Category: Learning resources
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Facial Recognition
How well do you recognise the participants in your groups when you see them later in life? Here is a very interesting test that measures how accurate you are at recognising faces. If you elect to do the second part of the test just be ready for a really rigorous test and allow a fair…
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Play time
Do you have a little bit of time to play around with some new software today or tomorrow? Try out this new way of doing powerpoint (online). You can upload your powerpoint slides and play with them. The software is Slides. Try Slides out here
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Sunday Zephyr – Learning Styles
I hope your Sunday is going well. On a few occasions I have written about how we need to to stay on top of the changes in learning theory. Two things that stand out for me over the last few years are that learning styles are rubbish and that right and left brain is an…
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The balanced scorecard
The balanced scorecard comes up in a lot of management training sessions. If you haven’t heard of it or don’t really understand the concept watch the video below. Really does explain the concept well. Can’t see the video – click here
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Coaching models
Photo by Green Chameleon Most trainers are aware of the GROW model of coaching but did you know that there are quite a few different models. Check out this list with links to other coaching models. Coaching models found here
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Sexism resource
I still think it is odd that sexism is still so prevalent in our society. It is also a difficult topic to discuss in a training environment, as is an discrimination type topic as I always struggle to bring up examples without sounding discriminatory myself. The video below might help as it uses James Bond…
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Innovation resource
I was writing a new program last week and desperately trying to find some useful resources for the topic of innovation and stumbled on this article from McKinsey’s. A good read and very useful if you are trying to teach people to think innovation. Read the article here. The video below is also excellent. Can’t…
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Customer Service Training
I’m writing some training on customer service at the moment and I found this very interesting article outlining the 30 elements of value. It is a great way of explaining what customers are looking for. I have provided the reference below so that any of you designing or delivering customer service training can use it.…
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Monday Blues
Do you have the Monday Blues? Having trouble getting started? Putting off some key tasks which you should start right now? It’s normal to procrastinate. Well just procrastinate for a few minutes more and watch the video below. It will not solve your problem but it might help you to understand. Can’t see the video…
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Cool Offices
I wrote a post last week about office design and how it might assist an organisation to be innovative. Check out this short article which has a photo gallery of 16 cool offices. Would you like to work at any of these? Read the article here.