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From leadership styles to corporate culture, the rise of startups and the ubiquity of social media, the last 20 years has radically shifted the professional landscape. Those who embrace the new uncertainties thrive, while those who ignore them fall further behind. We’re exploring all elements of the new world of work, and sharing them here.
How do I prove the impact of my programming? This is the age-old question in training, facilitation, consulting, and coaching – how do we do it? How do we show our clients the work we’re doing in having a tangible, measurable, impact on things that matter to them? Let’s take a look at the well-known […]
How do I ensure that my participants are applying what they learned after they leave the room? This is the question we get asked. All. The. Time. From consultants, facilitators, trainers and coaches. Tell me if this feels familiar: You’re nearing the end of a great session; As a facilitator, you’re just “on”. You’ve delivered […]
The goal of the learning that happens in your leadership sessions is the creation of a change within the organization that hired you. The goal of this change is the development of a lasting effect. And finally, the goal of the lasting effect that you’ve sparked is a translation into true business impact. So how […]
In our last blog post, we discussed the issues learners face in remembering content and sparking lasting change as a result of learning and development sessions. In this post, we’ll discuss another client challenge, this one faced by the organization as a whole. For the organization, an investment into a learning and development program is […]
The goal in the delivery of most learning programs is supposed to be “effectiveness.” Why, then, does it seem like so many programs are focused on efficiency? We try to get as many individuals in the room as we possibly can. Then, we pack as much information as possible into as short of an amount […]
It might be true that some strategic priorities are advanced through training investment. But how would we know? The current methods of sustaining and measuring training program efficacy are largely broken. Over $358 billion was spent globally on corporate training last year, with an estimated $41 billion of that figure being spent on leadership training […]
If you’ve been a leadership development consultant, coach, or facilitator for a while, you may very well be able to recognize the moment that realization sparks within your participants. It’s an “aha!” moment that we sometimes call the “facilitator high.” Participants’ eyes might light up, they might even physically lean forward, but they’ve definitely reached […]
Leadership development consultants crave habit technology. There’s a growing movement around habit tools of all sorts—from habit trackers and stackers, to habit applications, to behavior change tools. This makes sense. Leadership development consultants are eager to help participants establish new habits after the session. But consider this: is what you’re really searching for simply a […]
At Actionable we have analyzed 1000s of commitments – defined as a learner’s habit or new behavior they would like to implement as outlined in Actionable’s Habit Builder framework. This analysis reveals many things, chief among them: the importance of relevance. Relevance in this context is learners having a strong “why” behind their commitment, or, […]
80% of NewYear’s resolutions “fail” by mid-February1. Reasons for their failure include anything from lack of clarity to over-ambition when setting the goal. This leads to the question: what makes a good habit commitment? You probably wonder this same thing when helping participants create action plans coming out of your learning interventions. How can you […]
