HTSS98 - How to implement training to beat your competition - Scott Sylvan Bell

<p style="text-align:center;">How to implement training to beat your competition </p> <p>There are multiple places and platforms that you can gather information from. The ability to learn has never been so great. There is one problem and it comes down to how people consume the knowledge base.</p> <p>There are a few problems that have been created:</p> <ol><li>There are multiple places to find information</li> <li>There is good information out there as well as bad information</li> <li>There becomes a move to consume information and do nothing with it</li> </ol><p>People and companies hire pay for trainers and coaches and then nothing gets done with the training. This is a costly proposition for an organization to look at. Its no uncommon for events happen and the people treat the content like entertainment. This just isn’t a face to face problem or a coaching problem this is a problem everywhere.</p> <p>The sources of learning content</p> <p>There are plenty of places to find the content that is needed. Some of the places where the content is if free all of the way to paid for.</p> <p>You can find information in</p> <ul><li>Articles or blogs</li> <li>Learning management systems (LMS)</li> <li>Live training face to face</li> <li>Live training over video</li> <li>Podcasts</li> <li>Videos</li> <li>Webinars</li> </ul> <p>We are in a day and age of content and no action. Most people consume and do nothing, they think this is the hard work. No plan is put in place to make sure that action happens. Most companies don’t have the right accountability in place for the investment that they have made.</p> <p>The problems with learning </p> <p>If you don’t have skin on the game or investment in the product there is a large chance nothing will be done. There is a secondary problem and that is an internal drive to look for the perfect idea. The problem is most people never get off the perfect idea train. This means no action is taken until the idea is solidified as perfect in the mid of the