About Dan Tobin
With more than 30 years of experience in the learning and development profession, Dan Tobin has founded two corporate universities, served as vice president of design and development at the American Management Association, and given workshops and keynote presentations on five continents.
Dan's work and career has focused on tying all learning initiatives directly to a company's business goals and strategies. He has created a planning process called a Learning Contract to help corporate training groups make the direct connection between their programs and their company's goals and to ensure that what is learned is actually applied to participants' work to make a positive difference in individual, group, and corporate business outlcomes.
Dan is the author of six previous book on corporate learning strategies: Click on the book covers below to read more about the books and order them from Amazon.com.
Dan's work and career has focused on tying all learning initiatives directly to a company's business goals and strategies. He has created a planning process called a Learning Contract to help corporate training groups make the direct connection between their programs and their company's goals and to ensure that what is learned is actually applied to participants' work to make a positive difference in individual, group, and corporate business outlcomes.
Dan is the author of six previous book on corporate learning strategies: Click on the book covers below to read more about the books and order them from Amazon.com.
Re-Educating the Corporation: Foundations for the Learning Organization (John Wiley & Sons, 1994)
Transformational Learning: Renewing Your Company Through Knowledge and Skills (John Wiley & Sons, 1996)
The Knowledge-Enabled Organization: Moving from Training to Learning to Meet Corporate Goals (AMACOM, 1997)
All Learning is Self-Directed: How Organizations Can Support and Encourage Independent Learning (ASTD, 2000)
The AMA Guide to Management Development (with Margaret S. Pettingell) (AMACOM, 2008)
Feeding Your Leadership Pipeline: How to Develop the Next Generation of Leaders (ASTD and Berrett-Koehler, 2010)
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