Williams and Rosenbaum (2004) address the challenge for many learning and development professionals - time to competency, and use the concept of the "
" with the 30/30 plan. This works comes with an excellent cd-rom resource with a very useful tool kit indeed.
Rosenbaum
and Williams present a practical and measurable approach to accelerating the
learning process for new and existing employees as well as future business
leaders. Coverage includes the major steps and strategies for building learning
paths; strategies, methods, and techniques to ensure training is correct,
complete, and tied to business needs; and delivering training that is
cost-effective and structured to transfer to the job more effectively. The
accompanying CD contains guides, templates, and forms for implementing a
learning path plan.
'Learning
Paths' by Rosenbaum and Williams takes an innovative look at training and how
people develop beyond 'graduation day' to 'independence day'. I half expected
'fluff' but was I pleasently surprised. This book is chuck full of great ideas
that anyone with basic training and curriculum development ability should be
able to implement within 30 days. My three favorite ideas: shorten the training
cycle time to get people productive quicker, proficient at what they need to
do, not just trained with skills/competencies. Secondly, the 30/30 jump start
CD Kit helps you actually do what they suggest .. I love it.
