The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning: How to Turn Training and Development into Business Results
When the first edition of The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning was published, it quickly became the new standard for companies who were serious about increasing the return on their investment in learning and development.This thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded edition of The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning reveals how training, OD, and HR professionals can enhance their contributions to the success of their organizations. The book is filled with practical, proven-to-work guidelines and examples that show clearly how to design, deliver, and document comprehensive learning experiences that improve leadership and management, sales, customer service, marketing, and other business functions.The authors—experts in the field of learning and development as well as business—explain the theories and principles that undergird the 6Ds approach and provide practical methods, tools, roadmaps, and checklists for bridging the "learning-doing" gap. The book's guidelines are illustrated with dozens of case studies from successful companies on the cutting edge of results-driven educational performance.The 6Ds encompass the entire process of converting learning into improved performance, from pre-course communications to the impact of the learning transfer climate. Designed to be used by a broad spectrum of professionals, the book's knowledge can be applied to virtually any learning and development program. Most important, The Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning focuses on business and performance outcomes—the new "finish line" for learning and development.