Retaining quality, high-producing employees is a critical goal of any company. However, while investing in employees is arguably the smartest investment a company can make, it frequently seems to be the lowest of priorities during times of economic challenge. Traditionally, investing in employees takes the form of training. But if training is not structured properly, it results in little to no behavioral or attitude change, wasting time and precious resources.

So how do you make sure training will "stick"? Designing interactive experiences increases retention and ensures behavioral change to increase productivity and your bottom line. This audio conference explores five key steps that will not only ensure training retention, but also help you reduce staff turnover.

This audio conference covers:

• Five key steps to ensure training sticks
• Components of an interactive experience that engages participants
• Differences between effective and ineffective training
• Steps to overcome initial participant resistance to interactive experiences
• Tips for communicating to stakeholders the importance of training retention

About the speaker:

For more than 14 years, David Piltz has been leading training programs in leadership, organizational and educational change, communication, teamwork, customer service, facilitation and train-the-trainer skills to increase personal and professional effectiveness. He has worked with a variety of audiences including government, non-profit, manufacturing, union, staff, administrative professionals, technical and non-technical, and management. He has authored articles on the topics of creating interactive training and how to make training “stick”, and has developed and designed over 75 modules on communication, management and supervision, facilitation and delegation.

Currently, Dave is a managing partner of The Learning Key, Inc., a company specializing in transforming learning into action by creating and delivering interactive learning to technical organizations such as pharmaceutical and biotech. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from Saint Louis University, and has completed several graduate courses in administration, leadership, and counseling from Concordia University, industrial engineering from University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, and in workforce education and development from Penn State University.

Who should attend?

• R&D Project Leaders
• Senior Management
• Line Managers and Leaders of Interdisciplinary Teams
• Training
• HR Managers
• Lab Directors interested in developing staff
• Trainers/Facilitators/Coaches/OD Professionals

*Please note: Each registration covers one line connected to the audio conference. Attendees dialing from separate locations are required to have separate registrations.