Accelerate Your Leadership Development in Training Domain: Proven Success Strategies for New Training & Learning Managers

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABOUT THE BOOK

CHAPTER 1:

STRATEGIC COMPETENCIES

CHAPTER 2:

THOUGHT PROCESS

CHAPTER 3:

DECISION-MAKING

CHAPTER 4:

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 5:

TRAINING MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 6:

PROJECT LEADERSHIP

CHAPTER 7:

STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP

CHAPTER 8:

GLOBAL TEAM LEADERSHIP

CHAPTER 9:

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

THE AUTHOR

INDEX

ACCELERATE YOUR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN TRAINING DOMAIN

Proven Success Strategies for New Training & Learning Managers

Raman K. Attri

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ISBN 978-981-14-0066-7 (Print book)

ISBN: 978-981-11-8991-3 (e-book)

First published: December 2018

Lead author: Raman K. Attri

Published by Speed To Proficiency Research: S2Pro©

Published at Singapore

Printed in the United States of America 

National Library Board, Singapore Cataloguing in Publication Data

Names: Attri, Raman K., 1973-

Names: Attri, Raman K., 1973-

Title: Accelerate your leadership development in training domain : proven success strategies for new training & learning managers / Raman K. Attri.

Description: Singapore : Speed To Proficiency Research, [2018] | Includes bibliographic references.

Identifiers: OCN 1055689439 | ISBN 978-981-14-0066-7 (paperback) |

ISBN 978-981-11-8991-3 (e-book)

Subjects: LCSH: Employee training personnel--Training of. | Employees--Training of.

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Over 35 success strategies across 8 strategic competencies

Decision-making, Operations management, Training management, Project leadership, Strategic leadership, Global team leadership, and Professional development

ABOUT THE BOOK

This book is a comprehensive source of guidance for individual contributors who have just transitioned (or about to transition) to new roles in training domain such as training managers, learning managers or instructional design manager or any such roles to accelerate their leadership in training domain. The book describes S2Pro© Model of Strategic Competencies for Training and Learning Management Function, developed out of years of practice and research, which proposes a framework for accelerating leadership and management development path of new training or learning managers.

The book delivers 35 powerful, proven strategies across 8 core strategic competencies namely thought process, decision-making, operations management, project leadership, strategic leadership, global team leadership, and professional development. The book provides authentic understanding, knowledge, insight, and guidance required to be successful in training domain. This book is the first-of-its-kind focused exclusively on the aspect of accelerating leadership and management development path for new training and learning managers.

Chapter 1 of the book introduces a Model of Strategic Competencies for Training and Learning Function outlining 8 core strategic competencies to accelerate leadership development.

Chapter 2 sets the stage on making 3 changes in one’s thought process to be successful in the new role.

Chapter 3 of the book provides insight into 3 core skills required by new training and learning managers to make effective training related decisions.

Chapter 4 of the book equip new managers with an understanding of 3 pillars that would allow them to manage their training operations amidst the complexity of the organization.

Chapter 5 of the book focuses on 2 fundamental characteristics of highly successful training management practices.

Chapter 6 describes 2 powerful project leadership styles particular for leading learning or training related projects.

Chapter 7 shifts its focus on providing the first-of-its-kind checklist of 10 unique approaches exhibited by well-known training leaders.

Chapter 8 then dives into the challenge of team leadership, in particular for global, diverse multi-cultural training teams and describes 3 common-sense principles to handle this challenge.

Chapter 9 concludes the book by providing 5 success strategies to new managers to develop themselves professionally to maintain a competitive edge in what they do.

CHAPTER 1

STRATEGIC COMPETENCIES

8 CORE STRATEGIC COMPETENCIES TO ACCELERATE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

This book is designed around a Model of Strategic Competencies for Training and Learning Function. This model was the outcome of over 10 years of research and practice-based inferences from over 20 years of my experience at various training and learning roles starting from being a trainer, instructional designer, and learning specialists, learning or training consultant to all the way to a senior management role in training and learning function.

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