Author: Learning with Melissa
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Enablement is about driving performance to meet business objectives with the tools, training, and support needed to be successful. It’s about aligning the people, processes, and technology with learning opportunities to drive mutual success. Types of Enablement If you ask ten different enablement practitioners to define their work, you’ll likely get ten different responses. That’s…
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I can’t tell you how many times I’ve visited my favorite Mexican restaurant and filled up on chips and salsa. I missed the best part of the meal because I was hungry, and the chips and salsa were… there. Too often, we fall into this trap not only with last night’s dinner, but with our…
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“Innovation requires not knowing long enough to learn new things.” WOW. Those words from a Harvard Business Review article by Nilofer Merchant were in my feed this morning, and they are simultaneously simple and profound.I am constantly asked questions in training, in marketing brainstorming meetings, in strategic planning sessions, in the kitchen about what is…
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In my final semester of graduate school, I took a virtual adult education class from a professor who required us to do a virtual introduction. At the time I was not especially interested in being on camera. I had been training software both in-person and virtually for years. I had never shown my camera because…
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Yesterday I was on LinkedIn when I noticed mention of SMARTIE goals. As a facilitator and trainer, I was well-versed in the world of SMART goals – specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound goals combined with supporting objectives to contribute to an organization’s effectiveness by driving tangible results. But what did these last two letters…
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Disruptive innovations have a way of changing the way that we spend our personal and professional time. In 2020, Covid-19 changed the way that we spend our time, and the virus may have transformed the way that we work indefinitely. Employees who may have never worked from home prior to Covid-19 have found themselves not…
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With more people working remotely than ever before, the need to communicate ideas effectively is imperative to business success. Time is a hotter commodity than prior to Covid-19, and due to school closures many parents now need to multitask homeschooling and their day jobs. My husband and I are both working from home, but having…
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With Coronavirus in full pandemic mode, many people are finding themselves working from home for perhaps the first time ever. In case you aren’t sure what to expect, feel free to use this BINGO card to get started.
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In case you haven’t seen the news or been online in the last 12 hours, you may not know about the devastating tornados that ravaged middle Tennessee last night. My hand to Dolly, these tornados were no joke. As of the most recent source I’ve seen, there are 25 fatalities and hundreds of people…
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It’s hard to believe that there was a time when working with customers and collaboration between co-workers was not handled online. I have spent much of my career traveling for work, speaking at public events, or teaching online which means that I have to work with others to make this happen. I’ve also embraced forms of technology that give me…
Melissa Kruminas 