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The Biggest Trainer Mistakes

October 28, 2024
Coaching Skills, Human Resource Training

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By Bob Pike

October 28, 2024
Coaching Skills, Human Resource Training

The Biggest Trainer Mistakes

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Everyone makes mistakes – including trainers. Training is a process, not an event, and its purpose is to produce results. People in the workplace can be trained in everything from communications to leadership to problem-solving. So, how do you prevent trainer mistakes?

One of the biggest trainer mistakes is they have no “transfer strategy.” A transfer strategy is where training begins long before it’s actually delivered and continues until results are seen. There are nine “moments of truth” that have an effect on the transfer strategy. They include manager before, participant before, trainer before, manager during, participant during, trainer during, manager after, participant after, and trainer after. The behavior everyone has during the training can make all the difference. What you do before, during, and after training is very important.

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The solution for a poor transfer strategy is focus and clarity. The trainer needs to have clarity on the materials in order to provide the best training possible. Managers, participants, and trainers all have a great deal of impact on whether any kind of training is implemented. If managers see that what is being offered to their employees equips them to perform faster, better, and easier, they’ll support training and other solutions recommended. Make sure to involve managers in both the needs assessment and evaluation processes and consider creating an advisory board of managers that can lend expertise and credibility to training efforts.

The Seven Largest Mistakes

There are actually seven big mistakes trainers often make. It’s important to know what they are so you can avoid them. To learn about all seven mistakes, check out The 7 Greatest Mistakes Trainers Make (and How to Avoid Them). Training expert Bob Pike will explore the WORST mistakes trainers make when designing and delivering training and show you how to avoid them. He will cover mistakes in the following:

Learning transfer strategies
Chunking content
Being attentive to the amount of content presented
Asking and answering questions
Going off schedule
Training measurement and evaluation
Keeping participants energized
Opening and closing the training program
Handout development

Coaching Skills, Human Resource Training

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Bob Pike

Bob Pike (1947-2023), CPLP Fellow, CSP, CPAE Speakers Hall of Fame, was known globally as the “trainer’s trainer.” He wrote more than 30 books and created dozens of videos on designing and delivering training. His Master Trainer’s Handbook remains the bestselling train-the-trainer book ever published, with more than 350,000 copies in print in four editions. He designed more than 600 one-plus day training programs in his lifetime and presented at every ATD International Conference & Exposition since 1977. Bob was a regular keynoter at global training and performance conferences in over 25 countries during his career, and his works have been translated into Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, and more. The Bob Pike Group is an industry-leading firm providing training resources worldwide.

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