Courageous Training: Bold Actions for Business Results

All too often-maybe even most of the time-training doesn't stick. But Tim Mooney and Robert Brinkerhoff have discovered that some iconoclastic trainers achieve breakthrough results by having the courage to break away from the usual approaches and identify what really works. In simple and engaging language they lay out the Four Pillars of Courageous Training, illustrating each with real-life examples that highlight specific concepts, methods, and tools, and include four case studies that demonstrate the mind-set needed to truly transform training and produce dramatic-and measurable-business results.

Table of Contents:
1: The Hole We're In and Why We Need to Stop Digging 2: Courageous Training 3: Be a Business Goal Pit Bull 4: Build Whole-Organization Accountability For Results 5: Win the Hearts and Minds of Managers--The Critical Path for Achieving Business Results 6: Tell it Like It Is--The Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth 7: Strengthening Your Leadership Spine 8: Case Study: Holcim 9: Case Study 2: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta 10: Case Study 3 (TBD) 11: Putting Transformation into Action

About the Author :
TIM MOONEY is a Vice President with Advantage Performance Group (APG), a wholly owned subsidiary of BTS Group AB. A seasoned performance consulting expert who specializes in assessment, organizational change, and sales effectiveness, Tim has delivered projects in Germany, France, Great Britain, North America, and South Africa. In his role as the Practice Leader for the Advantage Way, Tim is responsible for developing the practice capabilities, growing the business, and working closely with APG and BTS clients globally to ensure measurable results on all projects. ROBERT O. BRINKERHOFF, Ed.D., an internationally recognized expert in evaluation and training effectiveness, has provided consultation to dozens of major companies and organizations in Australia, Europe, New Zealand, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singa- pore, South Africa, and the United States. Brinkerhoff is an author of numerous books on evaluation and training and has been a keynote speaker and presenter at hundreds of conferences and institutes worldwide. Scores of leading corporations and agencies, from Dell Computer and Ford Motor Company to the World Bank and Central Intelligence Agency, have adopted his methods and tools for training effectiveness and evaluation.

Review :
“Courageous Training shows how to confront reality, call out what’s working and what’s not, partner with senior managers to break out of the usual training rut, and achieve truly amazing results.”—William C. Byham, PhD, Chairman and CEO, Development Dimensions International, Inc. ”The business of training has been redefined by Mooney and Brinkerhoff. With direct, elegant language, simple models, and powerful examples they show the way to evolve learning and illustrate how it works.” Alejandro Reyes, Director, Global Learning and Development, Dell Inc. “Courageous Training makes sense out of a complex problem—training doesn’t usually work well enough. It explains in elegantly simple terms what’s wrong, what needs to happen, and how to go about changing it.” —Jim Danko, Dean, Villanova School of Business “Unlocks the secrets to building a successful learning function. A must read for anyone interested in achieving greater results with their learning investments.” —Tamar Elkeles, PhD, Vice President, Learning and Development, Qualcomm and coauthor of The Chief Learning Officer