This is a place for those wonderful, under-appreciated folks who design and deliver training workshops. Passionate people who strive to help others be better than they could possibly imagine and strive to help them get ‘it’.
Recently while running a management development programme, Paul was stopped during the break by one of the participants who said they were leaving. They proceeded to give an account of the earlier session that made Paul wonder if they had been in the same room!
In this post Paul explores the impact that beliefs and (pre)understanding have when a learner encounters new material that raises an alternative point of view.
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In 1998 Carol S Dweck published a paper called “Praise for intelligence can undermine (children’s) motivation and performance” in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Paul put the brackets around the word children because he thinks this applies equally to adults.
The study compares the impact on performance of praising effort and praising natural talent. The results may influence our reactions to learner behaviour in the training room (and how we respond to our own children).
While reading “The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life Makes it Hard to be Happy”, Paul recognises the similarities between the
concept of the Quest Saga described by Michael Foley and the experience of learners in our training rooms. Beginning with the Wizard of Oz and ending with a child ‘drifting’ their push bike, discover an alternative 4-step learning process.
A Goal without a Plan is just a Wish
A while ago, Ally was inspired by a YouTube video and wrote a post about flexible training design. In the comments section, Annabel posted her experience of inspiring her learners through telling a personal story and has agreed to elaborate her thoughts here…
Thanks Annabel!
A Goal without a Plan is just a wish
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