Freedom to Learn

August 2, 2009

Three ways to promote learning and create an attitude that values learning in organizations.

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Do You Honor Learners? Part 2

July 28, 2009

Stop. Read the previous “Do You Honor Learners?” Don’t want to? OK, proceed, but I’m not going to explain Maslow all over again. As facilitators, our body language either communicates that we honor or discount the learner. What is your body doing as the learner is talking? We all know about eye contact, head nodding [...]

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Do You Stretch?

July 24, 2009

              Trainers Stretching Learning Doing things differently Adapting to the learner Trying new technology Trying new skills Trying new techniques Stretching learners’ abilities Stretching companies’ possibilities Stretching trainings’ credibilities Stretching organizations’ operabilities Stretching businesses’ sustainabilities Are you stretchy? ©  Linda M. Farley  www.LMFarley.com  LMF@onr.com  Follow Me on Twitter:  http://twitter.com/LindaFarley [...]

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Do You Honor Learners?

July 21, 2009

 How facilitators handle questions and answers from learners makes a huge impact on the learning environment. Why?  It goes way back to Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs.  Once basic survival is attained, safety is next in order of importance.  Responding in a supportive manner to learners’ input creates emotional safety in the session.  After safety, Maslow [...]

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Why Do They Keep Asking for Training?

July 19, 2009

So you send out an employee satisfaction survey. Results come back that your workforce needs training in specific areas. You send everyone through training in those areas. Next year you complete a training needs assessment. Results are compiled that your workforce needs training the same areas that you trained last year. Frustration ensues. Maybe the [...]

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Why Does Training Matter?

July 12, 2009

Don’t you just love telemarketers?  You sit down to eat dinner and the phone rings with someone you don’t want to talk to, offering a product you don’t need.  My thoughts exactly.  But I must confess that I one of my most profound experiences occurred while training telemarketers to do exactly what we all dread [...]

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Adventures of Ted and Tina Trainer – Learning Styles

July 11, 2009

(c) 2009 Linda M. Farley

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Corporate Walls That Lie?

July 11, 2009

The employees are not performing.  Supervisors are not developing employees.  We have too much gossip in the workplace.  Objectives are not being met.  We have inconsistency.  Let’s have a training class.  But we don’t have much time.  And money is an issue.  Can we do it in 30 minutes?  We could put it in a [...]

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Adventures of Ted and Tina Trainer-Recall

July 11, 2009
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Appliances in the Workplace

July 11, 2009

The employees are not performing.  Supervisors are not developing employees.  We have too much gossip in the workplace.  Objectives are not being met.  We have inconsistency.  Let’s have a training class.  But we don’t have much time.  And money is an issue.  Can we do it in 30 minutes?  We could put it in a [...]

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