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Cultivating Mind Fitness through Mindfulness Training: Applied Neuroscience
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Heydenfeldt, Jo Ann; Herkenhoff, Linda; Coe, Mary – Performance Improvement, 2011
Mindfulness reduces distress, promotes optimal health, improves attentional control, mental agility, emotional intelligence, and situational awareness. Stress management and cognitive performance in Marines who spent more hours practicing Mindfulness Based Mind Fitness Training were superior to those soldiers who practiced fewer hours. Students…
Descriptors: Stress Management, Emotional Intelligence, Military Personnel, Training
Interpersonal Skills Training: Online versus Instructor-Led Courses.
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Gilmore, Erika R.; Fritsch, Paula J. – Performance Improvement, 2001
Compares instructional methods used in interpersonal skills training courses delivered online to the methods used in similar courses delivered in a traditional instructor-led classroom. Discusses implications for performance improvement professionals who are responsible for selecting and designing interpersonal skills training interventions.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Instructional Design, Intermode Differences
Designing Role-Plays for Interpersonal Skills Training.
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Holsbrink-Engels, Geralien A. – Performance Improvement, 2000
Discusses the value of role-play in developing interpersonal skills and presents a 10-step model to help performance technologists design effective role-plays. Highlights include training objectives; designing assessment instruments; task analysis; generality and demonstration; designing social-communicative problems for the content; practice; and…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Content Analysis, Interpersonal Competence, Measures (Individuals)
Moving from Training to Behavioral Change in the Workplace: 12 Steps.
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Griffin, Anthony C.; Engs, William D. – Performance Improvement, 2000
Offers a framework that addresses training and performance relationships based on in-house skills development committees that are employee driven. Key elements include employee ownership of training; working partnerships between management and employees; continuous learning; and measurement of results that show relationships between classroom…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Objectives, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship