The Consultant's Toolkit: 45 High-Impact Questionnaires, Activities, and How-To Guides for Diagnosing and Solving Client Problems High-Impact Questionnaires, Activities and How-to Guides for Diagnosing and Solving Client Problems

Mel Silberman

McGraw-Hill Professional

This text contains reproducible training tools, including team activities, assessment instruments, handouts, and "how to" guides. Designed to help trainers implement ideas in teams and organization development, it covers topics such as team function assessment, and managing and leading change.

The 1999 Team and Organization Development Sourcebook

McGraw=Hill

Training the Active Training Way: 8 Strategies to Spark Learning and Change

Pfeiffer

It's here! An all-new edition of the handbook that started the active training revolution. 
You'll learn how 
* Assess training needs and participants 
* Develop active training objectives 
* Create practical opening exercises 
* Prepare effective lectures 
* Design active training exercises 
* Provide for back-on-the-job application . . . and much more! 
Silberman is synonymous with active training. Thousands upon thousands of trainers look to Silberman for sage advice on teaching adults the way they learn by doing. 
Now Silberman presents an all-new edition of his runaway bestseller, Active Training. This handbook shows you how to design and conduct experiential programs in private and public sector organizations from beginning to end. Silberman has augmented the first edition, with a wealth of new training exercises and updated case studies, along with information on emerging training technologies and ways to substantiate the ROI of training. Plus, a new section entitled Introducing Active Training explores in greater depth the reasons why adults learn best when they are actively engaged in the learning process. 
You get over 200 real-life designs and case examples distributed over 35 subject areas 
* coaching 
* communication skills 
* team building 
* performance appraisals 
* customer service 
* problem solving 
* time management 
* leadership . . . and much more! 
The index to the case studies enables you to find a training example that suits your current need. Checklists and assessments reinforce training topics and enable you to plan for action. 
I'm 'Gung Ho!' about Active Training. All trainers should find it a valuable reading experience. It is loaded with sound concepts and practical ideas. 
--Ken Blanchard, co-author, The One Minute Manager and Gung Ho! 
Within the covers of this book is all the material you need to make a course or seminar a success. Silberman's guidebook is loaded with practical, original training tips and a whole host of ways to incorporate these ideas into your training. Experience the second edition of this training classic and you'll never face an audience the same way again. Active training starts here!

Active Training: A Handbook of Techniques, Designs, Case Examples, and Tips

Pfeiffer & Company

It?s here! An all-new edition of the handbook that started the active training revolution. You'll learn how to: * Assess training needs and participants * Develop active training objectives * Create practical opening exercises * Prepare effective lectures * Design active training exercises * Provide for back-on-the-job application . . . and much more! Silberman is synonymous with active training. Thousands upon thousands of trainers look to Silberman for sage advice on teaching adults the way they learn best: by doing. Now Silberman presents an all-new edition of his runaway bestseller, Active Training. This handbook shows you how to design and conduct experiential programs in private and public sector organizations from beginning to end. Silberman has augmented the first edition, with a wealth of new training exercises and updated case studies, along with information on emerging training technologies and ways to substantiate the ROI of training. Plus, a new section entitled Introducing Active Training explores in greater depth the reasons why adults learn best when they are actively engaged in the learning process. You get over 200 real-life designs and case examples distributed over 35 subject areas including: * coaching * communication skills * team building * performance appraisals * customer service * problem solving * time management * leadership . . . and much more! The index to the case studies enables you to find a training example that suits your current need. Checklists and assessments reinforce training topics and enable you to plan for action. I'm 'Gung Ho!' about Active Training. All trainers should find it a valuable reading experience. It is loaded with sound concepts and practical ideas. --Ken Blanchard, co-author, The One Minute Manager and Gung Ho! Within the covers of this book is all the material you need to make a course or seminar a success. Silberman?s guidebook is loaded with practical, original training tips and a whole host of ways to incorporate these ideas into your training. Experience the second edition of this training classic and you'll never face an audience the same way again. Active training starts here!

Arts & Photography

Carol Auerbach

History & Criticism

Say goodbye to the dull and deadly!Siberman's back--and better thanever! Think about your last meeting. Was it boring? Meetings often are.You might be yawning just thinking about it. You're not the onlyone! Those who attAnd stale meetings are as bored with them as thepeople responsible for running them. "Dull and deadly" is never theway to get things done. In his latest book, active trainingspecialist Mel Silberman packs 101 tools, tips, and techniquesguaranteed to brighten your next meeting. You'll move the actionalong while successfully fulfilling genuine business goals andobjectives. This is a resource for everyone! "Mel has done it again! Use just a few of the more than 200 ideasin this gem of a book and never again will you hear 'ugh, anothermeeting.'"--Glenn M. Parker, team building consultant; author, TeamPlayers and Teamwork; co-author, Teamwork and TeamplayYou'll getthe basics on: * Preparing a meeting * Engaging participants right away * Stimulating discussion * Prompting creative problem solving * Managing conflict * Building consensus * Creating an unforgettable closing . . . and much more! Silberman has drawn a few choice tips from his other resources, butmost of 101 Ways to Make Meetings Active consists of all-new,powerful techniques for pumping energy into your businessgatherings. Your meetings and presentations will be more fun thanever before--and you'll also build a stronger, more collaborativesense of mission and purpose. Stop yawning! No need to be bored when Silberman's on the scene.Aspecial BONUS is the "nuts and bolts" section that contains 140field-tested facilitation tips!

101 Ways to Make Meetings Active: Surefire Ideas to Engage Your Group

Business & Money

Kathy Clark

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

Watch your training come alive with any of these 101 adaptable strategies! These proven, generic activities will enliven your sessions and deepen learning and retention--no matter what you're teaching. This active training field guide provides activities useful for: <ul>
<li>Immediately involving participants</li> <li>Promoting back-on-the-job application</li> <li>Facilitating team learning</li> <li>Reviewing program content</li> <li>Developing skills . . . and more!</li> </ul>
You'll also get 160 training tips about: obtaining participant expectations * regaining control of the group * making lectures active * forming groups . . . and more!

101 Ways to Make Training Active

Karen Lawson

Management & Leadership

Elaine Biech

wiley

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