The First-Time Trainer - 2nd Edition by Tom W Goad (Paperback)

About the Book

For managers, supervisors, and other professionals who suddenly find themselves being asked to play the role of an expert training facilitator, this information-packed guide will give you the tools and skills needed to transform your team.

Book Synopsis

Training is still the top strategy to help employees perform at their best. Discover how to be an efficient and poised trainer for your organization with this thoroughly revised, user-friendly book.

Successful organizations depend on expert training to keep them viable, but leaders aren't always equipped to step into the role of trainer when asked. As a professional trainer and consultant who formerly served as president of the San Diego Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development, author Tom Goad offers a concise, step-by-step guide to quickly help you become a confident, effective trainer.

You'll learn to tackle challenges of diversity, a multigenerational workforce, and the many options made possible by technology and e-learning through the most up-to-the minute training techniques. The First-Time Trainer does this by teaching you how to:

• select media and delivery methods,
• prepare and give effective presentations,
• communicate with learners and get them involved,
• ask the right kind of questions,
• cope with behavior problems,
• give and receive feedback,
• put objectives to the test, and much more.

Filled with real-world examples and dozens of field-tested tools, The First-Time Trainer gets first-time facilitators training like pros in no time.

From the Back Cover

Your mission: to get a room full of participants ready to take on new challenges and responsibilities. The session is ready to begin. Are you prepared? How do you break the ice? Have you chosen the right exercises? What if no one's speaking up? How will you handle participants who are unruly or disengaged?

And what's that you say? You've never done it before?

Today, you as a trainer are faced with more choices than ever to facilitate learning. You're dealing with a highly diverse workforce, with a mixture of younger and older workers, all of whom respond and learn differently. And with the latest possibilities made available by technology and e-learning, the possibilities are virtually endless.

The First-Time Trainer provides you with a set of state-of-the-art skills for getting employ-ees on board, engaged, and ready to learn. Updated with all new techniques--as well as including tried-and-true methods that work--this revised edition provides you with the information and confidence you need to quickly get out there and train like a pro.

Filled with real-world examples and dozens of field-tested tools, this concise, easy-to-flip-through guide shows you how to: prepare and give effective presentations - select media and delivery methods - communicate with learners - get people involved - ask the right kind of questions - cope with behavior problems - give and receive feedback - determine what to measure - and put objectives to the test

You'll discover the eight key steps to effective training, and how to adapt them for the specific needs of your own learning environment. Whether you're a new training professional, one who's looking to brush up on important, fundamental skills and get up to speed on the latest advancements, or a manager or supervisor tasked with train-ing others, this long-trusted book helps you get people learning in no time.

TOM W. GOAD has 35 years of experience as a trainer and human resources development expert. He is widely published in the HR field, and is the author of the first edition of The First-Time Trainer, as well as the classic text Delivering Effective Training.

Review Quotes

"Guidelines for learning methods, professional development, working with multiple generations, evaluation, and determining the return on investment are presented concisely and informatively." -- Business Journal (Central New York)

About the Author

TOM W. GOAD has thirty-five years of experience as a trainer and human resources development expert. He is widely published in the HR field, and is the author of the first edition of The First-Time Trainer (978-0-8144-7942-1).