

50 Tips For High Impact Trainers
R. Palan Ph.D.
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Contents
Introduction

The increasing focus on lifelong learning requires trainers to sharpen their knowledge and skills to help people learn effectively. These 50 tips are designed to help a trainer reflect on key points that can lead to a great session.
Over the years, many people development professionals have asked me to write an easy to read book. This book written in response to those needs is based on a quote collection. Each quote has an explanation and a question for reflection.
Be prepared to reflect on the quotes and answer some questions in your training journey.
Good Luck in your efforts to help people learn more effectively.
R. Palan Ph.D.
1
An organisations ability to learn
and translate that learning into
action is the ultimate
competitive advantage.
- Jack Welch, Ex-CEO, GE


Organisations invest huge
amounts of money to
help people learn.
That alone is insufficient.
Learning must be translated
into performance.
What do you do to ensure learning
leads to performance?
2
The illiterate of the
future will not be the person
who cannot read.
It will be the person who does
not know how to
learn, unlearn and relearn.
-Alvin Toffler, Futurist


Lifelong learning is
essential for everyone in todays
continuously changing world.
How do you gain commitment for
lifelong learning?
3
Our progress as a nation
can be no swifter than
our progress in education.
The human mind is
our fundamental resource.
- President John F. Kennedy


There is a famous saying
that minds are
like parachutes:
They only function
when they are open.
What are you doing in your training
to create open minds?
4
Experience is
a good school,
but the fees are high.
-Heinrich Heine, German Poet and Satirist


Learning through trial
and error is experience
alright, but it can be
a very expensive process.
Is your training systematic
and needs-based?
5
It is not necessarily
a lack of knowledge
or skills as much
as a lack of job aids
that hinders performance.
- Tom Gilbert,
Father of Human Performance Technology


Training is not always the answer
to a performance problem.
Have you rushed into training
without adequate analysis
of the performance problem?
6
We need to bring
learning to people instead
of people to learning.
- Elliott Masie, Masie Center


Technology plays a big part
in our lives today.
E-learning, teleseminars and
Webseminars ensure the trainer
is really ready
whenever people are ready.
Have you experienced another form of
learning other than on-site training?
7
Learners forget because of
three reasons:
Disuse of information
Information overload
Lack of stimulus


Retention is better when there is
moderate content and the
learners are able to:
Use the information
Apply the learning
What are your retention strategies?
8
Its what we think
we know that
keeps us
from learning.
- Claude Bernard, French Physiologist


People sometimes are full;
it is our responsibility to lead
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