Training Zen: How to Build a Sustainable and Rewarding Career in Corporate Facilitation

This book is a practical guide to succeeding in today’s corporate training profession. It provides the essential knowledge and insight needed to fuel career development and achieve excellence for both novice and experienced trainers. What does it take to succeed as a corporate trainer? Training Zen provides a clear roadmap rooted in evidence-based practices and field-tested across hundreds of organizations. Written for external facilitators, internal trainers, and L&D specialists, Training Zen is a comprehensive guide to the knowledge, beliefs, skills, and practices that consistently bring outstanding results in training workshops. It also provides advice on planning and design, common problems and their solutions, as well as career development and the management of key professional relationships and business matters. Drawing on decades of experience as a training designer, facilitator, and trainer of trainers, author Truett Black reveals what the most effective practitioners do to make each learning event a success.