If you are new to the PinPoint Performance Solutions Blog, welcome. This blog has been a labor of love for the better part of three years and we do our best to advance the efforts of training and development in the workplace to improve performance though regular posts.
Improving Employee Attendance through Better Management
February 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Absenteeism among employees is on the rise and can lead to a loss of business (thus a loss of profits). Surprisingly, the blame usually does not rest with the absentees. Poor attendance has been growing in the last ten years due to employee stress, fatigue, lack of fitness, and the overall “overload” of work they [...]
Validating Your Employee Training Plan
January 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
At times it can be difficult for businesses to create training plans which provides maximum value for the cost. However, it is vital that employees fully comprehend what their individual tasks are within the organization. When these company-specific tasks are involved, even the most skilled employees can struggle. In order to test this understanding and [...]
Gilbert’s Behavior Engineering Model Series – Environment: Information
January 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Continuing with our series investigating the Behavior Engineering Model by Thomas Gilbert, we move now to what I feel is probably one of the greatest barriers to performance in any organization – information. If you were to survey workers in organizations around the world, most will tell you that information (or lack there of) is the reason for [...]
Books for Performance Improvement Specialists
January 25, 2012 By 1 Comment
My previous post explored some of my favorite books for instructional designers that currently have a place in my library. Now, I turn to books performance improvement specialists should have in their collection. There is a big difference between instructional designers and performance improvement specialists. While some professionals in the workforce development field may play [...]
Books for Instructional Designers
January 23, 2012 By 1 Comment
Anybody who designs and develops training should have a library of books and reference materials at their disposal. Creating a personal library of reference books allows you to have an instant resource to go back to when you need to re-learn or remind you of a training concept or model. It also is serves as [...]
Gilbert’s Behavior Engineering Model Series – Environment or Individual
January 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We now take a closer look at the Gilbert Behavior Engineering Model by dividing it into two crucial areas – the environment and the individual. When addressing performance problems in the workplace it is important to determine if the issue is in one of the two categories. This helps you drive toward specific interventions that [...]
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