Posts by Don Sosnowski
Invista Offers You State Funding for Corporate Training
Do more with less—this is the mantra in organizations across America. Get leaner, save money, and get it done in or under budget. Employee training and development is unfortunately often one of the initiatives that gets cut when budgets are tight. But Invista Performance Solutions (IPS) has a way to help your organization stretch your…
Read MoreBlended Learning Saves Time and Money
Business moves fast and people have less and less time to attend trainer-led workshops in a formal training room. 100% web-based learning is not very effective at leading to real behavior change. And there is never enough time to pull people into live trainings. How can your employees develop the skills and knowledge they need in…
Read MoreDon’t take Personality Differences Personally! Use DiSC® to bring teams together.
Diversity is a hot topic today and we consider it through a variety of categories—age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual preferences, personalities—the list goes on. Let’s examine for this short piece just the diversity that exists within the personalities of people. Organizations are making major efforts and spending lots just to get a better grasp…
Read MoreLeadership by the “Book”: The Leadership Challenge Part 2
Leadership—what exactly is it? Leaders—what do they do? What set of traits are most desirable for leaders? We started answering these questions in more depth in our last blog by pointing you to a remarkable standard in the study of Leadership—The Leadership Challenge by James Kouzes and Barry Posner. First published in 1987, it has…
Read MoreIntroverts CAN Enjoy Training!
Group training programs can sometimes be exhausting. I’ve been in training for 20 years and I still get a little nervous during large group interactions with people I don’t know very well, role plays in front of the group, and when the pace and energy set by the facilitator doesn’t give me adequate time to…
Read MoreLeadership by the “Book”: The Leadership Challenge
Leadership—what exactly is it? Leaders—what do they do? What set of traits are most desirable for leaders? If you ask 100 people, you will likely get 100 different answers. The diversity of thought has permeated the publishing sphere evidenced by the myriad of books published on the topic. A quick Amazon search for books on…
Read MoreKeep Your Customers From Walking Away During Staff Turnover
If you run a client services organization, then you know one of the worst things that can happen is to lose a services delivery manager—that main client contact—in an abrupt manner. Clients lose confidence in your organization; services will suffer; important knowledge and information does not pass to the next employee; bad turnover suggests organizational…
Read MoreA Simplified Straightforward Way to Manage Change, with a FREE Assessment Tool
Change is a constant. Personally or professionally, we deal with it in big and small ways almost daily. But we can be assured that methods of handling change are not as unpredictable as the occurrence of change itself. A company called PROSCI has done us all a huge service and defined a model and method…
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