
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 discusses how to achieve the second immutable rule for a trainer, to set the learner up for success. “I never teach my pupils,

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In Outsmarting the Seven Hidden Obstacles to Success, David Covey and Stephan Mardyks identify the seven modern workplace traps, our typical response to each, and

This Tip discusses how to respond to individual-focused modern workplace traps: the busyness trap, the procrastination trap, and the ego trap. “A trap is only

This Tip discusses that, before delegating, a manager should take a power pause to think about the task, the people, and learning. “Human beings perform

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This Tip describes how I was eager for critique of a pilot so I knew what worked and what I would need to change to

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This Tip describes the five ways the Peer Learning Institute is holding learners accountable for putting their new learning into practice. “At the end of

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

This Tip is about mistakes I have made, some of my own making and others out of my control and how quotes can console me.