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Do You Think Critically or are you a Critical Thinker? (Pt 2) Why you should train others in Critical Thinking techniques. Critical thinking encourages us to slow down and gather relevant information before making decisions. By practicing critical thinking, learning leaders are more likely to develo...

Do You Think Critically or are you a Critical Thinker? (Pt 1) A recent World Economic Forum study confirmed that critical thinking (a critical thinker) tops the list of skills that employers value in their workforce. It was also reported that critical thinking would become of even greater importance...

CPD – Cumulative Probability Distribution is a statistical concept used to describe the probability that a random variable will be less than or equal to a certain value. OH! I guess that’s not the CPD you’re interested in. Continuous Professional Development, the only way for professionals...

Effective training managers must also be effective business managers. Unfortunately, it’s easy for training managers to fall into the trap of feeling insulated within an organisation. They often feel free from the negative effects of any economic downturns because they aren’t viewed as a revenue...

Becoming a successful training manager starts with a foundation of good communication skills. But there’s more to it than that. To run a training department effectively, a good training manager must focus on six core competencies. Devising Strategic and Operational Training Plans. A good training ...

Here are 7 Golden Rules for effective meetings: Start on time and end on time. – Every meeting should have established start and end times. Be sure to start your meetings at the appointed time and run no longer than the established end time. Sure, you can occasionally make exceptions to the en...

Are You Attending Too Many Meetings? Are they a waste of time with no real purpose and a few decisions actually come out of them? Unfortunately that is actually the case in many organisations. If run poorly, meetings can slow things down, they are too long and can make straight-forward issues compli...

It’s not just Michael McIntyre! Perhaps I’ve been watching too much Saturday night TV, but recently I have come to the conclusion that there are a lot of things that trainers can learn from stand- up comedians. As a result, here are six pieces of advice that I think Michael McIntyre would give t...

There are five basic concepts that can serve as a foundation for the successful advisory process:   Focus on the relationship: Identifying who the client is and understanding the motivations, culture, history, fears, and goals of both the human being and the organization he or she represents, a...

Outcomes are used to determine the purpose of a training session. Whether you are running a session on gardening or medicine, there are aspects of that lesson that need to be retained, and things that should come about as a result of those aspects being retained. Outcomes range in difficulty and imp...