
Tip #787: The Trainer as Servant Leader
In her article “Be the Trainer You Want to Have,” Candid Taylor Brandon suggests that trainers should follow the 10 principles of servant leadership: Listening: to

In her article “Be the Trainer You Want to Have,” Candid Taylor Brandon suggests that trainers should follow the 10 principles of servant leadership: Listening: to

This Tip introduces physical intelligence, and explains its elements, including strength, flexibility, resilience, and endurance. “Physical intelligence underpins our cognitive and emotional intelligence.” Claire Dale,

A learning curve study shows that if you don’t reinforce learning, the participants will forget 90% of it within 30 days. That means that 90%

This Tip discusses learning in the flow of work and the continued need for skill training and peer learning support. “Work is learning and learning

This Tip discusses why the trainer should clarify the desired levels of learning, based on the skills the learners should achieve. “To learn and not

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This Tip discusses a situation of abundance denied when a Vistage coach refused to even meet with me to discuss mid-manager peer learning. “I have

Imagine that you have only three hours to convert die-hard lecturers into facilitative trainers. What content and activities would you use to introduce and model

This Tip discusses the four characteristics of authentic learning and why it is so important to move education toward relevant learning. “Authentic learning is the