
Tip #529: Brushes With Greatness: Elaine Biech
Elaine Biech had an profound impact on my life as a trainer and consultant. I thought it might be fun to talk about well-known educators

Elaine Biech had an profound impact on my life as a trainer and consultant. I thought it might be fun to talk about well-known educators

This Tip describes my experience quickly creating peg systems for motivational techniques and lesson plan design. “No memory is ever alone; it’s at the end

This Tip describes when I made a rookie trainer mistake by combining too much content in a one day program. “Start by doing what’s necessary,

This Tip shares a metaphor from a story that says that even if you are crumpled or creased, you are still priceless. “Everyone needs to

This Tip describes a lesson design distilled down to four key questions to focus the training on the learners’ needs. “Concentrating on the essentials. We

This Tip describes my dilemma in deciding whether to give training clients what they want or what they need. “The gift of teaching is a

This Tip describes the EFQM model for organizational excellence, which identifies the key factors for success. “If you want to achieve excellence, you can get

This Tip describes the Cynefin framework, which is a guide for making decisions with five domains from simple to disorder. “It’s easy to make good

This Tip provides suggestions regarding how to handle employee push back against metrics, including reassuring employees. “The strongest human instinct is to impart information, the

Elaine Biech had an impact on my life as a trainer and consultant. I thought it might be fun to talk about well-known educators or

This Tip provides the directions for writing a narrative case study that is a story of a real life problem to solve. “If written directions

This Tip is in praise of piloting training programs so you can find and work out the bugs in the content, format, and learning activities.