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Training Resources

Training Resources


Training Magazine
Focused on job-related employer-sponsored training and education. This site strives to make organizations more effective and productive by improving human performance.

ASTD - Training & Dev. Magazine
Provides useful, how-to information on current best practices, new theories and applications in employee training.

SHRM - HR Magazine
Practical solutions to current workplace problems are featured, as well as new approaches and innovative best practices in all areas of HR.
Fast Company Magazine - Learning
Find inspiration, learn how to make sense of ambiguity and how to take risks, discover what makes a career grow and more!

Industry Week - Daily News
Ideas and information to help key decision-makers learn new, more effective ways to lead people, implement technology, and manage business processes.

Workforce Online - The Buzz
Articles serve to frame various HR issues and provide users with the tools needed to take action.
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The Encyclopedia of Games for Trainers

Andy Kirby

Use these participative training techniques to rejuvenate, challenge, and motivate participants. This collection of over 145 group games will get participants involved in the learning process and add substance to new or existing programs on any training topic.

In addition to providing you with a substantial stock of games, the manual includes an in-depth discussion of the unique dimension that well-presented games add to a training session. It covers proper preparation for the use of games in training, techniques for providing feedback to participants, and methods for choosing a game that is right for your audience and subject matter.

 

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Teambuilding Effectiveness Facilitator's Guide

This instrument looks at the ability to effectively build a team using the Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing model. It is critical to understand the stages through which a typical team will travel over time. Within these stages seven categories of teambuilding competency can be derived.

When individuals or organizations face significant situations or challenges, one of the first priorities is to understand the issues involved and to work out what needs to be done. In many cases, we do not need any formal assistance to help this process and can think our way through the steps that seem to be most appropriate. However, on occasion the issues or the problems may not be entirely clear and a structured approach can help considerably.

This program's diagnostic assessment is simple and easy-to-use and its comprehensive profile helps participants understand their skills or the situations they face more effectively.

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Training House Reproducible Games and Simulations

Hands-on experience is the name of the game with this unique spectrum of learning opportunities!

This diverse collection of reproducible games and simulations makes learning a fun and participative way for employees to gain experience in the key concepts and skills essential to their success in the workplace. It is an ideal resource for trainers looking for a creative way to instill new ideas and skills, but who do not have the time to develop a new game on their own. This valuable assortment of 18 unique training games is ready-to-use and includes clear objectives, detailed instructor guidelines and reproducible materials for participants.

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7 Strategies for Effective Training: Special Report - Print Version

Training is a major responsibility. Just think about all the different kinds of training employees need throughout their careers: new employee orientation, sexual harassment, confined spaces, discrimination, software updates, hazard communication and more. Training is an ongoing need in every company. As the person responsible for training in your organization, you can bring employee learning to the top of the priority list.

Follow the seven strategies outlined in this special report to design and run an effective training program that will motivate and train your workforce to be the best in the industry – and that will have positive effects on every department in your company.

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