Top Ten Training Trends For 2009 What are the top ten trends in training and human resource development that are expected to dominate in 2009? At HumaNext, we use our own unique way to arrive at the answer. We don’t use surveys or ask people what issues they “think” are important. We look for the areas in which companies invest their money by buying training programs and tools that address these issues. Because at HumaNext we offer over 700 products, from training programs and videos, to online courses, CDs, off-the-shelf-packages and onsite workshops, we are able to develop a very good idea of the kind of topics in which companies and consultants spend most of their money. We also monitor customers’ inquiries and requests for products we might not yet have developed, which helps us gauge future needs and trends. Based on this approach, here are the top ten training topics and trends we expect for 2009, together with our programs we offer that correspond to them: 1- Employee Engagement during Tough Times: Because of the current economic crisis in the US and most of the world, organizations are looking for training programs that help them inspire employee engagement during these difficult and changing times.   For Employee Engagement for Change, visit: http://www.humanext.com/employee-engagement-for-change.html 2- Change Management and Leadership: These areas are old but the success of the theme of change offered by the Obama campaign has renewed interest in change as a training topic for organizations. See: Employee Engagement for Change: http://www.humanext.com/employee-engagement-for-change.html 3- Compliance and Ethics: We see a rising need for training in these areas, as a result of the current economic crisis and the belief that it has been created in part by weak oversight and compliance, as well as unethical business practices by many organizations. Visit: http://www.humanext.com/ethics.html 4- Managing Generational Differences: This sub-area of diversity is becoming a critical topic in its own right. Because of the aging baby-boomers and the increasing number of generations X and Y in the workplace, consultants and managers are seeking training programs to help handle generational differences at work. Visit: http://www.videos4training.com/diversity-training-videos.html  5. Diversity and Global Competence: Diversity is another old topic that is enjoying a renewed interest because of the election of the first African American President, the rise of women as Presidential contenders, the increasing diversity of the workforce and increased immigration. For diversity programs visit: http://www.humanext.com/diversity.html  - For Cross Cultural Skills visit: http://www.humanext.com/cross-cultural-training.html 6. Social Learning and User-Generated Content: Social learning and user-generated content are two related areas of rising interest. A good part of user-content is generated through social networks by people posting their ideas, videos, iPods, and other content on blogs, forums, YouTube, LinkedIn, and other platforms. Some are collaborating on creating content that others can access, learn, and use. We at HumaNext have been successfully encouraging participants in our HumaNext Certification training to create their own content and bring it to the sessions or post online. Visit our Online Certification page: http://www.humanext.com/humanext-seminars.html 7- Emotional Intelligence: This is still a relatively new area where we see a growing demand. A growing number of consultants and trainers are showing interest in helping people acquire emotional intelligence skills at work. See our EQ page: http://www.humanext.com/emotional-intelligence.html 8- Innovation: A growing number of organizations are implementing innovation programs and are seeking resources to help their managers think more creatively. Innovation is becoming what quality used to be: a key competitive weapon. See our Creativity page: http://www.humanext.com/creativity.html 9- Mentoring and Coaching: We see a continuing strong interest in these two areas. Many organizations are introducing mentoring initiatives and keep looking for tools, including online programs, to help them do so. In the coaching field, many consultants, coaches, and training departments continue to show a need to teach managers the skills of coaching as an alternative to other less effective management styles. See our Mentoring / Coaching page: http://www.humanext.com/coaching-mentoring.html 10- Online Instructor-Led Learning: With self-learning online courses everywhere, a related area that offers instructor-facilitated online courses is enjoying an increased attention. It seems that some learners, particularly the young, intensely social, generations X and Y, prefer the human interaction offered by this type of online courses. HumaNext offers both types. Visit: http://www.humanext.com/ed2go.html   (c) 2009 HumaNext LLC. All rights reserved. You may publish this article with no changes on your website with credit to humanext.com as the source.

