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Be Prepared
Step Four blends the disciplines of training and management.
One ingredient is enough technical knowledge to select all the com-
ponents that compose good training. The other ingredient is the
management skill to make intelligent decisions about which com-
ponents will work best, within a reasonable budget, to get the job
done. Guidelines and tools laid out in this critical step of preparing
training will help you cut through the technical expertise and deci-
sion making you’ll need to be prepared for successful training. It
would be an easy step if all you needed to do was order a video from
a catalog and show it. However, most training requires more than
that and demands extensive p ...