SSLD principles and procedures have been applied to a wide range of management training situations, covering topics like coaching, cross-cultural communication, recruitment interview, team building, front-desk reception, and so on.
The key features of SSLD include:
- Contingency-based thinking that ensures responsiveness to the unique needs and circumstances of clients
- A wide range of packaged programs, as well as capacity for custom-designed programs to meet new challenges and special needs
- Learner-centered procedure: incremental and systematic
- Hands-on experiential learning
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Emphasis on knowledge transfer to real life performance
- Extensive use of true-to-life simulations
- Take home exercises, real-life rehearsal and practice
- Video recording to facilitate review, feedback, and self-monitoring
- Special group-based Collaborative Generation procedure that enables the development of effective strategies for dealing with unfamiliar and challenging situations
