The First-Time Trainer: A Step-by-Step Quick Guide for Managers, Supervisors, and New Training Professionals

GOAD, Tom W.

ISBN 10: 0814415598 / ISBN 13: 9780814415597

Published by AMACOM, 2010

Cover may have light wear, pages in very good condition and binding is sturdy; may have other light shelf wear or creases. May have notes or highlighting. Seller Inventory # EVV.0814415598.VG

Synopsis:

Training is still the top strategy to help employees perform at their best. Discover how to be an efficient and poised trainer for your organization with this thoroughly revised, user-friendly book.

Successful organizations depend on expert training to keep them viable, but leaders aren’t always equipped to step into the role of trainer when asked. As a professional trainer and consultant who formerly served as president of the San Diego Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development, author Tom Goad offers a concise, step-by-step guide to quickly help you become a confident, effective trainer.

You’ll learn to tackle challenges of diversity, a multigenerational workforce, and the many options made possible by technology and e-learning through the most up-to-the minute training techniques. The First-Time Trainer does this by teaching you how to:

• select media and delivery methods,
• prepare and give effective presentations,
• communicate with learners and get them involved,
• ask the right kind of questions,
• cope with behavior problems,
• give and receive feedback,
• put objectives to the test, and much more.

Filled with real-world examples and dozens of field-tested tools, The First-Time Trainer gets first-time facilitators training like pros in no time.

About the Author: Tom W. Goad (San Diego, CA) has thirty-five years of experi ence as a trainer and human resources develop ment expert. He is widely published in the HR field, and is the author of the first edition of The First-Time Trainer (978-0-8144-7942-1).

Bibliographic Details

Title: The First-Time Trainer: A Step-by-Step Quick...
Publisher: AMACOM
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: very_good
Edition: 2nd Edition