We’ve always had a variety of traditions during our Thanksgiving dinner. We start the meal by reading Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation (1863) as a way to remind us from where all our blessings come.
Monthly Archives: November 2009
The Blueprint for 'Ah Ha' Training
We’ve been in the business of training adults for over twenty-five years and one thing we know, adults learn differently than children. As more and more organizations recognize the necessity of training their workforces on a continual basis, the challenge of how to train adults needs to be addressed. The science of adult learning, first [...]
Posted in Training Tagged adult learning, Adult Learning Theory, Androgogy, Coaching, Conflict Resolution, faciliation, Malcolm Knowles, train the trainer, Training 3 Comments
The Fuel That Drives the Engine
Privileged, altruistic, opportunistic, argumentative – Just some of the words used by a room full of trainers to describe this newest workforce generation; and as a millennial, I more than likely possess some of those traits. However, as someone who was born on the cusp between Gen X and Gen Y, I feel as though [...]
Posted in Generation Y, Leadership Tagged Baby Boomer, gen x, Generation Y, Learning Styles, management, Me Generation, Millennial, Net Generation, Supervisory, Training, Trophy Kids 1 Comment
The 4 "Gets" of Personality: The Impact of Your Personality at Work
Last week in a project team meeting, one member spoke up in an annoyed tone and said, “Okay, okay, haven’t we talked about this enough? Let’s move on.” Was that desire to move on based on the topic having been fully explored, or just the personality preference of someone who became impatient very quickly? In [...]