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Learning that clics
Mary Slaughter, Jon Thompson, Janet Ahn,Make Learning Stick Through Deeper AnalysisAchieving lasting learning starts with understanding our psychology—how we process, retain, and apply learning in our everyday work. It also starts with understanding how our brains work and how they receive, process, encode, and recall information—the e...
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Find your fit
Sue Kaiden,Master the new world of work. You want—no, you need—a new job. But not just any job. The job. So you polish your resume till it shines. You apply for countless openings, tailoring your message to each. You search for the hidden job market, although it remains very well hidden. And the response? W...
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10 steps to successful change management
George Vukotich,Change is inevitable, and how we handle it determines a great deal of our success in life. Fortunately, 10 Steps to Successful Change Management can help you understand change and take proactive steps toward dealing with it. With this handy go-to resource as your guide, you can understand and eva...
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Quality management in learning and development
Hadiya Nuriddin,Develop a Quality Management System to Support Learner and Organizational GoalsQuality management is collectively all the activities and processes that ensure your learning products meet the standard your organization is committed to. All errors have consequences that compromise that standard. Or...
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90 days, 90 ways
Alexia Vernon,In today’s business environment of slim budgets and ever-increasing demand for demonstrable results and return-on-investment, bringing recently hired team members into your organization efficiently and successfully is one of the most challenging tasks you face as a manager. Emphasizing how to inc...
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Aha moments in talent management
Mark Allen,Unleash greater potential from your talent by making people a top priority.Most executives would say that people are their most valuable asset; but even with the best intentions of putting employees first, companies can be held back by outdated policies. This business fable highlights 13 talent m...
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Beyond telling ain't training fieldbook
Harold D. Stolovitch,An essential companion guide for implementing the powerful principles of Telling Ain't Training. A field companion to the original Telling Ain't Training, the Beyond Telling Ain't Training Fieldbook includes a detailed action plan and support materials to help you transform "telling to trainin...
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Rapid video development for trainers
Jonathan Halls,Rapid Video Development for Trainers meets the needs of companies and individuals who are thinking about or have dabbled in video production. Although producing focused, high quality video is well within the capability of nearly every development professional, the skill sets required to do so hav...
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Immersive learning
Koreen Olbrish Pagano,Use immersive learning design to train others using new technology. Discover a framework for thinking in terms of immersive learning design. Outline the process of designing for immersion. See real examples of organizations that have applied these principles to solve learning and performance chal...
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Project management for trainers, 2nd edition
Lou Russell,Define a development project before you start planning the details.A seat of the pants approach to project management is no longer viable. Today’s trainer is taking on truly unique projects—and often many at once. Whether you’re developing materials on unfamiliar topics or writing courses for oth...
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Measurement and evaluation on a shoestring
Alaina Szlachta,Are you being asked to measure and evaluate the effectiveness of the learning programs you created for your company, but don’t know where to start and have limited resources? Measure Learning Impact Despite Limited Resources Year after year, talent development professionals report that lack of ti...
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Competency-based training basics
William J. Rothwell, Jim M. Graber,Competency-based training is a unique approach to training design that builds and enhances individual competencies in line with previously identified profiles of success. This training helps fill the gap between workers' actual performance and their ideal performance. Competency-Based Training Ba...
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Agile for instructional designers
Megan Torrance,Discover Agile for Better Instructional Design To serve business needs amid greater volatility and uncertainty in the workplace, learning and development professionals need project management methods that can keep up. Enter Agile.Popular in the software development space as an approach to project...
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L&d order taker no more!
Jess Almlie,Transform Your L&D Team Into Your Organization’s Strategic Business Partner Most L&D pros dream of the day when stakeholders will stop viewing them as mere order takers and consider them critical, strategic partners in shaping the future of their organization. But how do you get there? In...
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Consulting on the inside, 2nd ed.
Beverly Scott, B. Kim Barnes,Are you an internal consultant—a staff member who serves in a consultative role within your organization? Then you need this hands-on guidebook to help you better understand your role and improve your performance.Whether you're a change agent, trusted advisor, or someone who serves in varying cap...
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The unashamed guide to virtual management
Ben Bisbee, Kathy Wisniewski,Manage Virtual Teams for Maximum ResultsWorking remotely is a reality of today’s and tomorrow’s workforce. With organizations switching from a model of only on-site employees to on-site and virtual employees working globally, managers need guidance on how to address the traditional and not-so-tra...
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Influence in talent development
Vivian Blade,Elevate Your Impact Through Influence SkillsAt work, we often find ourselves in situations where we can and do influence others. We are negotiators, persuaders, conciliators, and maybe intermediaries and mediators. While there used to be little to no emphasis placed on developing these skills, or...
