Training Assessment Education

Month: February 2016

  • Teamwork

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    I know that many of my readers are trainers who train managers to manage teams effectively. Some readers train people to be more effective in teams and others work in teams to produce a service or product. I do all of those things and I found the article below very useful. It’s a long read…

  • Sunday Zephyr – Relax

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    I hope your Sunday is going well as you read this. I have had the chance this week to watch a couple of outstanding videos. If you have a few spare moments here is what has amused me this week. I find this video funny but also revealing. Can’t see the video – click here…

  • Stress!!!!

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    Have you felt stressed lately? Most people have it appears, at least over say, the last week. I am starting some training next week with a section on stress. The link below provides a handy infographic showing 15 ways to manage stress. A good resource for all you trainers out there or just a good…

  • Virtual Conference on Education

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    I let you all know, each year, when the Virtual World Conference on Best Practices in Education is on and it is on very soon. In fact it is on 9 March to the 12th of March. To access the program click here at there website. To access the conference you will need to join secondlife…

  • Mindfulness

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    I get a lot of questions about mindfulness as it is a very popular topic at the moment. It is a very broad concept and if you really want to understand why not attend the free program that is currently running at the moment on futurelearn. It is going into week three but that doesn’t…

  • Sunday Zephyr – Music for working

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    I hope your Sunday is going well and you are not doing any business type work. My post today is highlighting (again) the wonderful app and website – Spotify. I use Spotify almost every day and have discovered some great music and rediscovered some old favourites using the application (for free). I work at home…

  • Being Funny

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    When you ask a group of people what attributes they want a good trainer to have you will inevitably get a good sense of humour as one of those critical attributes. Ok, but how do you get a good sense of humour or how do you become funny. I generally go with self deprecating humour…

  • The mismatch

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    Here is an interesting post from Jane Hart regarding the mismatch between how L&D and employees see workplace learning. Do you agree? I often experience this mismatch particularly when an employee attends a competency program and I have to cover certain content which isn’t  really relevant to the employee, or they could just simply look…

  • Toxic employees

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      I have been delivering training this week in NZ to a group of managers and one of the key topics of discussion (as always) has been how do you manage a toxic employee. I have included a great article below which explains the problems that toxic employees can cause apart from the estimated $12,000…

  • Interesting People

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    I am sure that at times in your training sessions you have the occasional interesting participant. No, I’m not talking about the painful participant. I mean the ones that are just a little different. Who often see things differently or have a different way of operating around other people. Maybe your one of them. Here…