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Maximizing Knowledge Transfer with Mentoring
One of the greatest challenges for any manager is maximizing the learning and the knowledge transfer from training.
Just-in-time training (JITT) is critical. Give your employees training when they... Read more

The Perils of Cutting Your Company’s Training Budget
Most of us have heard the old saying about the importance of advertising:
“When times are good, you should advertise. When times are bad, you must advertise.”
If one examines the history of business cycles during times... Read more

Achieving Desired Results from Carefully Designed Instruction
Corporate leaders are focused on results. A change in people’s behavior is often required in order for the desired results to be achieved. And this is what corporate learning initiatives are all about... Read more

It’s more than a day’s pay for a day’s work
Circuit City has become a classic case study in what not to do as an employer. Once known for its customer service, Circuit City slashed its workforce by 3,400 in May 2007 by firing employees the retailer determined were paid too much... Read more

Talent Management: Transferring Leadership to the Next Generation
The top executive of a major manufacturing company was considering early retirement, and the company was facing a dilemma. To continue the company’s growth, it needed a bench of new leaders with the right kind of talent – i.e. the skills, drive and charisma... Read more

Are your leaders ready for tomorrow’s challenges?
An organization is an administrative and functional structure, largely dependent on the individuals who are part of it. Most successful organizations know that hiring the “right” people is a critical part of building that ... Read more

Leadership Development: You Don’t Have To Start From Scratch
You have just returned from that conference on the latest trends and best practices in building a learning organization.  Now you’re anxious to put some of these nifty ideas into practice – so with great zeal and zest, you extol to your leadership team the virtues of ...Read more

TrainingFolks Chosen to Provide Leadership Development for Parmalat
Performance consulting and leadership development firm TrainingFolks has been engaged by Parmalat Canada for multiple employee-based development projects... Read more

TrainingFolks Honored at International Conference.
The American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) honored TrainingFolks for their learning and performance practices... Read more

TrainingFolks to Provide Contract Trainers to LPL Financial.
TrainingFolks has been engaged to provide contract trainers to the Independent Advisor Services division of LPL Financial Corporation in San Diego... Read more

Ballantyne Resort Engages TrainingFolks for Instructional Design and Training
TrainingFolks has been engaged by Charlotte's Ballantyne Resort, a first-class urban luxury Mobil Four-Star and AAA Four Diamond award winning resort to provide contract trainers and... Read more

Electric Safety Authority Case Study
The Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) is a stand-alone, financially self-sustaining not-for-profit corporation accountable to a Board of Directors and operating as an Administrative Authority under the Electricity Act 1998. ESA is responsible for public electrical safety in Ontario... Read more