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Minds at work
David Grebow, Stephen J. Gill,The only sustainable advantage in our hypercompetitive marketplace is the ability to learn and adapt faster than everyone else. Companies that cling to management practices of a bygone era continue to fade away. They desperately need managers who empower people to seek out learning at a moment’s ...
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Organization development fundamentals
William J. Rothwell,In a tumultuous global business environment, change is a constant. Organizations are affected by many factors from the local economy to global competition. To be successful they must do more than react to changes, they need to be proactive. Organization Development Fundamentals provides a startin...
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Instructional story design
Rance Greene,Once Upon a Time, Storytelling Met Instructional Design From children to adults, everybody likes a good story. Stories are memorable, actionable, and emotional. We are constantly making sense of the world by forming stories, and that makes them perfect for instructional design.Instructional Story...
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Applying ai in learning and development
Josh Cavalier,Become an Expert AI User and Strategy Leader Artificial intelligence (AI) and performance expert Josh Cavalier shares his in-depth knowledge and skills to help L&D professionals master learning experience design by using generative AI in their employee learning and development efforts. More t...
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Training ain't performance
Harold D. Stolovitch, Erica J. Keeps,Despite the explicit emphasis on bottom-line results in the workplace, a great deal of confusion exists regarding what constitutes achievement, and how training should and does relate to performance.Training Ain't Performance untangles the myths and outright fallacies propagated in the workplace.
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Facilitation skills training
Kimberly Devlin,Help them make the most out of every meeting. Rambling group discussions, tangential concerns, difficult attendees, and unclear objectives can all derail a facilitated event—and often do. But more than just learning how to avoid the pitfalls, effective facilitators ease the way for groups to achi...
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Virtual training tools and templates
Cindy Huggett,A Complete & Practical Toolkit for Successful Virtual Training Create the most effective virtual training solutions for your organization by using the right tools for the right learning situation. In this updated edition of Virtual Training Tools and Templates, online learning pioneer Cindy H...
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Producing virtual training, meetings, and webinars
Kassy LaBorie,Master the Production of Virtual Events and Improve EngagementHave you ever found yourself confidently delivering content for a virtual training session, webinar, or online meeting only to have a participant drop off? Or, have you bravely launched breakout sessions but found that participants got...
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A trainer’s guide to powerpoint
Mike Parkinson,Learn the Secrets Needed to Master PowerPoint for TrainingAs a successful facilitator, you know the importance of the resources in your professional toolkit. How you engage your audience and improve learning can be affected by how well you use them. But mastery of PowerPoint evades many. Feedback...
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Career development basics
Michael Kroth, McKay Christensen,This book is now available as an ebook through ASTD's new service: Content Express!Even in the best financial times, career development is often relegated to the back of the bus because it's seen as a short-term cost rather than a long-term investment with lasting impact. But the reality is that ...
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Modern mentoring
Randy Emelo,If you want to do more with mentoring, you’ve found the right book. The notion that only the most experienced members of an organization can guide a few promising go-getters no longer applies in today’s business world. In Modern Mentoring, Randy Emelo advocates for a vastly different mentoring pr...
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Communication skills training
Maureen Orey,Individuals, teams, and organizations are only as good as their ability to communicate effectively.Communication Skills Training offers the crucial tools you’ll need to help your workshop participants master the skills that drive performance. The first book in the ATD Workshop Series offers pract...
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The accidental instructional designer, 2nd edition
Cammy Bean,Go From Accidental to IntentionalFilled with insights and tips, this updated edition of The Accidental Instructional Designer, by e-learning veteran Cammy Bean, covers nearly every aspect of the learning design process for those getting started or even for the experienced practitioner in need of ...
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Coaching training
Lisa Haneberg,Create made-to-order learning experiences that deliver results with Lisa Haneberg by your side. By emphasizing deep listening and empowering learners to pull coaching conversations forward, you’ll help coaches build experiences that count. Coaching Training, the third book in the ATD Workshop Ser...
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Put emotional intelligence to work
Jeff Feldman, Karl Mulle,Put Emotional Intelligence to Work provides a background on the concept of emotional intelligence, the awareness and ability to manage ones emotions in a healthy and productive manner. This title features tips for achieving peak performance, cognitive and behavioral strategies for emotional self-...
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E-learning fundamentals
Diane Elkins, Desiree Pinder,This ultimate roadmap covers the entire e-learning landscape.Why do we even need e-learning? What is an LMS? How do I write a storyboard? If you’re delving into e-learning and are coming up with more questions than answers, this guide is the high-level overview you’ve been looking for. In this bo...
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Performance basics, 2nd edition
Joe Willmore,Understanding performance improvement is imperative.Have you noticed the trend toward performance in your profession? It’s happening around the world. With organizations placing greater emphasis on results and accountability, having knowledge of performance is critical.In the revised second editi...
