Feb 19

Featured Training Tool: Training Needs Assessment Step-By-Step Helpcard

Training Needs Assessment Step-By-Step Helpcard guides you through conducting a training needs assessment, and it’s all on two sides of an 8.5 x11 inch “card”. Meant for busy people who haven’t time to read books on the subject and need to get the job done NOW. Also an economical job aid to keep with you.

Training Needs Assessment Helpcard (Partial Picture)

Training Needs Assessment Helpcard (Partial Picture)

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May 21

Upward Appraisals and Employee Surveys

On feedback upwards, appraisals to supervisors and supervisors:

I think we need to separate two different functions – one is judging (my manager does this or that well or badly), and providing critical information or feedback to help the manager do his or her job, and support the employee in getting their jobs done.

If we are talking about judging, then I suspect David is correct. If we are talking about getting information from employee to manager about how the manager can be more useful, then it’s a different story.

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