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Moving from Training to Performance, A Practical Guidebook

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Training professionals are shifting their focus from teaching to improving the performance of individuals and organizations. Dana Gaines Robinson and James C. Robinson have compiled a series of articles by members of the Association for Training and Development that approach this trend from varying angles. The common theme is identified at the start: Trainers are becoming performance consultants, working with companies to improve business performance, learning and work environments. After presenting this foundation, the book traces it through organizational partnering, performance change, large and small departmental organization, and employee alignment. The book serves up a feast of charts, examples, lists, chapter highlights and a profile on each author. It is written for the instructional designer, organizational development consultant, training manager, performance consultant and other specialists. Thus, non-trainers will find it jargon-laden and inaccessible. The multiple authors generate some overlap, but otherwise we recommend this exploration of training's new focus - the bottom line of performance - to everyone in the field.

I have read this book in a reasonably short time.

The book starts with interesting cites, and then delve into details. While I was expecting some improvements in the process of learning, I've found out that this is quite a radical change in the organization. The change process is engineered excellently, and clarified with some real life cases.

I like the way the book is arranged, and the sequence of subjects has a logic enriched with business cases. If your management has asked you to find a solution for performance management, this book is for you. But, you want to change the process (structure is better word), then you will have real hard time trying to sell it to stakeholders. You can see a lot of multinationals in the USA already moved that direction, and with many will to follow. One other subject that this book focus on is HPT, HPI and PI (Human Performance Technology, ...Improvement, and Performance Improvement respectively), and I had an appetite to learn those methodologies.

I recommend this book to whom management has already asked to establish the performance department, or practitioners already dealing with performance improvements in organizations!

For me, "Moving from Training to Performance: A Practical Guidebook" is a great reference for supporting my job and for planning future projects. Dana Gaines Robinson and James Robinson succeed by providing overviews of alignment for process, organization, and performer. Detailed and relevant case studies accompany the alignment overviews.
This is not a "how to" or detailed description of strategies for managing these alignments. It does provide a helpful overview for me or as a way of communicating the value of the strategies to management.

If you liked Performance Consulting, you'll love Moving from Training to Performance! This book provides a roadmap to guide you in the transition from training to performance improvement. You'll also get expert advice from the top dogs, like Bellman, Brinkerhoff and Fuller.