This may also be of interest.  And I'm sure that Bob would welcome
your comments.
 
Bric
 
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Date:    Thu, 16 Mar 1995 13:10:48 -0500
From:    Bob Filipczak <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Intensive training
 
Anybody out there doing extremely work-intensive training programs,
particularly management training? I'm doing a story on the topic for Training
Magazine and I'm looking for sources. Here's what Darryl Hartley-Leonard,
president of Hyatt Hotels, has to say about work-intensive meetings: "I
personally believe the most effective meetings are those that provide
employees with an investment in themselves. In fact, at the best meeting we
ever had at Hyatt, we worked our managers from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.--all
education, no wine, no beer, no social functions. The unanimous feedback was
that it was the best meeting they'd ever attended, even better than a trip to
Hawaii with their spouses."
 
A 15-hour day of learning? Several of them in a row? How do you pace this
kind of intensive training to prevent learner overload? And are more
companies doing it these days in order to get the most bang for their
training buck and take people away from their jobs for the least amount of
time?
 
If anybody can talk about this, or refer me to companies that hold these
kinds of training sessions, I'd be grateful.
 
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Bev Geber
 
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