Training & Development For Dummies 2nd Edition guides training professionals through the process of training and maintaining employee skills for a successful workforce. The ways of onboarding and training employees have evolved over the years. Get the inside scoop on digital and hybrid training, developing a new generation of workers, and following up for continuous development. Dummies is the best guide for giving professional trainers confidence in their roles.

Foreword

Introduction

About This Book

Foolish Assumptions

Icons Used in This Book

Beyond the Book

Where to Go from Here

Part 1: So You're Going to Be a Trainer

Chapter 1: Exploring Training and Talent Development

Introducing the Exciting Role of Training
Learning happens all the time
Understanding why training is necessary
Learning is essential to career advancement
Training isn't just for business
Discovering What Trainers Do
Assessing your training potential
Taking stock of your skills
Scoring your self-assessment
How do you become a trainer?
Exploring the Terminology of Talent Development
Who's who?
What's what?
Experiencing the Advent of the Talent Development Role
Merging training and talent development
Realizing the many hats worn by a st century
TD professional
Determining whether you have what it takes
Chapter 2: How Adults Learn

Learning About Adult Learning Theory
Meeting Malcolm Knowles
Applying adult learning theory to training
Understanding How People Learn
The science of learning
Three types of learning: KSAs
What we know for sure about how we learn
Brain-based learning: It's a no-brainer
The growth mindset
The -- learning framework
Ensuring That Adults Learn in the Classroom, Online

About the Author
Elaine Biech is president and managing principal of ebb associates inc, an organizational and leadership development firm that helps organizations work through large-scale change. Her 30 years in the training and consulting field includes support to private industry, government