I recently chatted with a friend about her work and how she has been feeling burnt out for the past few months. She told me she’d been missing targets—something so unlike her—but no matter how hard she tried, she felt like she couldn’t do anything differently. She wasn’t allowed to decide how things should be…
Do you implement a 4-level Training Evaluation? If your answer is yes, that’s great, but do you also have a strategy for seeing to it that your training initiatives lead to a positive impact on organizational performance? The answer must also be yes. Otherwise, your training evaluation plan is reactive and neither strategic nor proactive.…
Imagine attending a training session or workshop with high expectations of acquiring new skills or knowledge, only to return to your workplace and find that nothing has changed. This frustrating scenario is all too common in the world of professional development. Many organizations invest time and resources into training their employees, only to see little…
Developing a Competency Framework and using it to implement a Talent Development Strategy is a challenging and worthwhile endeavor. You’ll need a road map if you wish to take this initiative. I am sharing some high level to-do list to get you started based on my experience doing Competency-development work for ExeQserve’s clients. Shameless plug,…
What do recruitment, career and succession management, training, and performance management have in common aside from they seem to all be associated with HR? The answer, they are a set of powerful talent development tools if used well. I believe it’s time Training Departments rethink their strategy. There is a system that’s broken, and it…
“Hire for attitude, train for skill” I’ve heard this quote so many times and from so many sources, I could not associate it with anyone anymore. I completely agree with this. I’m sure you do too. Very few people get fired for their lack of knowledge or skill, it’s often due to lack of proper…
I’m writing another article on this topic because I feel that I didn’t do enough analysis on the impact of the elements beneath the surface of the Competency Iceberg Model that affect what appears on the surface in my last article. This topic is important to me as a learning and development professional and as…
Is it possible that you are wasting money on training because your learners are not ready to learn? Is it also possible that you are looking at the right training title, but it does not contain the necessary content for the participants needed learning? It is very much possible, and here is why I think it is…
Jess Abelilla is a distinguished professional with an impressive background in Engineering and Business Administration. As a licensed Electronics and Communications Engineer with a Master’s degree in Business Administration, Jess has been involved in various roles and responsibilities during his 20 years of affiliation with one of the Philippines’ top Conglomerates: Appointed Planning Council Chairman for…
