The burdens and blessings of leading (and following) are magnified during times of stress. How do you get your reports to take on more initiative and responsibility in the office and in their lives? Is the victim mode alive and well at your agency? According to Michael Maccoby, the people who will help you succeed aren't all just like you ... Read More
Register now and join us Tuesday, May 28th at 12:00pm as we catch up with past TOC Distinguished Service Award winners. TOC Executive Board member and Awards Committee Chair Shanda Adams will discuss the various awards TOC gives to distinguished winners. She’ll introduce you to a few previous award winners and ask them to talk about their winning projects. They ... Read More
The Training Officers Consortium Distinguished Service Awards Program was launched by the Training Officers Consortium in 1955 to stimulate improved government-sponsored training programs through recognition of individuals making significant contributions to the Federal training community in the field of human resource development (training, education, and development). Awards are given in the following categories: Leadership Development:Â Presented to an individual, team or ... Read More
This year, TOC was proud to award North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for its work on its development of the Protection of Civilians Virtual Reality Simulator. Its innovative development and design won the 2019 TOC’s Distinguished Service Award for Training Design and Development. In this webinar, join Tony Icaya, a NATO subject matter expert who helped build the tool, in ... Read More
In order to “light the torch” we need a spark! This session is designed to spark ideas through simple drawings. You will learn six basic "seed" shapes that will help you draw anything. You will also learn how to use simple drawings to enhance your facilitation skills, boost your visuals, and create memorable and useful tools for learning!
How do we measure and evaluate our progress towards successful answers to those questions? This webinar shows the evolution of TOC’s evaluation strategy over the years. We’ll talk about some of our goals and how we hope to track them. We’ll look at ways to assess your satisfaction, your learning, your application of learning back at your workplace, and maybe even ways TOC has made an impact for your organization and shown a return on the investment you have made in TOC.
Have you ever been, or have you seen, a zombie in the workforce? According to Gallup, approximately two-thirds of the US workforce is not engaged. Simply put, these employees are going through the motions. They are not inspired to bring their best to their jobs and often their lives. The impact on organizations is felt through lost productivity, increased turnover, ... Read More
Watch the recording. Download the slides. (.pptx) We live in a digital world where adversaries are constantly seeking ways to exploit vulnerabilities, cybersecurity initiatives don't always produce return on investment, "when" rather than "if" is why incident response teams are a necessary, and insider threats challenge our ability to safeguard our organization's critical assets. In this session, learn why leaders ... Read More
A Chief Learning Officer (CLO) is the highest-ranking corporate officer in charge of learning management. CLOs may be experts in corporate or personal training, with degrees in education, instructional design, business or similar fields. Join us at the Professional Development Program on Tuesday, November 12, where you will meet and hear from our guest CLO panelists: Dr. Vicki Brown, Department ... Read More
This webinar will explore a process that advances the goal of accomplishing on-going employee development in a way that promises to achieve incremental long-term development based on the personal goals of the employee, and in concert with the relationship/partnership foundational agreement. Some have called this the Mutual Partnership Agreement. It establishes a relationship/partnership agreement and seeks to capture of all ... Read More
