Corporate Psycho: Stress, KPIs & Sadistic Productivity
As a Training Manager, you've seen it all. From boring compliance training to leadership’s obsession with “productive hours.” But now you’re faced with a mission harder than convincing a CEO to watch an entire e-learning module: persuading leadership that burnout is real and that training can actually fix it! 1 “Burnout Is NOT a Myth ...
New Sheriff (L&D) in Town: Training Reloaded
Transitioning into a New Organization as an L&D Manager… congratulations! So you’ve arrived in the city (or rather, the organization) proudly wearing the badge of the new Learning & Development Manager. But instead of villains, the landscape you encounter is filled with outdated training methods, endless PowerPoints, and managers who think training is simply “something ...
Boss Level Challenge: The Man Who Knew It All (Or So He Thought)
If you work in Learning & Development, then you’ve surely encountered the ultimate Boss Level Challenge: the Manager who knows everything. He’s the one who hears the word “training” and checks his watch with the same enthusiasm as waiting for water to boil. For him, training is a waste of time because—according to himself—he already ...
Training Club – HR Team VS Managers
HR VS Managers ... If you work in employee training, you know very well that it’s not just a job. It’s a mission. And if there’s an enemy more dangerous than the classic “I don’t have time,” it’s the manager who doesn’t want their people to “waste time” on training. Welcome, then, to the "Training ...
LMS: Mission Impossible
Do you ever feel like Tom Cruise on a dangerous “LMS success” mission… which, if you choose to accept it... Let’s admit it: if the LMS were a party, employees would be lining up outside and you’d be doing face control because inside it would be pure chaos. As a training manager, though, when you ...
Does the CFO Want Profit? Show Him That Education Brings It!
CFO vs Learning Manager: The Ultimate Battle for Training ROI! Have you ever tried to explain to the CFO that training isn’t “a nice expense” but an investment that pays back? And he looks at you as if you just suggested holding a team-building session on the Moon? Don’t worry! It’s time to show him ...
Training Budget: The CFO’s Eternal ‘No’!
HR Manager vs Budget Committee: Battle to the Final… Investment! Have you ever found yourself explaining why training is necessary, while the CFO’s gaze has already drifted into space? Perhaps when you say, “we need a budget for training,” you hear responses like: “We don’t have room for that this year” “Let’s wait and see ...
Organizational Training: From ‘Whatever Comes Up’ to ‘What’s Needed’!
New Training Manager? Time to Organize the Chaos! Congratulations! You’re the new training manager of your organization. That means: You hold the future of learning in the organization in your hands. Your colleagues see you as the magician who will solve all problems with a “training session.” No one exactly knows what you do, but ...
Promotion or Trap? A Survival Guide for First-Time Managers!
Congratulations, You’re a Manager! Now What? Promotion! Finally, your hard work has paid off! You now hold the title of Manager, have your own office (or at least a chair that doesn’t squeak), and maybe even a team looking at you with expectations. Great, right? Or terrifying? The truth is, the transition from individual contributor ...
What Do You Remember from the Last Training?… The Coffee!
How the Brain Learns and Why We Forget Most of What We Learn Have you ever attended a training session and, a week later, only remember the great coffee during the break? It's not your fault. The problem lies in how most trainings are designed! Our brain is not a hard drive where information is ...