Category: professional development
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Sunday Zephyr – Study time
How is your weekend going? Many of you are enjoying the start of the holiday period and what a great time to do some free study, or at least plan for some professional development for 2016. Here is a great list of 71 free online programs. A good place to start the planning.
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Productivity
How productive are you? Here is a quick test with some great information provided, after you finish, to let you know how productive you are. Take the test here.
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Exercise and healthy brains
It probably comes as no surprise that if you exercise your brain with be healthy and operate more effectively which is pretty important when you are a trainer and the most important tool of the trade is your brain. With the festive season nearly upon us it is a good idea to stay on top…
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Are you really that good – NO!
To be a great trainer you have to be acutely aware of your real abilities and your weaknesses so that you can improve. You can’t rely on feedback as it is often not accurate. Read the article below to gain an understanding of why we fool ourselves into thinking that we are better than we…
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Enchantment
I’m not sure why I haven’t ever referenced this video in my blog before. I have watched it a number of times. Guy Kawasaki is a great speaker and even if you don’t get anything from the his speech you will enjoy his speaking style. The video is a reminder of the fact that all…
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Ethical practice
I was delivering some training last week on ethics and governance and I found this ethical test which was quite useful when explaining how you would know if something was unethical. You might find it useful. In training there are often gray ethical areas that you will need to deal with. This ethical assessment is…
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Good Morning
How did you wake up this morning? What did you do first and then what was your next set of actions? Did you check your phone and emails first? Did you have a good breakfast? Did you down a coffee while reading the paper? What is the best way to start the day? I don’t…
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Extroverts and Introverts – What are you?
You could assume that most trainers are extroverts – who else would want to get up in front of a group of people and talk all day but you would be wrong. That is not how it works. I am a perfect example of a introvert who changes modes when I am a trainer but…
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Are you in a successful team?
Google released some research last week in regard to successful teams. The five keys are: Psychological safety: Can we take risks on this team without feeling insecure or embarrassed? Dependability: Can we count on each other to do high quality work on time? Structure & clarity: Are goals, roles, and execution plans on our team…
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Ethics training
I am delivering some ethics training this week in Canberra (no jokes about that). Ethics is very important in training. Here are two online quizzes you might like to try to see how ethical you are. Test 1 Test 2