If you’re in L&D, a leader, or a subject matter expert (SME), you probably have some responsibility for the onboarding process, and you understand why...
read moreHelping L&D Sell Turpin’s “Secret Sauce” to Internal Customers
August 24, 2022 0 Comments
When people participate in Turpin workshops, individual members and teams enjoy a host of secondary benefits beyond greater comfort with their own communication skills. Managers...
read moreIs Communication Training Missing from Your Sales Training?
There’s something missing in the world of sales training, and your organization might be suffering the consequences. Your sales staff has learned about your products...
read moreIs Your L&D’s Reputation as Good as You Need it to Be?
July 28, 2022 0 Comments
One of our clients, who is a senior leader in L&D, said to us recently after having had a difficult conversation with a regional manager...
read moreBuilding Facilitation Training Skills for Faculty Members
July 1, 2022 0 Comments
When people participate in Turpin workshops, individual members and teams enjoy a host of secondary benefits beyond greater comfort with their own communication skills. Managers...
read moreFive Things VIRTUAL Learners Want Us to Know
January 26, 2022 0 Comments
A while back, I wrote a blog post about what learners really want trainers to know about their experience and expectations in a learning environment,...
read moreShaping Employees’ Soft Skills Through Tailored Onboarding
July 28, 2021 0 Comments
We’ve previously talked about the crisis in soft skills in corporate America—clear communication, empathic audience analysis, effective meeting skills, and the like. What we’re hearing...
read moreEarn Trust by Making Your Destination Clear
June 16, 2021 0 Comments
Do you have that friend or family member who offers you a ride and then doesn’t look at a map or set their GPS app...
read moreDry Runs: The Key to Training Readiness in the Virtual World
August 14, 2020 0 Comments
In our book, Effective SMEs: A Trainer’s Guide for Helping Subject Matter Experts Facilitate Learning, Dale Ludwig and I encourage trainers (and subject matter experts turned...
read morePresentation Skills Training: REDEFINED.
March 21, 2019 0 Comments
Josh Bersin wrote an interesting article on LinkedIn about the mismatch between academic education and job skills. What jumped out at me was research showing that...
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