Category: Evaluation
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Bias and decision making
Photo by Samuel Zeller There is a truck load of information swirling around out there at present on bias (100 plus versions) and decision making. If you need to explain this to participants it can get quite confusing. Here is a great article which simplifies what it is and what to do about it. Read the…
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Measuring the success of a training program
Photo by Jonathan Simcoe I am disappointed with how we allocate funding to training programs in Australia. Many are equally upset. I’m not even sure why it needs to be so complex. I think a lot of the problems would be cleared up if we could measure the effectiveness of the programs. A lot of money…
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Leadership Programs
I have been writing and delivering a lot of leadership programs this year and it appears next year. Apart from my delivery work with the Australian Institute of Management I have worked with Rabobank, Western Health, Nikon, Leighton Contracting and as of next week Coca Cola. Fortunately they have all chosen customer built learning material…
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End of Week Review
I often recommend to program participants to review their week and see what they can improve on and what they did well. I think that many struggle with this. Here is a seven question approach that you can use at the end of the week to review your progress. Try it out and let me…
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Is training really a waste of time?
The title above is triggered by this article. There really isn’t anything new in this article but it is a good reminder to those new trainers out there and the other trainers who lie to themselves that often training is not as successful as we would like to think it is. This is not something…
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Education at its worst
This just popped up on the ABC news feed and this sort of information really irritates me, even on a relaxing Sunday afternoon. Please read the report and make your own conclusions. How someone makes the jump that increased enrolments in Public Schools are due to the MySchool website is either the worst researcher in…
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Career questions
Ocassionally we all need to review where we have been, where we currently stand and where we believe we are heading. This could involve your career but it may also involve your social life, your personal development or just what you want to do with your life. The difficult thing about this process of reflection…