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Lost and Desperate

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

Category: Training

New Manager Induction

Elon Musk bought Twitter the other day and then received an email saying he had to do a mandatory management course. The man who now owns the company received an automated email telling him he had to complete training within 30 days. I have no opinion on Musk or his purchase. I do, however, think… Read More New Manager Induction

November 3, 2022November 3, 2022 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

That training thing

Someone asked me recently if I did ‘that training thing’. As someone outside of the LnD field I thought it’d be good to find out what they thought about learning. They’re a skill worker, i.e. travel to a place to work to carry out a form of service/production, so impacted by the pandemic and lockdown.… Read More That training thing

September 10, 2021September 7, 2021 andrewjacobslnd2 Comments

Framing the solution

The training professional will work within a frame; the dots will be numbered and completed in an order. The learning professional will recognise that one frame isn’t enough; there are likely to be multiple frames, multiple shapes and unnumbered dots. There’s nothing wrong by doing training. Don’t call it learning though unless you’re willing to… Read More Framing the solution

August 12, 2021August 7, 2021 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Freebies

Someone asked me the other day if writing a blog post a day means I give lots of stuff away for free. The answer is ‘probably’. If someone wanted to go through all my blog posts and assemble them into a more understandable order then they’re welcome to do so (with attribution of course). I… Read More Freebies

July 5, 2021June 28, 2021 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Uncompetitive

When what you get is less than what you expected, you’re dissatisfied. If you tell people they’ll be able to coach following your training and they can’t they’ll be dissatisfied. If you tell people they’ll be able to lead following your training and they can’t they’ll be dissatisfied. If you tell people they’ll be able… Read More Uncompetitive

April 22, 2021April 19, 2021 andrewjacobslnd1 Comment

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