Tag Archives: management

Feedback and the X-Factor

In April, Annabel shared how her experience of restoring an old, WW2 Jeep  helped her learners understand the S.M.A.R.T. method of objective setting. We are delighted that she has now given us her thoughts on giving feedback. I don’t know if you’ve watched any of the many shows where a panel of judges pass comment on [...]
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One way to break through corporate inertia

A couple of postings ago Paul mentioned working with a very traditional organisation trying to promote the brain friendly message. Since then quite a few of you have asked what happened next. In this post, Paul explains the rest of the story and shares his experience of how brain friendly learning reduces the pressure on learners to read up on course materials to ensure training success.
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ROI and double standards

Last time we talked about Kirkpatrick’s model for evaluation and how important it is to use more that just level one especially in today's economic climate . While I was writing that piece I found myself getting more and more annoyed and, as I worked through why, the keyboard was taking more and more punishment, the [...]
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Evaluation is NOT hard…

... but it is essential A couple of weeks ago Ally and I spent an extremely enjoyable day with the Brain Friendly Learning Group, a UK networking group for brain friendly trainers set up by Stella Collins. In the morning we ran a session about music in the training room (there will be much more on this [...]
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Bop It and leadership

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 [...]
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