Training Related Topics 
Chris Koch
FEBRUARY 28, 2014
My former boss helped me learn about the technology industry, yet few companies are addressing such skill shortages with a strategy that makes mentoring, corporate training, or development a core piece of the solution. No dumpster diving going on there). Companies Can’t Always Get What They Need Off the Street.
Chris Koch
APRIL 28, 2014
The missing piece of the puzzle that fell in place for me as I listened to him talk was that since the World Wide Web came along we have been continuously training generations of people to do things themselves and in collaboration with others. Pretend the Industrial Revolution Never Happened.
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Chris Koch
JUNE 9, 2014
Second, I spent most of my career as a journalist, which trained me to be vigilant about whether what people say is what they really mean – especially when it comes to marketing, which is the function I work in in SAP. From infancy, we are trained to respond to social cues.
Chris Koch
JUNE 18, 2010
When a customer needs something small, like a nut or bolt, Zane trains his staff (and training is important) to just give them away. First, it was free one-year maintenance with each bike. Then when competitors matched it, he made it two years, and then finally, lifetime. After all, what’s a $5 tube when you have $5600 to spend?
Chris Koch
NOVEMBER 12, 2010
Those people may receive media training, presentation and speaking training, etc. PR works to identify people in the organization who would be good representatives of the company, its value, and its offerings. to prepare them to be public representatives of the company.
Chris Koch
SEPTEMBER 24, 2014
American Express piloted a phased retirement program to allow some older Cobol programmers to work part-time instead of retiring so they could train younger programmers, act as mentors and coaches to younger workers. Goldberg has found three examples of how companies can do this: Intergenerational learning. Peer recognition, amplified.
Chris Koch
MAY 14, 2010
Telstra has a cool example of social media training that anyone can watch. Listen to IBM ’s Sandy Carter talk about how she set up a social media council in her group at IBM. We shouldn’t just turn employees loose without helping them learn about the tools. But we also need to teach them about the strategies for using those tools.
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