Fred Parker

On a video conference. Present are:

BOSS – Company PresidentPHD – Credentialed ExpertOPS – Operations ManagerHR – Human Relations ManagerPM – Performance ManagerLT – Learning and Talent Development Coordinator […]

On a video conference. Present are:

BOSS – Company PresidentOPS – Operations ManagerHR – Human Relations ManagerPM – Performance ManagerLT – Learning and Talent Development CoordinatorTC – Training Coordinator […]

In PM’s office. Present are:

PM – Performance ManagerLT – Learning and Talent Development CoordinatorTC – Training CoordinatorHG – Consultant (Hired Gun)

PM         A while back I remember you said somethin […]

Hello Everyone,

A key question we all ask, is why is there so much turmoil? Why do we have to fight about everything?

Many of us mourn the recent passing of Ravi Zacharias, Christian theologian, apologist, […]

In PM’s office. Present are:

PM – Performance ManagerLT – Learning and Talent Development CoordinatorTC – Training CoordinatorHG – Consultant (Hired Gun)

My Class Went Great […]

In PM’s office. Present are:

PM – Performance ManagerLT – Learning and Talent Development CoordinatorTC – Training CoordinatorHG – Consultant (Hired Gun)

Emergency Survival Skills for Trainers […]

So, Who is Mager, and Why Should I Care?

Note: In honor of the passing of Robert F. Mager, These episodes of the PM Chronicles is posted slightly out of sequence.

In the PMs office at the weekly review […]

The Phone Call

Players in this episode:

PM (Performance Manager)HG (Hired Gun Consultant)OJT (On-the-Job Trainer) mentioned

HG is sitting in a lounge area waiting for a meeting to conclude when the phone […]

Introduction

I call myself a semi-retired training consultant. Depending on when you start measuring, that career began in 1971 or 1972 in the US Marine Corps. I often tell people that the US Military has far […]

Bumble Bees Can’t Fly
I came across a lengthy discussion started by people upset that Edgar Dale’s Cone of Experience keeps popping up. I read all of the comments and all of the linked information. Some of the […]

 
There is NO Easy Way to do Effective Training
 
Notice it says “Easy.” However, the core elements oftraining are quite simple.
 
When I first became an instructor in the 1970s, the mostcommon technology availa […]

On the passing of Robert F. Mager, this blog is being updated and replaced.
The new blog will be posted as part of The Performance Manager Chronicles on Tuesday 26 May 2020.
I look forward to your comments at that […]

 
What Is Training?
 
To study this from the trainer’s point of view, see the Rapid Training Design (RTD) courses at https://pathfindercoaches.com/rtd-system/. RTD will show you how to design effective tra […]