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MOHR Ideas at work.

Our work takes us all over the world. And we learn a lot as we train. Today, there’s no reason to wait until we’re back at home base to pass on a good idea or highlight a trend. Here’s where you’ll find them as soon as we spot them.

Budget (rent a car) battle

By Michael Patrick | May 2, 2012

I rented a car from Budget for a meeting I had today abt 45 minutes from my hotel. I got up this morning to find out the car battery had died. With just enough time kfor the drive I had to leave the car and hire a taxi for the long trip. When I got…

Better access to training

By MOHR Retail | April 30, 2012

We have reformatted all of our Taking Action preparation tools and Virtual Coach self-debriefing forms as well as our RMM MyPlan and RNS negotiation planners into electronic forms that you can type directly into on your PC and save on your hard drive.  No more hard copy to file or lose! One of the points…

Last night of MSL shoot

By Michael Patrick | April 27, 2012

We have shot scenarios of delegating in IT dealing with leading cross-functional teams. We did a model on improving below standard performance in the DC relating to scans per day percentage. Last night we shot a scenario dealing with how to influence other internal partners. There was great chemistry and a terrific realism all three…

Next level

By Michael Patrick | April 25, 2012

All of these clients have asked us to review their internally developed programs and give recommendations on how to take it to the next level. It’s an opportunity we value and understand how vulnerable a client might feel.  We respect their intelligence and understanding of theistic ate culture and workings of their company that we…

New Merchant & Support Leadership (MSL) video production

By MOHR Retail | April 17, 2012

Next week we will spend an entire week shooting video for our new merchant &support leadership program. For months now we’ve been leading up to this production event. It’s not the end, more like the middle.  It began as it always does, with our clients. This program came directly from clients who expressed a need…

Don’t give up!

By Michael Patrick | March 29, 2012

Persistence is a key to learning and having fun with math.  Research shows that most Americans when presented with a puzzle or problem that’s even moderately difficult will give up trying to solve it within a minute or less.  Being persistent is essential to developing good solutions and ideas or even brainstorming effectiveness. I blame…

One-stop Shopping for Training & OD

By Michael Patrick | March 29, 2012

The book, Developing Talent for Organizational Results, has a wide range of exercises, insights, and research provided by many of the ISA’s most experienced and proven learning providers.  Now, in one place, you can get quick access to this information.  MOHR Retail contributed a chapter on “Reinforcement: Making Great Training Pay Off!” (starts on pg 415).…

Learning from Legends

By Michael Patrick | March 22, 2012

ISA was started 35 years ago when formal training and development companies were few and far between.  The new ‘training’ industry was just forming and it took leaders with tremendous courage and insight to recognize that even competitors could learn something from each other.  At this year’s annual conference we had the pleasure of reconnecting…