Three Methods a Trainer May Follow

     To facilitate roles such as coaching, collective learning, and mentoring, professionals in the training and development field have a plethora of methods they can utilize. We will discuss 3 of the 13 identified methods: Internship, Team-training, and Mentoring and apprenticeship. Ostrowski-Martin, Kolomitro, & Lam (2013) defined a training method as a set of systematic procedures, activities, or techniques. Coaching is typically delivered by managers and leadership. Coaching, unlocking one’s potential, can closely relate to the internship method which are trainings where the trainee is permitted to work in a position in which they are training for (Ostrowski-Martin, Kolomitro, & Lam, 2013). During an internship, training and development professionals can facilitate during the internship. Collective learning, the shared understanding amongst others, (Crossan et.al., 1999), can closely relate to the team-training method, the method of mutual knowledge within a team (Wheelan, 2005). A training and development professional can facilitate shared understanding amongst others to gain mutual knowledge hence collective learning within a team-training format. Mentoring which entails providing emotional support and feedback, Helms, Arfken, & Bellar, (2016) closely relates to the Mentoring and apprenticeship method which involves one-on-one partnership between a novice employee and a senior employee (Ostrowski-Martin, Kolomitro, & Lam, 2013). 

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