Tip #972: Surviving an Independent Trainer’s Nightmare
Over the past forty-nine years in conducting training programs, I have experienced many wonderful highs and a few excruciating lows. Sometimes it is difficult to
Over the past forty-nine years in conducting training programs, I have experienced many wonderful highs and a few excruciating lows. Sometimes it is difficult to
It’s wonderful when a company has a high performing subject matter expert (SME) who can train other employees. It’s wonderful, that is, if the SME
The first session of First Aid for New Trainers focused on how to get participant buy-in. The more invested the participants are in the training,
If you’re a subject matter expert, you have mastered the technical skills in your content area and others rely on your expertise. Often, you may
If your new trainers need additional help, encouragement, or just a friendly ear- or if you’d like them to learn training design and delivery basics
When employees get great at their jobs, they are frequently moved into training positions. Maybe that was true for you. Which makes sense, since you
“To be persuasive, we must be believable. To be believable, we must be credible. To be credible, we must be truthful.” Hellmut Walters Trainers do
“Everyone has embarrassing moments at work-it shows we’re all human. The best way to handle awkward moments is to gracefully move on, and, if possible,
“Teachers can make such a profound impact on our lives and should be honored as heroes.” Rainn Wilson Here is a beautiful description of the
“We all have a dinosaur deep within us just trying to get out.” Colin Mochrie I feel like a training dinosaur. I was a classroom
“Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.” Francis Bacon Every now and then, there is a participant in a training session who asks
Photo by Jill Wellington from Pexels “I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.” Albert Einstein
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