This week I've been having coaching conversations with a client that I found really interesting. After many years of behaving in the same way they are at a point of accepting change and open to change in themselves. This is someone whom many people wished to help in the past but really highlights that until... Continue Reading →
Listening for the real question in class
I really like the main point made in this blog post. It focuses on quality conversations; what to avoid and instead what to focus on. The way it describes people asking questions as detail for themselves reminds me of how students/attendees often take a few moments to work out their question audibly whilst asking it.... Continue Reading →
Instructor to Facilitator
I work with a lot of different L&D professionals and I always find it interesting when we get to discussing our approaches to knowledge/skills transfer and behaviour change. I'm firmly at the facilitator and coaching end of the scale and I'm surprised how many are still at the instructor end. Any type of L&D intervention... Continue Reading →