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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bowman, Sharon L.
Training from the back of the room!: 65 ways to step aside and let them learn/Sharon L. Bowman;
foreword by Jay Cross.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.

eISBN : 978-0-470-47217-0

1. Employees—Training of. 2. Self-managed learning. 3. Employee training personnel—Training of.
4. Organizational learning. I. Title.
HF5549.5.T7B6192 2009
658.3’124—dc22
2008038207
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