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Workshops By HumaNext: Transforming People’s Notion of What’s Possible At Work Register now to receive our free award-winning "Thank God It's Monday" newsletter, with ideas for training, communication, teamwork, innovation, culture change and more. Get TGIM Newsletter » REGISTER NOW Send Page To a Friend   Online Trainer Certification: An Innovative Program for Trainers, Consultants, and Coaches Do you want to be trained and certified to deliver some of our powerful workshops to your internal or external clients in the US or abroad? If so, we have a great opportunity for you: An online trainer certification program you can take from anywhere on earth.  You will be trained and certified to deliver our popular HumaNext workshops on today's most critical workplace issues. And you get more than $1500 worth of materials, resources, and tools with your certification, in addition to your affiliation with a fast growing training company, HumaNext (Communication Ideas / New Training Ideas) offering every kind of training tool for all key skills in all media. You cannot ask for a better partner. Visit our certification page:  http://www.humanext.com/humanext-seminars.html  Call Us at 973-427-3004   Looking for a different kind of training that touches the hearts and minds of participants in a profound way enabling them to break the grip of self-imposed limitations? Searching for learning that leads people to view their work, the organization, and themselves in a new way that enables them to consistently produce extraordinary results? Want an experience that produces a qualitative shift in attitude and performance, and creates a new culture of achievement at work? Then invite a HumaNext facilitator to deliver one of the training workshops below.. The Assumptions Behind Our Work Whether you choose our "RelationShifts" for team building and change; "Applying Emotional Intelligence At Work"; "Critical Conversations"; "Diversity / Cross Cultural Communications"; or "Creativity at Work", your team will experience a different kind of training that produces real-world results. That's because we build all our training programs on the following set of fundamental assumptions that produce positive results for participants: What people focus on becomes their reality: We invite people to shift their focus from the problems they want to fix to the bigger picture of the exciting future they want to create. Taking the Best of the Past to the Future: The most confident way for people to move to the future  is to carry forward the best parts of the past. We help people identify what works best for them and take it forward to create larger accomplishments. Change Starts With The Individual We invite participants to adopt Gandhi's principle, "We must become the change we want to see in the world." Commitment to Action One of our key assumptions is that everybody wants to do good work that brings them self-satisfaction and the recognition and appreciation of others. Participants learn how to build upon this to inspire a desire for action and achievement in themselves and others. Because this desire is self-generated, it produces much better results than external incentives and rewards. Our Words Create Our World: The language we use to talk to ourselves and others creates our reality. In all our workshops, we introduce a new "language" that helps people collaborate and achieve resutls. We Use The Power of Ideas In workshops by Francois Basili, participants are introduced to powerful ideas that stimulate new ways of viewing familiar patterns. Participants then work together to apply the ideas and test their skills in new ways of thinking and working. Our Training Equips Participants With a New Way of Communicating at Work Because communication is the primary means for humans to interact, our workshops pay a special attention to the language used by people at work. Through real-life exercises, processes and inquiry into the nature of communication, participants discover previously-unexamined relationships between language and action. Rather than communicating in a way that creates conflict and stifles enthusiasm, participants are introduced to a structure of communication that enables them to inspire collaboration and evoke action. Discovering the Source of Action and Satisfaction In workshops by Francois Basili, participants are coached in the source of their own effectiveness and ability to accomplish. The sense of constraint is lifted in a way that makes action exciting and personally satisfying. Our Transformational Workshops Ignite a Passion for Positive Work Our mission is reflected in our work. We are dedicated to helping people change their outlook and create a more positive and productive work culture where people say, Thank God It's Monday! The concepts, techniques, and activities we offer in our workshops are all designed to deliver to participants an exhilarating experience of learning, change, and personal commitment. No wonder this is reflected back to us in the glowing feedback participants write in their evaluation sheets. Here are just a few of them..   What People Said About Our Workshops:   Illuminating, useful, and new. Excellent workshop. Very good workshop. Timing is good at planning cycle. Opens up new thinking and not accepting status quo. Extremely interesting. Would like to pursue further. The Big Idea Game; Excellent. Brought out areas of applications that people would normally overlook. Basili got people involved – made them think – gave them a different perspective on different approaches. Enlightening. You should be the mediator / negotiator for the U.S. in the Middle East. Your (communication) seminar was excellent. Very informative and useful. Group interactions were most illuminating and fun   The Topics Covered In Workshops By HumaNext.. RelationShifts- A Transformational Experience for Teams RelationShifts is a transformational team experience that goes beyond traditional team building training: It is a highly inspiring, deep discovery, passion-filled half-day or full-day session that goes beyond traditional motivational team buliding. It is an opportunity to understand, accept, and create significant change in the team and the organization. It is an invitation to experience and adopt a different Mental Model for doing business in a Not-As-Usual way to create extraordinary business results. It is an introduction of a new way of communicating and working in a positive, emotionally intelligent manner that creates collaboration and commitment. Visit: http://www.humanext.com/relationshifts.html    Manager-Employee Communication: We Offer a Number of Workshops to Meet Your Specific Needs We offer several customizable versions of our powerful communication training workshop. We work with you to understand your specific needs and then design a program that responds specifically to these needs. Our communication training provides participants with a practically new