December 31, 2008

New Year, New State of Mind

The new year is almost upon us! What are your learning and training resolutions for the year ahead?

With the state of the current economy, it's every business's inclination to cut costs, but there are plenty of ways to maintain an environment where learning is encouraged, and growth is celebrated without even thinking about money.

Recently, here at ASTD, author and speaker Marilee Adams came in to talk about the power of QuestionThinking(TM), and how changing the questions one asks oneself from a judging nature to that of a learning nature can make all the difference.

For example, instead of asking questions like "Whose fault is it?" or "What's wrong with me?", try "What do I want?" and "What can I learn?"

It's a simple lesson that can go a long way.

New Year's Resolutions don't have to be big and intimidating. Sometimes they can be the slightest tweaks in an otherwise well-run system.

Aparna Nancherla
By Aparna Nancherla
Dec 31, 2008 2:12:17 PM | Learning/training

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Dave Ferguson

In the spirit of resolution-fodder, a suggestion or two for this blog, which has great potential:

Try posting more consistently. When you have gaps of four and five days, they can imply to your readers "not much here."

Related to that, post more often -- though my bias is that consistency is the first step, and frequency the second.

And sign the posts. At a face-to-face meeting, wouldn't you introduce yourself or at least wear a name badge?

Posted by: Dave Ferguson | January 18, 2009 at 08:52 AM

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