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Breaking the Chains of Closed Minds

Once upon a time in Cubicle City, there was a talented worker named Alex. The problem? Cubicle City had a serious case of closed minds. People there didn't like new ideas. Whenever Alex suggested a better way of doing things or a cool project, everyone shook their heads. It was like their brains were locked in a box labeled "No Change Allowed." This closed mindset meant no one wanted to learn new stuff. Alex tried to share cool tricks and the latest tech, but colleagues just shrugged. Learning seemed like a forbidden word. When problems popped up, the team insisted on doing things the old way. They stuck to their routines, even if those routines were as useful as a broken pencil. Teamwork suffered, and nobody wanted to help each other out. The office vibe became gloomy. Smiles vanished, and everyone felt stuck. Even Alex, with all their enthusiasm, started thinking about finding a friendlier workplace. But then, Alex had an idea. Instead of fighting closed minds, why not
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What skills and training would any of you deem essential for a trainer? I.e. qualifications, skills, training for a trainer, certifications, etc. (Maybe we can derive a general common list out of this)?

My personal opinion is that a trainer should be   strong in practicing empathy and problem solving skills so that they can identify and understand the 'actual problem that's there' and have a 'solution that's relevant to the participants and their reality'. This has always dictated my homework/preparation and content development process and has helped me create engagement during the sessions too even when my public speaking skills are 'just average' and I've seen more certified trainers and excellent public speakers struggling with engagement or/and staying relevant.  Companies mostly don't invest much in post training anchoring of   behavior change that in my opinion impacts the long term results. And without that I personally believe that no training can bring a behavior change in the long term.  There's an excellent book called 'know can do' on this that I would say all trainers must read.

How does the training add to your training skills?

There is one thing that we practiced a lot in this course is called 'sensory acuity'. Being able to notice that has helped me become aware (or conscious) of how and what my participants are going through during an activity or in general. So this has helped me in bringing up relevant and on point questions during debriefing sessions. Also, you get to understand the language pattern of your participants. I've done one training assignment after that and there is an interesting observation that there was a dominant language pattern among participants and it highly reflected their culture. Being aware of that and trying to 'mirror and match' that has helped me develop an amazing rapport with them.

HR Metrics- Gary Dessler

- Absence Rate: [(Number of days absent in month) ÷ (Average number of employees during mo.) × (number of workdays)] × 100 - Cost per Hire: (Advertising + Agency Fees + Employee Referrals + Travel cost of applicants and staff + Relocation costs + Recruiter pay and benefits) ÷ Number of Hires - Health Care Costs per Employee: Total cost of health care ÷ Total Employees - HR Expense Factor: HR expense ÷ Total operating expense - Human Capital ROI: Revenue − (Operating Expense − [Compensation cost + Benefit cost]) ÷ (Compensation cost + Benefit cost) - Human Capital Value Added: Revenue − (Operating Expense − ([Compensation cost + Benefit Cost]) ÷ Total Number of FTE -Revenue Factor: Revenue ÷ Total Number of FTE -Time to fill: Total days elapsed to fill requisitions ÷ Number hired -Training Investment Factor: Total training cost ÷ Headcount -Turnover Costs: Cost to terminate + Cost per hire + Vacancy Cost + Learning curve loss -Turnover Rate: [N