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Articles & Books From Elaine Biech
Retain outstanding talent with a successful training and development programOne of the best ways to retain great talent in your business is to deliver a strong training and development program—and this book gives you the tools to do just that. Featuring the latest strides in talent development, such as social learning, hybrid training, creating videos, and more, it arms you with everything you need to upskill employees to be more effective, productive, satisfied, and loyal.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 09-01-2022
Training and development can be incredibly rewarding, but it is also filled with challenges. This Cheat Sheet aims to cut to the chase in several key areas that trainers deal with all the time. You'll find succinct tips on avoiding pitfalls, designing great visuals, and loads of quick ideas to improve your sessions.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Social media is all the rage. You can use this to your advantage in your training sessions. Web 2.0 technologies have created fast growth in the use of social media tools and social networking activities. For trainers, social media provides information to learners who need it, when they need it, and where they need it.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Blended learning is the combination of various learning technologies. It is most effective when the best technology is matched with the content and with the learner’s needs and availability. It is a natural evolution of e-learning that includes web-based training, CD-ROM courses, videos, webinars, EPSS systems, and simulations.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Have you ever wondered why you spent the time to train your employees, but they still don’t seem to do what you trained them to? Include this 12-pack of good ideas in your training, and you can guarantee success.
Be prepared.
State the objectives.
Be organized.
Use visuals.
Answer questions.
Be enthusiastic.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Developing a more effective training session is definitely in your best interest. When designing a training session, ensure that you maximize the learning that occurs by doing the following things:
Build in practical, relevant examples.
Make it interactive; learning is not passive.
Enrich with content; don’t underestimate your learners’ potential.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
You have many ways to ensure participation in training and development. Mostly it comes down to your reaction to the learners and their learning situation. How do you react to ensure an environment that encourages the best opportunities for participation? How do you react to create the best learning experience?
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
You want your training session to be specific to your goals and provide information that can’t be found in generic training resources. To set your training apart from materials your participants can get online or from a book, be sure to do the following in your training:
Create a supportive learning environment.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
If you really want your training to take hold and be retained, you need to have effective visuals. Visuals must enhance — not detract from — your training delivery. Be sure that you follow the VISUAL laws.
Visible: Words on visuals are large enough, and you don’t block the view.
Interesting: Oriented to the learner, visuals make use of pictures, graphs, color, and bullets.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Everyone makes mistakes, but some are bigger than others. When you are training your employees, your mistakes can make the difference between business success and failure. Steer clear of committing these sins:
Starting late and wasting time
Being poorly prepared and lacking content knowledge
Displaying distracting habits
Ignoring participants’ needs and interrupting their questions
Lacking enthusiasm
Reading from a script
Neglecting to tell participants WIIFM (“what’s in it for me?