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The Performance Consultant's Fieldbook, includes a Microsoft Word diskette: Tools and Techniques for Improving Organizations and People
A career guide and a reference tool--in a single source! Internal or external consultant, novice or expert, you've probably heard about performance consulting, a high-impact approach that blAnds old-fashioned facilitation skills with cutting-edge process and outcome analysis. You want to gain the expertise necessary to identify why an organization is out of alignment, what interventions will correct these problems, and how you can measure your consulting success. Everyone in the performance improvement industry should have a copy of [Hale's] book sitting on their desk for easy reference at all times.
--Gwen Nichols-White, training manager, Siemens Medical Systems This remarkable book is your skill-builder and resource guide. The step-by-step Fieldbook shows you how to make the professional transition to a performance consulting career. You'll use this guide Hale has done an outstanding job in this book of contributing to everyone's use of performance technology.
--Danny Langdon, president, Performance International The Fieldbook details the techniques you need to conduct performance interventions and offers a customizable collection of worksheets, flowcharts, planning guides, and job aids. You'll use these resources to structure your presentations, to ensure clear communication, and to build client confidence. Employees don't need to learn more; they need to perform better. And as a performance consultant armed with Hale's Fieldbook, you will have the tools you need to effect measurable enhancements in performance. Make the transition to performance consultant today! The Fieldbook enables you
--Gwen Nichols-White, training manager, Siemens Medical Systems This remarkable book is your skill-builder and resource guide. The step-by-step Fieldbook shows you how to make the professional transition to a performance consulting career. You'll use this guide Hale has done an outstanding job in this book of contributing to everyone's use of performance technology.
--Danny Langdon, president, Performance International The Fieldbook details the techniques you need to conduct performance interventions and offers a customizable collection of worksheets, flowcharts, planning guides, and job aids. You'll use these resources to structure your presentations, to ensure clear communication, and to build client confidence. Employees don't need to learn more; they need to perform better. And as a performance consultant armed with Hale's Fieldbook, you will have the tools you need to effect measurable enhancements in performance. Make the transition to performance consultant today! The Fieldbook enables you
- GenresBusiness
240 pages, Paperback
First published June 5, 1998
About the author
Judith A. Hale
13 books2 followersJudith A. Hale, Ph.D., CPT, CACP, CIDD, and ibstpi Fellow [call her Judy]. Her firm Hale Associates has worked with clients in all industries in the private and public sectors for more than 25 years.
Judy has served as president of the International Society of Performance and Improvement (ISPI). She currently sits on the board of the Certification Network Group (CNG). In the past she has served on task forces undertaking research related to credentialing and is leading a task force in the development of a performance-based certification related to implementing performance improvement initiative with fidelity. She has served on the ISPI President’s Advisory Council, on the Illinois Occupational Skills Standards Credentialing Council.
Judy's latest book The School Improvement Specialist Field Book (2013) was co-authored by Deb Page and received ISPI Outstanding Communication Award. Judy is also the author of the popular and award winning resource about certification - Performance-Based Certification: How to design a valid, defensible, cost-effective program, 2nd ED (2012), the best-selling resource on performance improvement consulting - Performance Consultant’s Fieldbook: tools and techniques for improving organizations and people, 2nd Ed (2007); Outsourcing Training and Development (2006); Performance-based Management: What every manager should do to get results (2003); Performance-Based Evaluation: tools and techniques for measuring the impact of training (2002); The Training Manager’s Competencies (1989); and co-author of Achieving a Leadership Role for Training (1995).
Judy is a contributing author to the ISPI Handbooks on Evaluation and Interventions (2009) and a contributing author to the ISPI Handbook of Performance Technology, 3rd edition (2006). She wrote the chapters “The Intervention Questionnaire” in What Smart Trainers Know, ed. Lorraine L. Ukens, Jossey-Bass Pfeiffer (2001) and “The Hierarchy of Interventions” in the Source Book for Performance Improvement, Pfeiffer (1997). She was the topic editor of Designing Work Groups, Jobs, and Work Flow and Designing Cross-Functional Business Processes, published by Jossey-Bass (1995). She developed the Standards for the Training Function, 1995, and the Workbook and Guidelines for Designing Valid Tests (1995).
Judy has served as president of the International Society of Performance and Improvement (ISPI). She currently sits on the board of the Certification Network Group (CNG). In the past she has served on task forces undertaking research related to credentialing and is leading a task force in the development of a performance-based certification related to implementing performance improvement initiative with fidelity. She has served on the ISPI President’s Advisory Council, on the Illinois Occupational Skills Standards Credentialing Council.
Judy's latest book The School Improvement Specialist Field Book (2013) was co-authored by Deb Page and received ISPI Outstanding Communication Award. Judy is also the author of the popular and award winning resource about certification - Performance-Based Certification: How to design a valid, defensible, cost-effective program, 2nd ED (2012), the best-selling resource on performance improvement consulting - Performance Consultant’s Fieldbook: tools and techniques for improving organizations and people, 2nd Ed (2007); Outsourcing Training and Development (2006); Performance-based Management: What every manager should do to get results (2003); Performance-Based Evaluation: tools and techniques for measuring the impact of training (2002); The Training Manager’s Competencies (1989); and co-author of Achieving a Leadership Role for Training (1995).
Judy is a contributing author to the ISPI Handbooks on Evaluation and Interventions (2009) and a contributing author to the ISPI Handbook of Performance Technology, 3rd edition (2006). She wrote the chapters “The Intervention Questionnaire” in What Smart Trainers Know, ed. Lorraine L. Ukens, Jossey-Bass Pfeiffer (2001) and “The Hierarchy of Interventions” in the Source Book for Performance Improvement, Pfeiffer (1997). She was the topic editor of Designing Work Groups, Jobs, and Work Flow and Designing Cross-Functional Business Processes, published by Jossey-Bass (1995). She developed the Standards for the Training Function, 1995, and the Workbook and Guidelines for Designing Valid Tests (1995).
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May 10, 2015
Great book, but the kindle version does not have links to the material on the CD ROM.
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