Using strategic human resource planning as a leadership tool – Chances and possibilities for leaders and organisations

Using strategic human resource planning as a leadership tool – Chances and possibilities for leaders and organisations

Starting from June 2016, Mag. Anita Berger – HR expert with long-time experience both within organisations and as a trainer and coach – offers the new workshop “The leader as a former”. To summarize, the workshop is about using strategic human resource planning as a leadership tool for long-term success as a team. In a short interview she reveals which topics she’ll treat in detail and how leaders and organisations can benefit from this approach. (more…)

Learning transfer in practice – Reflection work: Circle of concern vs. circle of influence

Learning transfer in practice – Reflection work: Circle of concern vs. circle of influence

Training is only effective and reasonable if learned things are applied in practice afterwards. But that’s exactly the difficult part! Visible learning transfer which is documented and therewith controllable isn’t easy to get. Targeted learning transfer measures, provided pre and post a training – for a example on a learning transfer platform – can do the trick. In our new series “Learning transfer in practice” we present just these transfer measures. Today: A reflection work on the circle of influence.

 

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Kirkpatrick certification – What is it good for?

Kirkpatrick certification – What is it good for?

Kirkpatrick? Do we know! Training-evaluation? Do we do. Useful training-design? Of course, what else!? And measurable results? This question asked, answers become more and more quiet. Elsewise after the two-day Kirkpatrick workshop as a foundation for the bronze certification. We asked the participants of trainers, HR managers and consultants: What did you get out of the certification for yourself?

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Leaving the comfort zone – More courage for more training results

Leaving the comfort zone – More courage for more training results

Nobody likes to give insights into fields, where problems exist. And due to a mutual comfort zone everybody tends to avoid questions about it. We’re talking about trainers and organisations designing development programs together. For real trainings results as well as positive and direct contribution to business-goals it takes courage – on both sides. We talked with Masha Ibeschitz, coach and training expert, about this delicate topic.

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Monster or softy – How do you lead your employees?

Monster or softy – How do you lead your employees?

Every now and then, do you feel the urge to duck down and slacken the reins? The employees will kind of cope with daily business on their own… And if not, you can release the monster to take drastic action in the end.
Certainly, each leader already spent the one ore other minute with such thoughts and therewith lost valuable resources and energy. And the results possibly have been lousy. Leadership expert Susanne Spath talks about her approach on situative leadership between those extreme poles.
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Be ready for the change – HR expert Remko Verheul about his experience with a learning transfer platform and the future of L&D

Be ready for the change – HR expert Remko Verheul about his experience with a learning transfer platform and the future of L&D

These days, the Learning & Development industry is undergoing a considerable change. Digital tools and online offers are on the rise and HR departments face new challenges as well as new possibilities when it comes to employee and leadership development. One of these new possibilities is Promote, a learning transfer platform offering the chance to sustainably manage learning transfer and development programs which go far beyond a single training-shot.
We asked Remko Verheul – Global Head of HR at Travix International and previous Program Director of the Swarovski Academy – about his experience with the new platform and his forecast for the L&D industry.
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