3 Reasons Why Training and Development Fails…
1- Lack of Alignment with Business Needs. A training program’s payoff comes from the business measures that drive it. Simply put, if a training program is not aligned or connected to a business measure, no improvement can be linked to...
Non-for-profits Need More Training
New Australian research shows that one in two Not for Profit employees do not have access to any professional development. According to researchers at The University of Western Australia Centre for Social Impact (UWA CSI) and funded by the Origin...
Trainers’ Skills Development
Often people come to our courses looking for advice to transition into training after having done something else for a while. Becoming a vocational educator, a trainer, a facilitator, a performance improvement professional is not going to happen overnight. It...
1 Question you Should Never Ask During Industry Consultation
I recently met with a client who was preparing a industry consultation questionnaire for a new Training Product. Here is the crux of what he was planning to ask: What do learners need to learn? This is one question you...
Our VET System Works!
Vocational education has been around for centuries, the ability to master some traditional trades has been passed from generation to generation in pioneer versions of vocational education and training (VET) systems, since the very beginning of our societies. The application...
Bridge the Gap Between E-Learning and Compliance
Compliance training, in too many training organisations, is dangerously close to an oxymoron. No matter how rigorous and compelling our Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) may be, compliance related training programs, especially in e-learning, are routinely boring, stale, and...
Conducting Validations
The Standards for RTOs 2015 set the requirements and benchmarks for RTO’s Assessment Practices. All RTOs must develop and implement a system to ensure: Assessment judgements are sound and consistent Assessment judgements are validated. An assessment system includes not only...
Converting Data to Monetary Value
For some evaluators, the act of converting data to monetary value inspires fear, misconception, and bewilderment. But remember, all data can be converted to monetary value. You just need to know what techniques are available to you. Use Standard ValuesMany...
Delivering standalone units that are part of a qualification
The regulation for delivering elective units and standalone units has been very inconsistent among different regulators. In the past, RTOs wishing to deliver elective units within a qualification as a standalone unit were required to formally apply to add the...
Measuring ROI in Business Coaching: An Overview
Measuring ROI? In business coaching? Yes and yes. Isn’t this just a fad? Isn’t this impossible? No and no. As more and more organisations use business coaching as a human resources, performance improvement, and leadership development approach, many executives question its value,...