Training

I spent about 10 years as the Provincial Wildfire Training Manager and have graduated from NAIT's "Becoming a Master Instructor" program which teaches how to build curricula and deliver training for people who are going to be doing something (aka getting results). I've also taken training management training. Here's what I've come to believe:

TRAINING IS NOT A SILVER BULLET

Often times the first solution to poor performance is to create some training. Unfortunately training simply can't fix a lot of the common causes for poor performance and we end up wasting a lot of time, money and effort.

TRAINING IS NOT LINKED TO RESULTS

All too often, people with good intentions start at the wrong end of the course design process and say "This is what I think needs to go in the course". Some of this often has little impact on results. If you focus on the end result first, you can build a course that gets the best results with the least effort.

SME'S ARE NOT ALWAYS GOOD TEACHERS

Subject Matter Experts or SME's know their topic. They often don't know how to build or teach curriculum.. They often build curriculum the way they like to learn. This often makes training that is much less effective for the other 3 learner types. Understanding how to build training goes way beyond knowing the material.

Following our course design process enables us to build something that gets you the results you want to achieve.

Of course, there's much more to it than this. Things like what format we use (on-line, how-to guide, material for a coach) and if this is a one-off or recurring training (which matters if you have to update material.

And if you liked the fancy infographic above, we can create training material for you like this. We do this in-house.

What I can do for you

Training is so varied that there's not really a list of items that I provide. Really, if it's training related I can probably do it. And while I enjoy teaching, my focus is on building training and consulting. If you're trying to build your program from scratch or you just want a single course put together, I can probably help.

Not sure what your net steps are or have questions about building a training program? I suggest booking a Zoom, Teams or phone call with me. I don't charge for these. initial consultations.