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Training on Trial How Workplace Learning Must Reinvent Itself to Remain Relevant

ISBN-10: 0814414648

ISBN-13: 9780814414644

Edition: 2010

Authors: Wendy Kayser Kirkpatrick, James D. Kirkpatrick, Wendy Kayser Kirkpatrick

List price: $36.95
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While upbeat lingo abounds about ¿complementing strategic objectives¿ and ¿driving productivity,¿ the fact is that most training does not make a significant enough impact on business results, and when it does, training professionals fail to make a convincing case about the value added to the bottom line. The vaunted ¿business partnership model¿ has yet to be realized¿and in tough economic times, when the training budget is often the first to be cut, training is on trial for its very existence. Using a courtroom trial as a metaphor, Training on Trial seeks to get to the truth about why training fails and puts the business partnership model to work for real. Readers on both sides of the…    
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Book details

List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: AMACOM
Publication date: 2/13/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.09" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

David Basarab is the founder of V.A.L.E. Consulting, a training and learning evaluation consultancy, and co-author of "The Training Evaluation Process." David's work focuses on learning and training strategies.  David has decades of experience in learning and managing the education of global executives and has designed and taught programs for leadership and general management, sales training and customer software applications.   In 2005, David was awarded the "2005 Learning Innovation Award" from Chief Learning Officer Magazine and was featured in a Wall Street Journal article on using business simulations in leadership development.  David also led the Pitney Bowes Employee…    

Foreword
Preface and Acknowledgments
The Case Against Us
Taking the Case
The Foundation of Our Defense
Step 1. Pledge to Work Together
Step 2. Address Important Jury Issues
Step 3. Refine Expectations to Define Outcomes
Step 4. Target Critical Behaviors and Required Drivers
Step 5. Identify Necessities for Success
Step 6. Execute the Initiative
Step 7. ROE<sup>SM</sup>, or Return on Expectations SM
Examples from Our Stars
Call to Action
Index