One of the honours in my life is to be a governor at my sons’ secondary school. Recently a fellow governor and I were invited to think about how we could accelerate the transfer of the successes being achieved by some teachers to others who were less successful.
We decided to try and set up a [...]
Occasionally we like to share real life examples of life as a brain friendly trainer on the road. This week Paul reflects on a challenging week where the training was not as successful as expected, exposing the importance of Training Needs Analysis and the consequences of letting this slide.
We have had some discussions recently about management development and why people still feel the need to head for the high ropes and the empty oil barrels.
Ally and I came up with loads of sparkling manager development ideas that we have used with clients in the past (depending on the outcomes obviously!) without having to [...]
I’ve been involved in a great discussion on LinkedIn today started by Susan Landay, President at Trainers Warehouse about the use of toys in the training room
What surprised me was the huge variation in their use. Here are some of the nuggets:
Mike Willoughby Customer Experience Solutions at Competitive Advantage said:
I usually use them as rewards, [...]
To kick off ‘music week’, Paul (rather strangely) encourages us to turn the volume down!
Many years ago I was recording in a studio in Bournemouth used by Andy Summers (the guitarist in the Police) and was being allowed to play with the controls on the mixing desk.
