Category: Competency
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The rewards of great practice
I have posted a number of time on practice from the participants perspective but more importantly from the trainers point of view. You want to get better as a trainer or educator then you need to practice. But, not just doing the same thing again and again, you need to practice more intensely and the…
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RESPECT
I have written quite a few posts about the importance of excellent, inspiring teachers and trainers and the importance of teachers and trainers aspiring to be excellent and inspirational. Read this excellent article from the Huffington Post regarding teachers in America. Two things about this article. One, so many people saying the same thing about…
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The value of reinforcement
One of the key concepts we are all taught as trainers is that to get someone to learn we must have some form of reinforcement. This could be internal and external. Seems like common sense and essential. What if this was potential misleading. Read the article and reflect on the research presented. I’ve been marking…
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Being an expert
There is a lot of talk (and writing) recently about being an expert. What does that actually mean? Wikipedia says (and they seem to be experts) is someone widely recognized as a reliable source of technique or skill whose faculty for judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely is accorded authority and status by their peers or the public in a specific well-distinguished domain. Wow –…
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Training, learning and having a go
There is a great deal written about the positive aspects of failure. At this time of the year many trainers and teachers are heading into assessments and exams. Some participants will pass and some will fail. I don’t know any teacher/trainer who likes to fail people but it will occur and it can be communicated…
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New Training Tips 56 Video
Hey, its been a while and I do apologise but there haven’t been any video’s from me for a quite a long time. So here’s my new one. It is an important message for all trainers (consultants and internal) but also an important message for all consultants and professionals. You can watch it below or…
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Competency Assessment Resources
I have a number of training groups studying assessment units at present and I forgot that I had produced a number of assessment related videos over the last 12 months. I have added a new one to the library on assessment tools. Check out the others below as well. You can access all of these…
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Cheating – why? Why not?
I read a good article on cheating this morning. The article makes a few good points and some excellent further reading. There is a lot of talk in training and education on cheating particularly since elearning continues to grow in popularity but I don’t think there is anymore or less cheating than say 10 years…
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Teaching and Money – (what’s wrong with this heading?)
Please read this news release regarding rewarding teachers with bonus payments. How many times do we need to see this debate go around, and around. A great idea in principle but there are so many flawes in the performance system that it will not reward the best teachers. It will reward a small hand full…
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Hire for attitude, train for skill
TUDE That post heading isn’t one of my own inventions. I have borrowed it from an article I just read recently (click here). I think I have heard something like this before but the article really brings home the importance of an employee’s attitude. In particular the point that you probably can not change a…