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10 steps to successful strategic planning
Susan Barksdale, Teri Lund,Create a dynamic strategic plan, central to your organizations ability to make critical business decisions, with this step-by-step walk through the strategic planning process. 10 Steps to Successful Strategic Planning offers a simple 10 step process to assessing your priorities, organizing yo...
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Partner for performance
Ingrid Guerra-Lopez, Karen Hicks,As an L&D professional, you know not to take a client request at face value. But can you steer misguided initiatives in the right direction, arriving at a solution that works for your customers and your company?Partner for Performance is the key to aligning your learning and development role ...
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Land your next l&d role
Sarah Cannistra,Your Road Map to Career Success There has never been a better time to invest in your own L&D career. No matter where you are in your learning and development career, expert career coach and L&D luminary Sarah Cannistra delivers tactical and industry-specific advice for how to conduct and ...
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Instructional design on a shoestring
Brian Washburn,Design Effective Training Programs Despite Limited ResourcesInstructional Design on a Shoestring offers talent development professionals a process for developing effective training programs, even with limited resources. Expert instructional designer Brian Washburn applies the ADDIE model of instr...
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The art of executive coaching
Nadine Greiner,Embrace the Power of Executive CoachingAs businesses become more complex, they tend to lean on their high performers to fend off competitors, innovate, and pivot to unexplored markets. But who do these executives and leaders turn to when they need to refine their own skills?Executive coaches. In ...
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Managing incompetence
Gabriel Ginebra,Day-in, day-out, managers and supervisors face a myriad of personalities in the workplace. Managing these individual characters can sometimes drive even the calmest boss into a frenzy. Here, for the first time in English, is a humorous, yet practical and effective title on how to deal with all th...
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Know-how
Harold D. Stolovitch, Erica J. Keeps,Turn Your Know-How Into Someone Else’s Know-How-ToEveryone—whether subject matter experts, proficient performers, managers, coaches, or co-workers—will need to transfer knowledge to others at some point in their life. And, often, that responsibility falls to an occasional trainer, someone with co...
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Design thinking for training and development
Sharon Boller, Laura Fletcher,Better Learning Solutions Through Better Learning ExperiencesWhen training and development initiatives treat learning as something that occurs as a one-time event, the learner and the business suffer. Using design thinking can help talent development professionals ensure learning sticks to drive ...
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Ready, set, curate
Ben Betts, Allison Anderson,Good content is everywhere.In our digital world we are content rich, but quality poor. Good content surrounds us, but it begs to be collected, transformed, and shared. And who better to distill and dismantle it for the benefit of learning communities than today’s learning and development professi...
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Building the skills-based organization
Koreen Pagano,Make Employee Skills the Currency Within Your Organization In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, organizations are recognizing the critical importance of employees’ skills as a catalyst for organizational success. This is a fundamental change from focusing on job titles, position creden...
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Creativity in talent development
Donna Porter, Nancy Tennant,Grow Your Creativity SkillsCreativity is a natural and renewable resource that exists in every person and helps us inspire, communicate, persevere, problem solve, rise to the occasion, and spark innovation. Creativity skills can be developed, nurtured, and cultivated. In the talent development co...
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Roi basics, 2nd edition
Patricia Pulliam Phillips, Jack J. Phillips,Your essential guide to calculating return on investment.Build and refine your measurement and evaluation skills through ROI Basics, perfect for beginners challenged to implement a comprehensive evaluation process as well as those taking a proactive approach to accountability. Its five-level eval...
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Measuring the success of leadership development
Patricia Pulliam Phillips, Jack J. Phillips, Rebecca Ray,Evaluate leadership development programs all the way to impact and ROI. Globally, a record amount is being invested in leadership development, more than at any other time in history. And that translates into additional accountability for anyone spearheading a new program. Measuring the Success of...
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Teamwork in talent development
Thane Bellomo,Develop Your Teamwork SkillsTeamwork allows us to engage in important work, and teams hold immense power. Those on teams share perspectives, brainstorm ideas, and produce results beyond what’s possible alone. With organizations relying increasingly on teams to deliver impact, teamwork skills are ...
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Rapid needs analysis
Susan Barksdale, Terri Lund,The rapid pace of business today may preclude the often lengthy, time-consuming process of needs analysis. Rapid Needs Analysis provides its readers with a framework to conduct an analysis of a performance problem in a fast and efficient manner. Moreover, this book will help you decide if needs a...
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Peak leadership fitness
Timothy J. Tobin,Get leadership-fit and see results in yourself and others.Leadership and fitness are both journeys of self-discovery. Both require self-awareness, passion, and commitment. Both have the potential to inspire others. And for both, results come only with effort. To achieve great heights, you must be...
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