Dear Readers,

The articles this month speak to the need for Training and HR professionals to look into the future in order to understand some of the challenges facing their training organizations.

It seems that as we all try to do more with less, no matter the setting, the challenge always comes back to leadership and structure of the training organization. Change is inevitable – the key for success will rely on the training professional’s ability to anticipate, plan and shape an organization that will prepare employees to succeed.

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Strategic Budgeting and Planning for Learning Initiatives
By Kelly Fairbairn & Mike Bensley

Here’s a familiar dilemma: Your boss just mentioned that next year’s budget is due and that you should be prepared to defend every item or risk losing it. “And, by the way, make it a zero-based budget because we are looking for some fresh thinking, not just last year’s budget minus 10 to 15 percent. You should include some creative solutions because we are all going to be doing more with less,” she explains. Learn More

Leadership Lessons From Gettysburg
By Jack Gordon

Experiential training programs offer metaphors that are more interesting than the daily grind of work. But the measure of a metaphor is whether it provides a deeper understanding of that work. Learn More

Becoming a 21st Century Leader!
By Trudy Bourgeois

How many of you are tired of the traditional top down leadership style? Research shows a lot of people are; in fact, according to the Gallup organization, 80% of all employees wake up on Monday morning and don't want to go to work. The primary reason for employees who don't want to be at work is the boss! With this kind of data who would disagree that this leadership model doesn't work anymore? Make 2005 the year you become the best leader possible and get ready to experience phenomenal career success, by adopting a new leadership style.  Learn More

Transition Training: Managing Flux & Innovation
By Irving H. Buchen, Ph.D.

All training follows a paradoxical rhythm, combining reassurance with change, affirmation of the status quo with incremental advance—all while straddling present and future. It is thus inevitably persuasive, coaxing the now and the given to include more that is different beyond its original benchmark position. To encourage learners to venture forth from such comfort zones, typically only modest and digestible bites and bytes are selected. But as of late, the need for innovation has raised the question of whether this standard incremental process is up to the challenge—the answer is yes and no. Learn More

Preparing E-Learners for Online Success
By Ryan Watkins

For instructors and learners alike, the introduction of e-learning technologies in the last decade has renovated the all-too-familiar training experiences that endured in organizations for nearly a half-century. From desktop video and instant messaging to just-in-time training using PDAs and iPods, the technologies that are commonly found in organizations and homes are offering instructors and learners a host of new tools that have the potential to dramatically diversify and improve learning. As a result, learning is finally leaving the training classroom and becoming an indispensable ingredient of living and working in our society. Learn More

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