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Lost and Desperate

Random ramblings that might, or might not, relate to training, learning, development, and management

Author: andrewjacobslnd

An L&D Manager, determined that Learning and Development should be an integral part of business activity. Too often managers ask for training as an afterthought, and, since L&D haven't been involved in the design, it fails. Let's get L&D included as an intrinsic part of business practice; we need to demonstrate its value, successes, and how it adds to the business performance.

Starting point

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat. Last time I wrote about a model that we’d been working on as we searched for a different way to do what we do.  As Napoleon Hill… Read More Starting point

November 16, 2012November 16, 2012 andrewjacobslnd6 Comments

All Present! And correct.

I’ve seen some rubbish presentations with PowerPoint.  I mean some absolute horrors, almost as bad as some of these. Apparently, lots of us are poor at using Powerpoint.  It has become synonymous with dry, lecture style content, wordy slides and crass images. Confession time – how many of you reading this blog post still create slides like… Read More All Present! And correct.

November 14, 2012November 14, 2012 andrewjacobslnd7 Comments

Sustain/Disrupt Learn

Earlier this week I explained how we’d been looking for inspiration to find an alternative way to deliver our service faced with a significant reduction in resources. I went back through the presentation that Charles Jennings produced for Trainingzone Live.  What struck me most that day was the obvious conflict between what I’d always been… Read More Sustain/Disrupt Learn

November 10, 2012November 10, 2012 andrewjacobslnd6 Comments

Does it have to be like this?

I wrote last month about a presentation we gave to help L& D in changing the learners mindset.  It went down well because we were able to tell a story and suggest a way of working that doesn’t rely on the provision mentality that we have in L&D.  Over the next few posts, I’ll explain… Read More Does it have to be like this?

November 6, 2012November 6, 2012 andrewjacobslnd4 Comments

Features vs Benefits

I wrote earlier in the year about the illness that had wiped me out for months.  I’m still unwell and getting fed up now; at my last GP appointment on Friday I was told…more blood tests!  Yay!  Just what my arm needs, more holes in it.  So, please excuse the irony laden post that follows… Read More Features vs Benefits

November 4, 2012November 4, 2012 andrewjacobslnd4 Comments

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