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Paperback: 300 pages
ISBN 9781576750391
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8 of 8 people found the following review to be helpful:

Insightful!,  February 16, 2001

By Rolf Dobelli

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.





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Helpful Reference,  June 11, 2009

By Kelly Smith

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.





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You'll love this.,  May 24, 2000

By Christina M. Westover

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.







  • Edited by the authors of the bestselling Performance Consulting: Moving Beyond Training (over 30,000 copies sold)
  • Co-published with the American Society for Training and Development
  • Provides practical tools that show how human resource departments can make the transition to a performance improvement function.
  • Features chapters by some of the most highly respected professionals in the field of training and performance

In response to today's rapidly changing business climate, traditional human resource and training departments are undergoing dramatic structural changes in several areas. One of these is a transition away from focusing on what employees need to learn, to a focus on improving people's performance to meet key organizational needs.

In this new book, Moving from Training to Performance, editors Dana Gaines Robinson and James C. Robinson point out how human resource departments are changing direction by partnering with management and linking initiatives to the business needs of the organization. "Clearly there has never been a greater opportunity for training departments to transform themselves into departments which partner with client-managers for the purpose of achieving exceptional performance and business results," say the editors. But what is required to successfully make the transition?

Organized around the three levels of alignment-the process level, the organization level, and the job/performer level-Moving from Training to Performance offers practical, action-oriented techniques for making the transition from some of the most highly respected contributors in the field. Chapters by such industry experts as Geoff Bellman, Geary Rummler, Paul Elliott, Jim Fuller, Harold Stolovitch, and Erica Keeps are paired with real-life case studies of organizations such as Johnson & Johnson, Andersen Consulting, Prudential HealthCare System, Steelcase, PNC Bank, and others that have achieved exceptional results by successfully making the transition to performance at each level of alignment. The book also offers a special "Quick Read" summary of key points from each chapter, a complete glossary of terms, and a comprehensive resource directory of contacts in the field.

Whether your goal is to increase revenue or improve customer satisfaction, Moving from Training to Performance shows how today's performance improvement departments can take a more active role in helping organizations meet their service and financial goals.