Archive for category Training and Consulting Business
Bacal’s Law of Consulting
Posted by Robert Bacal in Bacal's Laws, Training and Consulting Business on March 1, 2010
You probably don’t know that I’m the author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Consulting, which is now out of print. I’m still interested in the consulting business, and recently came across a conversation with a “consultant” stating that organizations resist change because of fear, and a few other generalizations that suggested HE knew organization’s [...]
Instructional Strategies (Summaries Great For Stimulating Your Thinking)
Posted by Robert Bacal in Icebreakers-Free, Training For Trainers, Training Tools & Techniques, adult education on February 19, 2010
Most trainers and educators are somewhat limited in terms of the training and instructional approaches or methods they use. That’s understandable given the huge realm of possibilities for helping others learn. Here’s a list of instructional strategies that can be used in your instructional design and training delivery. Above all a great list for helping [...]
Do you want to have a radio show on organizational development?
Posted by Robert Bacal in Managing and Organizations, Training and Consulting Business on February 4, 2010
Got a phone call out of the blue asking me if I was interested in hosting a regular radio show (I think it’s a radio show) on org. development. While I would jump at the chance to do something like this if someone paid me enough, at this stage of my career, I’m not interested [...]
Ice Breakers – Creating Conditions For Active Listening (Guidelines and Do’s, Don’ts For Icebreakers)
Posted by Robert Bacal in Icebreakers-Free, Training Tools & Techniques on October 20, 2009
Ice Breakers – Creating Conditions For Active ListeningBy Alan Gillies
The aim of Ice-Breakers is to establish an agreeable environment for proceedings to happen by helping the participants feel at ease. These methods are all the more necessary when the people involved don’t know each other well enough to make a good beginning. An ice-breaker will [...]
Top 10 Meeting Ice Breakers
Posted by Third Party in Icebreakers-Free, Training Tools & Techniques on October 19, 2009
Top 10 Meeting Ice Breakers
By Amy Linley
Getting people comfortable in a group setting before a team meeting can be the best investment of ten to 15 minutes of time that you can make. Ice breakers get creative juices flowing, can increase the exchange of ideas, establish team identity, and create a sense [...]
Free – Collection of Leadership Workshop Icebreakers
Posted by Robert Bacal in FREE!, Icebreakers-Free on September 21, 2009
Leadership Workshop Icebreakers
John T. Molloy wrote the famous book, Dress for Success, which outlines rules for appropriate business dress. He once stated, “there are only three appropriate colors for men in a business setting – dull, dark and drab.”
In your organization, what are the only appropriate colors for leadership? Explain your choice of colors.
Free Icebreakers For Use In Conflict Management/Resolution Training
Posted by Third Party in Icebreakers-Free, Training Tools & Techniques on September 21, 2009
Conflict Management Workshop Icebreakers
Here’s a collection of free icebreakers you can use in conflict management and conflict resolution settings.
Kenneth A. Wells said, “A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but because he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it [...]
Learning To Say No, Important To Training/Consulting/Speaking Business Success
Posted by Robert Bacal in Training Wisdom or Training Foolishness, Training and Consulting Business, human resources on August 17, 2009
In my travels, talking to trainers, consultants, and most importantly, customers and consumers of those services, a clear pattern emerges about one of the most common reasons training and consulting fail. On one level it’s simple. Training and consulting interventions fail because they are badly conceived, too limited in scope, allocated insufficient resources, or are [...]
Reporting and Interpreting of Workplace Research Data – Atrocious!
Posted by Robert Bacal in Managing and Organizations, Robert's Editorials, Training and Consulting Business on June 29, 2009
Can it get any worse? Probably not. Mainstream news outlets are often reporting on research about the workplace — about what works, what doesn’t work. This year twitter and social media research is in the limelight. Last year employee engagement was widely reported on. Plus, of course, the general garden variety research having something to [...]
How Do You Want To Market Your Training Business? #trdev #cti #astd
Posted by Robert Bacal in Asides, Robert's Editorials, Thought Jolts, Training and Consulting Business on June 16, 2009
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