http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Leslie+Allan Business Management Leslie Allan Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=542909&ca=Business+Management Workplace coaching can come in a variety of forms. It can exist to enhance technical, professional, business or leadership skills. Its purpose may be to help with immediate skill application in the employee's current role, or it can be used to develop the employee for a future role. The latter purpo... Business Management Leslie Allan Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=423492&ca=Business+Management Experienced trainers use a variety of training aids throughout their training programs. These include models, simulations, diagrams, mnemonics, reminder cards, templates, and so on. All of these are designed to assist trainees in the learning process. However, learning does not finish at the conclus... Business Management Leslie Allan Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=402826&ca=Business+Management The class on improving time management looked as if it would be a smart idea at first. You had every employee attend, and now months down the line schedule slippages are worse than ever. What is the problem? Could it be because your concept of how training works is outdated? According to this oversi... Business Management Leslie Allan Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=379852&ca=Business+Management Managing change in today’s organizations is not getting any easier. However, doing it well is the new imperative. How are organizations faring with moving their people and systems in new directions? IBM Global Business Services researched change management practices across the globe. Their extensive... Business Management Leslie Allan Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=354758&ca=Business+Management This may not be the first time that your CEO has sliced your training budget and I am sure it will not be the last. If you already run a lean and mean training function, then congratulations on your efforts. You may find, though, that your previous good management will not slow the CEO from asking y... Business Management Leslie Allan Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=347394&ca=Business+Management When I first became a trainer many years ago, I worked myself up about whether my trainees were learning anything useful, whether I was using the right approach, and so on. And these were fair questions to ask, as any trainer worth their salt will reflect critically on their own practice. After work... Self Help Leslie Allan Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=338877&ca=Self+Help You are in the midst of implementing an important change in your organization and find not everybody is rallying around you. Some of the people you need are not translating their words into action or have refused outright to support your change effort. The executive sponsor who liked the idea of bei... Business Management Leslie Allan Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=330824&ca=Business+Management Business pundits have recognized now for a number of years that a motivated employee is a productive employee. This is true across international boundaries, as major research studies have shown. Studies conducted by research houses such as Towers Perrin, BlessingWhite and Gallup Consulting consisten... Business Management Leslie Allan Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=326301&ca=Business+Management Many organizations muddle through change. How is your organization progressing at implementing that new accounting system or moving to a new employee performance management process? Are your managers nodding approval in public but sabotaging the initiative in private? Are your employees shell-shocke... Self Help Leslie Allan Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=318196&ca=Self+Help We all want that sense of achievement that comes with reaching our goals. Whether we are working for ourselves or working within a larger organization, we get a deep sense of satisfaction when we accomplish what we set out to do. Some people seem to achieve their objectives without much effort. Othe...