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Demystifying Why Leadership Development Often Fails

PDG

Not Recognizing the Knowing-Doing Gap Let’s face it: a lot of new leader readiness programs don’t do enough to prepare leaders for the realities of the job. The problem isn’t the training itself. Suddenly, all my training had gone out the window because nobody trained me on what to do when someone starts crying.”

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Optimizing Teams for Best-In-Class Sales Performance

PDG

However, despite these investments, sales performance remains a persistent problem. As we continue to create new systems, technology, tools, and processes to help sales, we are inadvertently contributing to the problem rather than solving it. The Knowing/Doing Gap is one of the most studied concepts in human psychology.

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9 Ways to Increase Online Student Engagement

WBT Systems

Show them how to find materials, assignments, and assessments, and how to communicate with their instructor and fellow students. If students know why they’re doing an activity and how it will impact them, they’re more likely to invest themselves in it and complete the work. #3 Solving a problem.

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Free L&D webinars for September 2018

Limestone Learning

In this respect, there is often a “knowing-doinggap to be filled. This webcast will explore how simulations can be used as an effective tool to bridge this gap and the benefits they can bring to learning and development within organizations. Using an MHS Assessments business simulation, Paper Planes Inc.,

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