Using Empathy to Create Impactful Learning At the end of 2020, a colleague and I were recapping the year’s experiences and the abrupt shift that had to occur in learning for many companies. In particular, we’d both noticed how often the word “empathy” had come up in client conversations, and in industry articles, blogs, and […]
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Create — Instead of Convert — Virtual Instructor-led training In the past few months, we’ve all found ourselves connecting more in a virtual space than in person. Before this, I wouldn’t have taken an online exercise class or used a telemedicine service. Why would I when I live in an urban area with so many […]
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Planning Your Instructor-led Training Pilot My teenager recently participated as a model in a fashion runway show. For the dress rehearsal the day before the show, not all models and designers were able to attend, so a sense of the number of outfit changes, order, and timing wasn’t possible to gauge. There weren’t any observers […]
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I’ve been reading Michael Pollan’s book, How to Change Your Mind, about the history of the use of psychedelic drugs. What I find most interesting are Pollan’s descriptions of how an “experienced” mind works and what that might mean for creativity and ingenuity. While we laud experience and education specific to what we do and […]
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Mindfulness. It’s everywhere these days … even in the world of corporate training. Some seem to think this is a good idea, and others are skeptical. Whether they consider mindfulness as spiritual “mumbo-jumbo,” or whether they worry that a spiritual practice is being co-opted by corporate America to make an extra buck, there is a […]
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“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” I think most of us are familiar with this Einstein quote and would agree with it. But I think many of us still do exactly that — repeat the same thing over and over even though the results don’t change. I know […]
Read MoreI’ve happily been pursuing and trying to maintain happiness for much of my life. I’m definitely a glass-half-full kind of person. While I consider myself a good listener, I have to admit that in the past I didn’t necessarily listen to the grumblings of others when they were unhappy. I self-acknowledged that they were unhappy, but I never really listened to the reason why they were unhappy. Instead, I put blinders on and just wanted to fix the situation so they could be happy again.
Read MoreJust the other day, I was picking my daughter up from art camp and another mother asked the proverbial question, “What do you do?”
Read MoreLately, I’ve noticed the term self-reflection popping up in a lot of articles about leadership, management, and coaching. Long a believer in the power of self-reflection, I think it’s an important addition to any employee development program, since it can lead employees to real clarity about their goals and role in an organization.
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