In a TTT Course, Don't Make My...
My biggest mistake in running ‘Train the Trainer’ (TTT) was expecting that all my trainees should be able to deliver just like me. The reality is, that the world’s best trainers are 100% themselves.
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Ideas from the training room
Practical articles from ClarkMorgan trainers on designing and delivering training, coaching and leading people, communicating clearly and getting more done, drawn from years of working with teams in China.
Topic
Training design & delivery
Delivering a Great Module
While there’s no “perfect” way to deliver a module there are a few key things to keep in mind.
Read article →Developing a Presence in Training
From the moment the trainer walked into the room you knew he had presence. But what exactly is this magical substance called presence?
Read article →Increase Pragmatism When Training in China
A coach once shared with me his troubles. “Chinese trainees just don’t get the idea of coaching” he said.
Read article →Repetition and its Link to Behaviour Change
Lily had just returned to China after living abroad for three years to learn how to become a teacher. But Lily was not happy.
Read article →The Training Pendulum
You may be familiar with the 70/20/10 model. 70% of learning is on the job, 20% is from feedback, and 10% is from reading and attending courses, that is, training.
Read article →The Key to ROI in Training
For many training directors, the biggest headache that comes from measuring ROI … is not the gathering of data, nor is it actually calculating the ROI. It’s isolating the effects of training.
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Topic
Leadership, coaching & culture
The 5 Key Mistakes in Coaching!
Before you embark on a program of coaching for your firm, either run internally or from an external provider, there are five key mistakes that you should be aware of.
Read article →Take Off Your Cultural Blindfold.
Too often we believe our own limited worldview to be superior. I was working with a major sourcing firm recently and had the opportunity to speak with their GM in Hong Kong.
Read article →The Law of the Counter-Intuitive!
Learn to beat your initial instincts. It has been striking me recently just how much of life is completely counter-intuitive.
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Topic
Communication & presenting
The Magic of Stadium Speaking
Each year I get the highly enjoyable task of working with the Walmart board of directors to coach them for their upcoming YBM Speeches.
Read article →Avoiding Frustration with the 4 Rules of Communication
These ‘highly strung’, ‘tense’, or so called ‘uptight’ individuals might appear, from first glance to be difficult to work with, but the reality is that their unique skill-set is an asset.
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Productivity & wellbeing
Overcoming Procrastination in the Workplace
It’s 11am, and you sit there staring at a blank Word document. “What are you waiting for?” screams the blinking cursor.
Read article →What's Urgent isn't Necessarily Important
Author and trainer, Stephen R. Covey might get all the credit, but it was an earlier American, Dwight D. Eisenhower, aka Ike, who first defined that urgent and important were not necessary the same thing.
Read article →Work-Life Satisfaction
There is a lot of research into measuring levels of satisfaction and engagement in the workplace. At ClarkMorgan, we believe that workplace engagement is also linked to engagement in others areas of life.
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