Training Theory and Practice in General

Want to keep your staff motivated about learning new concepts? The quality and variety of the training you provide is key for motivation. The structure of your training programs brings 'em back for more. Learn more.

Organizations with the best chance to succeed and thrive in the future are learning organizations. Find tips for how you can turn your organization into a learning organization here.

The right employee training, development and education at the right time provides big payoffs for the employer in increased productivity, knowledge, loyalty, and contribution. Learn the approaches that will guarantee a return on your investment in training.

On-the-job training, also known as OJT, is teaching the skills, knowledge, competencies, and that are needed to perform a specific job within the workplace and work environment. On-the-job training uses the regular or existing workplace tools, machines, documents, equipment, knowledge and skills necessary for an employee to learn to effectively...

Looking for an easy way to share information and develop employees at work? Form a book club in which a group of employees voluntarily read the same book. Combine the book reading with a regularly scheduled discussion meeting to double the impact of the book. Ask one employee to lead the discussion about the week's assigned chapter or two. Ask a...

Are you the planner of the monthly or periodic company or department meeting? They can be deadly dull if you're not careful. You know the drill. A bunch of talking heads line up to give people important company information. People are interested, but the most effective meetings woo their attention with thought-provoking questions and answers,...

Effective performance consulting and training can provide big payoffs for the employer in increased staff productivity, knowledge, loyalty, and contribution. These resources increase your ability to do performance consulting, measure performance improvement, and provide resultant training using internal staff. Increase your self-sufficiency in performance consulting and improvement.

Don Clark presents Big Dogs’ Training and Development Page, an eclectic group of links and articles about HRD. Check out his links to various training statistics for an overview of the field.

While 85 percent of corporations, in one survey, pay some educational benefits, United Technologies Corp. pays for employee tuition, books and study time. They reap big benefits in employee loyalty, according to this excellent article in the Christian Science Monitor.

Gerrit Visser maintains this site in the Start4All.com network of sites. The site features useful links to a multitude of training and development resources.

Management development and facilitation are the key focuses of the resources at Scott Simmerman’s eclectic site. Look for some great HR related humor, fun exercises, and his unadulterated personality to shine forth on every page.