Training Assessment Education

Category: Research

  • I hope I can pass.

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    Photo by Noah Hinton Below is an interesting article that collects relevant research on the concept of hope and optimism and its effect on achievement. I believe that I have always had a optimistic approach to education and training and passing assessments. Maybe this had a greater effect than I realised. I never failed any program…

  • Memory

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    Photo by Me A short video below to expand your knowledge of how memory works. Can’t see the video – click here

  • Test Yourself

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    Photo by Olu Eletu Want to start the new year off on the right track. Try the website below courtesy of the University of Cambridge and test your various attributes from values to intelligence to what your facebook profile says about you (mine indicated that I was 6% chance of being female?). Start the tests here.

  • Start Running

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    The year is nearly over and I assume that many of you are currently on holidays or about to go on holidays. A lot of people use this time to start some exercise regimen. Why not start running? Running has always been a part of my life. It helps me to relax. It keeps me…

  • What’s age got to do with it?

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    Read the article below from Harvard Business Review. It discusses the fact that from their research they have found that in the workplace there really isn’t that much difference between the young and the old. We make a lot of assumptions about age in training but I think most of that is wrong. My experiences…

  • Some biased workplace learning stats

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    Photo by ME Please read the article below which is ok but very baised. I am posting this because you do need to be wary of posts like this that have a very elearning centric bias. Some of the figures provided are probably quite accurate but what about the stats for other forms of training…

  • Customer Service Training

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    I’m writing some training on customer service at the moment and I found this very interesting article outlining the 30 elements of value. It is a great way of explaining what customers are looking for. I have provided the reference below so that any of you designing or delivering customer service training can use it.…

  • The mysteries of self esteem

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      As trainers we often talk about self esteem but do we understand the term and how it is developed. It is not the same as self confidence. Watch the enlightening video below. Can’t see the video  – click here

  • Way too much BS

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    Great video. There is way too much of this in training at the moment! BULLSHIT! from Think Nice on Vimeo.

  • Mediocre Leadership Stinks

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    I listen to the participants in my programs discussing how lousy their managers are on way to many occasions.  Of course they could be wrong and maybe they are exaggerating their lousiness but the Australian study below tends to back these claims up. I don’t think the training we are offering managers will fix this…