development

One afternoon, John Q Employee decided to visit the circus. While there he sat and watched the usual fanfare of clowns, trapeze artists, and men being shot out of cannons. But the one act that truly caught his attention was the Bicycle Riding Bears. Somehow, the circus’s animal expert had taught massive Grizzly [...]

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