Accelerate Your Leadership Development in Training Domain: Proven Success Strategies for New Training & Learning Managers

by Raman K. Attri

Overview

This book is a comprehensive source of guidance for individual contributors who have just transitioned (or about to transition) to new roles in training domain such as training managers, learning managers or instructional design manager or any such roles to accelerate their leadership in training domain. The book describes S2Pro© Model of Strategic Competencies for Training and Learning Management Function, developed out of years of practice and research, which proposes a framework for accelerating leadership and management development path of new training or learning managers. The book delivers 35 powerful, proven strategies across 8 core strategic competencies namely thought process, decision-making, operations management, project leadership, strategic leadership, global team leadership, and professional development. The book provides authentic understanding, knowledge, insight, and guidance required to be successful in the training domain. This book is the first-of-its-kind focused exclusively on the aspect of accelerating leadership and management development path for new training and learning managers. Chapter 1 of the book introduces a Model of Strategic Competencies for Training and Learning Function outlining 8 core strategic competencies to accelerate leadership development. Chapter 2 sets the stage on making 3 changes in one’s thought process to be successful in the new role. Chapter 3 of the book provides insight into 3 core skills required by new training and learning managers to make effective training related decisions. Chapter 4 of the book equip new managers with an understanding of 3 pillars that would allow them to manage their training operations amidst the complexity of the organization. Chapter 5 of the book focuses on 2 fundamental characteristics of highly successful training management practices. Chapter 6 describes 2 powerful project leadership styles particular for leading learning or training related projects. Chapter 7 shifts its focus on providing the first-of-its-kind checklist of 10 unique approaches exhibited by well-known training leaders. Chapter 8 then dives into the challenge of team leadership, in particular for global, diverse multi-cultural training teams and describes 3 common-sense principles to handle this challenge. Chapter 9 concludes the book by providing 5 success strategies to new managers to develop themselves professionally to maintain a competitive edge in what they do.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811189913
Publisher:	Speed To Proficiency Research: S2Pro©
Publication date:	10/17/2018
Sold by:	PUBLISHDRIVE KFT
Format:	eBook
Pages:	51
File size:	958 KB

About the Author

Raman K Attri is a corporate business researcher, learning strategist, and management consultant with a strong zeal to enable people to unravel human learning and performance. He has over 25 years of experience in several cross-functional&interdisciplinary areas like scientific research, product development, systems engineering, management consulting, technical publications, training&instructional design. During his career, he focused on providing the competitive and strategic value to the organizations by accelerating time-to-proficiency of employees through powerful and well-researched training, learning and knowledge development models. He specializes in competitive strategies to develop the technical workforce with higher-order troubleshooting, problem-solving skills at a much faster rate. He has served as Sr. Global Technical Training, Learning and Knowledge Manager at $15bn semiconductor equipment corporation, headquartered in California, an inductee of Training Magazine's Hall of Fame. He holds a doctorate in business, on the topic of speed to proficiency, from Southern Cross University Australia. He also shares accelerated learning methods he employed to equip himself with over 60 educational credentials including doctorate degrees, 3 master degrees and tens of international certifications in a short span of time. He offers advisory and consulting to professionals to push limits of time and speed.

Table of Contents

About the book

1 – Strategic Competencies: 8 Core Strategic Competencies to Accelerate Leadership Development

2 – Thought Process: Make 3 Changes in Your Thought Process for Successful Training Manager’s Role

CHANGE #1: Customer Needs - Partnership with customers to find solutions to meet customer needs

CHANGE #2: Business Priorities - Responding fast to changing business priorities

CHANGE #3: Management Strategies - Striking alignment with company and management strategies

3 - Decision-Making: Learn 3 Core Skills to Make Effective Decisions in Training World

SKILL #1: Perform comprehensive stakeholder analysis

SKILL #2: Implement clear stakeholder communication

SKILL #3: Develop sound strategy for stakeholder expectations management

4 - Operations Management: Master 3 Pillars of Reliable Training Operations Management

PILLAR #1: PROCESSES - The “heart” of the training organization

PILLAR #2: SYSTEMS - The “Mind” of the training organization

PILLAR #3: STRUCTURE - The “body” of the training organization

5 – Training Management: Adopt 3 Highly Successful Training Management Practices

PRACTICE #1: Managing operations efficiently

PRACTICE #2: Managing projects effectively

PRACTICE #3: Synergizing projects and operations

6 – Project Leadership: Choose 2 Powerful Styles to Lead Learning & Training Projects

STYLE #1: Project Management Style of Leading Learning Projects

STYLE #2: Process Management Style of leading Learning Projects

7 – Strategic Leadership: Follow 10 Strategic Approaches to Standout as Great Learning Management Leader

8 – Leading Global Training Teams: Use 3 Principles to Effectively Lead Your New Diverse Global Training Team

PRINCIPLE #1: Non-uniform communication style across culturakky diverse team

PRINCIPLE #2: Verbal articulation by every team member

PRINCIPLE #3: Personal connection and accountability-based productive relationships

9 – Professional Development: Start With 5 Strategies to Build a Portfolio as a Training and Learning Specialist

STRATEGY #1: Earn a global management certification

STRATEGY #2: Acquire solid project management skills

STRATEGY #3: Develop mix of professional affiliations

STRATEGY #4: Write in your area of expertise

STRATEGY #5: Get involved in consulting activities

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