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What time did you get up on August 26?
I got up at 5 a.m. to have FUN! At 6 a.m., I did a Skype video call to the Intercontinental Hotel in Tokyo, Japan where the launch party for the Japanese version of The Fun Minute Manager was being held. (The English version of the book [...]

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As I was at the National Speakers Association Convention in Orlando, Fla., I learned something that reinforced the importance of the participant-centered training methodology that I have always championed. It works.
How do I know? Throughout the convention, I had various people come up to me and tell me they had been in a program I [...]

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Last week I played in the Hazeltine Invitational, a three-day Ryder Cup-format golf tournament at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn. It is a big deal at my golf club.
On the Thursday before the event, my guest had to drop out because of a family conflict. To most golfers, this may not sound like [...]

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Over the years, one of the questions I have most often heard is “How can I improve transfer of training?” This is an important question on so many levels. And I can best answer it by asking a series of questions:
How do managers view training right now? Is training a punishment? (You’re doing a lousy [...]

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Two Significant Losses to the Training Community
Margie Blanchard said something very profound that I have long valued: “Keep your ‘I love yous’ up to date.” You and I have no guarantee that, when we get around to it, the people we want to acknowledge, appreciate, or celebrate will be around to receive it. So do [...]

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Being at Training 2010 in San Diego reminded me once again that connection is so important. How often do you feel like a lone ranger? How many people really understand what you do – or why you do it? And how many people – even trainers – are really committed to adding value and making [...]

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A camera has a limited field of vision. There may be many things in the vicinity of the lens, but the camera only “sees” what it is focused on. The next time you read a newspaper or listen to a news program, ask yourself, “What is it they are focusing on—and what do they want [...]

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If you’ve been following along over the past months, you know that I’ve answered 15 of the 20 most frequently asked questions that have come my way over the years. Here are the last five which concludes this series. Short videos which also go into more detail and offer CORE (Closers, Openers, Revisits, Energizers) are [...]

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For those who want 2010 to be their best year ever
How was 2009 for you? Was it your best year ever? Personally? Professionally? Are your relationships deeper and richer? Are you really adding the value and making the difference you want to in your job?
Here’s an old saying that is still true: “If you always [...]

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Over the years I’ve been asked literally hundreds–maybe even thousands–of questions on training and performance improvement. Over 40 years, there are some that rarely change–and a few that change every decade or so.
Here are 10 of my top 20 (I’ll give you the other ten next month):
How do I get management support for training?
How do [...]

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