Evoke Development

Are you putting your reputation at risk? Marshall Goldsmith’s article entitled “Don't Damage Your Reputation - End Pointless Argument” does a great job of pointing out the down side to being “too” committed to your own agenda. So, the next time...

A recent study from the University of Virginia states that there is no scientific evidence supporting learning modalities. (Read more...)

Training isn’t just a nice to have; it is a need to have in our every changing world. This makes Training departments smile and quake at the same time. Why? Because, the old training expectations have changed. No longer are companies willing to pay for low-value, multi-day classes in which their participants leave with little more than a nice certificate. Instead, trainers and instructional designers are tasked with ensuring that the training they design and deliver focuses directly on helping employees build specific job competencies. Expectations are now that training should translate into immediate on-the-job performance improvement. (Read more...) 

Have you ever spent significant amount of time researching, developing, and designing the perfect class, only to find out it was not? Somehow, all the hours spent working with managers and subject matter experts to identify the perfect objectives, outcomes, and content still wasn’t enough.  Because, when you rolled out the class, it was not the smashing hit everyone expected. What makes matters even worse is your boss wants to know (read more) . . .

Depending on your Big Picture, these items may, or may not help you achieve your desired outcome. But regardless, every item on your to-do list falls into one of these four categories. Anthony Robbins, peak performance strategist, categorizes (read more)...

I am pleased to share with you an article from the June 2009 issue of Training Magazine. You may be interested (read more)...

Time stressors are the most pervasive source of pressure and stress in the workplace and they happen as a result of having too much to do in too little time. This is where really understanding the difference between Important and Urgent come into play. So let’s define important and urgent.

Important activities are those that (read more)...

Being accurate with data is important not only in our professional lives, but also in our personal lives as this recent news story clearly demonstrates.

After taking the wrong medication, a woman who is six-weeks pregnant is nervously waiting to see if there will be permanent effects to her unborn child. She was erroneously given another patients medication at a Safeway Pharmacy in Colorado. And although Safeway appears to have taken responsibility for the error, it does not fix the possible damage done to this woman’s unborn baby.

When the pregnant woman (read more)...

Now that you are aware of the difference approaches individuals have regarding time (monochronic vs. polychronic), let’s look at the misnomer of time management.

The first thing you must accept about time management is that it has little to do with managing time and everything to do with managing priorities. No one can control time, however anyone can control how his or her time is used.

The problem for most of us is (read more)...

There are two opposing ways of looking at time: monochronic and polychronic. According to Anne McGee-Cooper ad Duane Trammell (1993) “Monochronic time refers to linear time – time that is measured by the clock and the units of measurement are decided in advance. When you function in monochronic time, you reward and appreciate promptness, speed, brevity, and punctuality. Shorter and faster meansbetter (p.25).”

This is the standard practice (read more)...