Bøger udgivet af American Society for Training & Development

Addressing the various activities that fall under the time management umbrella - setting priorities and goals, analyzing where time is spent, demands on time, and scheduling, this book reveals how to help others develop strategies for productivity and effectiveness.

Organizations thrive when employees feel valued, the environment is energized, and high productivity and innovation are the norm. This requires a new kind of leader who fosters a culture of connection within the organization. Michael Lee Stallard's Connection Culture provides a fresh way of thinking about leadership and offers recommendations for how to tap into the power of human connection.

Human Performance Improvement (HPI) is a growing area of expertise among workplace learning professionals. This book provides a basic guide for those with little or no background in HPI and includes examples, checklists, and other tools to aid in understanding as you move along the path to becoming a valued HPI practitioner in your organization.

Aims to help trainers find a happy medium between the amount of technology that can be ignored and the amount of technology a savvy trainer needs to possess to get the job done; and to turn your newly acquired tech savvy into a workable, functional e-learning solution.

From children to adults, everybody likes a good story. Stories are memorable, actionable, and emotional. Instructional Story Design is a practical guide to writing and developing stories for training.

Major societal forces and business changes require talent development professionals to adopt new approaches and upgrade skills to keep pace and grow. Capabilities for Talent Development presents a powerful framework to guide the profession in what practitioners need to know and do to develop themselves, others, and their organisations.

Microlearning is an essential tool that talent development professionals can use to fully engage their learners and tackle organisational performance needs. How do you know if the microlearning approach is successful? And what works? Designing Microlearning answers these and other questions.

Explains why new manager orientation is critical for bridging the gap between when employees join management and when they receive development. Sharlyn Lauby details management orientation and how it differs from other management development programs; why a manager-specific program is needed; and ways to gain support for these programs.

Details a five-step process for creating a culture of excellence. Jacqueline Burandt provides ways to use award applications as a benchmark for developing change; a list of benefits to elicit C-suite support; guidance on how to align with internal and external parties; and tools for building and sustaining a high-quality learning organisation.

Introduces the Results Come First framework. Chris Adams and Beth Hughes show how results should come first when engaging with clients; the forces that may throw off the balance of your development initiative; and examples of how the framework works in action.

Provides a modern approach to giving performance feedback. Ben Locwin discusses the importance and challenges of giving feedback; why discussions go wrong; how to personalize feedback discussions; considerations for measuring the effectiveness of discussions; and tools to assist managers in providing feedback more effectively.

Learning personas help TD professionals expand that knowledge. Karen Bishea Williams unpacks learning personas from an L&D perspective. She provides information about how to better understand learners; insights and a five-step process for building a set of learner personas; and a sample learner persona set.

Build and refine your measurement and evaluation skills through ROI Basics, perfect for beginners challenged to implement a comprehensive evaluation process as well as those taking a proactive approach to accountability.

Conquer your phobia of public speaking with 10 Steps to Successful Presentations. In this second edition, the Association for Talent Development provides an updated 10-step guide to delivering first-rate presentations whether you have several months or just one day to prepare.

Provides the real-world definitions to about 300 of the world's most commonly-used business terms and gives you the origin story (who coined the term? when did it start to be used figuratively in the business world?) for each one. Get the language clarity you need and have fun learning the full etymology of favourite phrases.

Gleaning insights from research, theory, and practice, authors Karl M. Kapp and Robyn A. Defelice debunk the myths around microlearning and present their universal definition. In Microlearning: Short and Sweet, they go beyond the hypothetical and offer tips on putting microlearning into action.

Provides guidance on how to address the traditional and not-so-traditional issues that occur when staff is not collocated such as onboarding new staff and delivering performance reviews as well as handling office romance.

Author Megan Torrance introduces the LLAMA (TM) methodology to illustrate how Agile applies to learning and development projects. This book includes templates for goal alignment, scope definition, estimating, planning, and iterative development.

Sheds new light on quota challenges, the story behind them, and the methods to solve them. Author Mark Donnolo's problem-solving approach features quota design frameworks and a range of scalable methods plus the candid expert perspectives of CEOs and other senior leaders. This is a must-read for those who set and fulfil quotas.

Filled with real examples and 40 tools to help you master the nuances that drive deliberate development. Wendy Axelrod helps you stretch your abilities to unlock memorable experiences for your mentees and create a lasting legacy for yourself.

Discover the gritty reality of training. Confessions of a Corporate Trainer will entertain you, challenge you, and remind you why you as a trainer are so important in today's workplace.

Creates a new framework for anticipating emerging learning technologies, outlining six key perspectives you should consider with any new technology. The authors examine some of the day's most commonly discussed emerging technologies and pose the questions that will point the way to your own strategy.

Challenges compliance training that simply ensures employees avoid the legal risk of failing to comply with a specific mandate. Organisations must design compliance programmes that serve a higher purpose and build resilient cultures focusing on integrity and ethics learning.

Offers the key success tools all world-class organisations have in common and explain how your organisation can adopt them, using the World Class Excellence Model. For this second edition, the authors present updated examples from organisations including IKEA, Harley-Davidson, Ritz-Carlton, and Walt Disney.

As more companies want e-learning for training and development, they often task lone individuals with the work. And when you're on your own, you need workarounds and shortcuts. Think of E-Learning Department of One as your lifeline, covering the entire scope of e-learning design and development, all from the lens of how to get by with limited resources, help, and time.

A learning management system is the cornerstone of any organisation's online training and development. Konstance Allen details what an LMS is capable of; the individuals who should be on your LMS selection committee; how to create a request for information; and the type of support you should expect from an LMS supplier.

Move beyond reactively developing shadowing and rotational programs to proactively championing them at your organisation. Mia Mulrennan explains what shadowing and rotational programs are; reasons for building these programs; simple tools to use to get started; and how to achieve programs that help learning ""stick"" and produce winning outcomes.

Good managers know they need to deliver results to be successful. Great ones? They understand managing encompasses something more: making connections, embodying the right skills, and developing their direct reports. They also realise it takes practice. With Focus on Them, you'll get the tools and know-how to excel as a manager.

Developing and retaining talent is critical to business success, and L&D can help with this. In Fuel Business Strategies With L&D Analytics, Gene Pease and Caroline Brant delve deeper into how learning dashboards and AI enable L&D leaders to leverage learning as a business strategy with a quantitative, data-driven approach.