language, new way of talking and relating, that transforms the way they work with others. We can deliver one of the programs described below, or a customized combination of some of them for maximum relevance to your needs. The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has been accomplished – George Bernard Shaw  Critical Conversations In our Critical Conversatoins workshop, participants will learn to apply specific Talking Tools to a host of challenging communication encounters of particularly high stakes and sensitivity. The Talking, Persuading, and Influencing Tools participants learn and practice in this workshop will enable them to achieve decidedly positive results in working with others as they encounter the following TEN difficult communication situations: Giving Effective Praise that portrays sincerity and generates motivation and enthusiasm. Delivering Criticism without creating confrontation and conflict Conducting or participating in effective Performance Review sessions Conducting or participating in an effective Interview for a new job or promotion Making an Apology that touches the heart and convinces the mind. Asking Effective Questions to probe for facts and provoke for ideas.                                                                                                                                      Arguing without Offending Communicating to Build Rapport and Create Trust Communicating to Create Collaboration and Engagement Communicating to Resolve Conflict and Reach Agreement Visit: http://www.humanext.com/communication-skills.html        Listening for Understanding- Communicating for Commitment Workshop At a correction facility in New York a few years ago, this workshop was presented to managers working in perhaps the toughest work culture in the world: delivering health services to the inmates of the jail facility. The dramatic change in attitude and communication practices after the workshop was noticeable to participants and to top leadership that wrote to us in recognition of ourwork.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Visit: http://www.humanext.com/communication-skills.html  The Manager As Communicator Workshop This powerful, flexible training workshop enables managers to: Understand the relationship between communication and performance, and the importance of the manager's role as communicator. Understand the key elements of the organization's strategy and learn the most effective ways to communicate them to employees. Improve the manager's speaking and listening skills Apply these skills to practical day-to-day communication in work situations on the job. Click for more information on Manager As Communicator Applying Emotional Intelligence At Work Leaders, managers, supervisors, and professionals taking our "Applying EQ at Work"  workshop will: Gain an honest and accurate awareness of themselves Monitor and manage their own emotions and behaviors for their own benefit and that of their team and department Have a positive influence on the emotions and motivation of others Develop cohesive, emotionally intelligent teams that produce breakthrough results Create an atmosphere that fosters emotional intelligence, respect, collaboration, and creativity. Visit: http://www.humanext.com/eq-at-work.html Creativity At Work Workshop You must have heard your boss or a colleague or perhaps yourself, at one time or another say, "we must think outside the box." That sounds good. But how exactly can you do that? Is this kind of thinking something you can learn to do? Many experts say yes. In our Creativity At Work training workshops, we use simple ways to measure participants' creativity before and after the training. Just in the course of the workshop itself, we measured a 25% increase in participants' ability to generate ideas and find creative solutions to workplace problems. Training Magazine declared in an article, "Beyond a doubt, creative problem-solving techniques can lead to successful results." Visit: http://www.humanext.com/creativity-at-work.html  Diversity at Work Onsite Workshop We take diversity personally. Our twenty years of experience in diversity programs has shown that it's only when people take diversity personally that they are able to turn it into a practice at work. In our nationally recognized diversity training, we do make the business case for diversity. But the way we make this last is by inspiring people to develop a personal commitment to diversity that enables them to manage it effectively everyday on the job. Visit: http://www.humanext.com/diversity-at-work.html Cross Cultural Communication and Global Skills Upon completing this workshop, and depending on their needs, participants will be able to: Understand and develop the key competencies that they need to work and interact effectively with people of different cultural backgrounds in general. Understand the specific culture they will be living and working with in a way that enables them to function effectively and succeed in it. Understand the cultural patterns, styles of thinking and communicating, and norms of behaviors of the people they will work with. Understand the particular work culture of the organization they will work with in a way that helps them succeed in it. Address any individual needs or challenges participants have as it relates to working effectively in the culture of interest. Visit: http://www.humanext.com/cross-cultural-training.html The American Way: Understanding And Working With Americans The American Way Workshop is a must for anyone seriously committed to interacting effectively with Americans in the US or abroad. The workshop provides participants with deeper understanding of what made America what it's today, while giving them ways to apply that understanding in dealing with Americans in various encounters, from socializing, learning, and communicating, to doing business, negotiating and building relationships. Unveiling Arab Culture: Understanding And Working With the Arabs Are you about to work with the Arabs, or already working with them, in the US or in the Middle East, and need to understand their ways of thinking and working ? Whether your relationship with the Arabs is commercial, cultural, educational, or political, better understanding leads to better results. Our onsite workshop will give you deeper insight into the Arab mind, culture, religion and currents of thinking. "Francois, I want you to know that your 'Arab Culture' was the most popular class...and was completely filled one-half hour after registration began. At people's insistence, I have a very long waiting list..." - From a letter from the administrator of the Community Education Program, Bechtel International. Register now to receive our free award-winning "Thank God It's Monday" newsletter, with ideas for training, communication, teamwork, innovation, culture change and more. Get TGIM Newsletter » REGISTER NOW Send Page To a Friend   Contact HumaNext at info@humanext.com Or call: 1-973-427-3004