There's no doubt that training DELIVERY has changed significantly over the last 30 years, and never more so than over the last 3! But what about training design? Are we still slavishly following the same process? Luckily, the fundamntal principles of training design remain constant, and using the ADDIE model to guide your training will...
This exercise is useful to explore anger, conflict, violence and the role of beliefs using a bottle of coke as a metaphor/basis. For a full explanation and discussion questions, see the original article HERE
This is a physical activity that works well in 2 competing teams, but just as well with one group seeking to improve performance. You just need some space and a plastic drinks bottle. It's a great exercise to explore team development, communication, planning, problem solving and process/performance improvement. DOWNLOAD NOW
As L&D professionals, we KNOW that everyone is different. Everyone has different strengths, weaknesses, preferences, ability, priorities, energy, mental capacity and motivation. We also have different expectations, targets, and standards. All of this (and many other factors) mean that taking a one-size fits all approach is likely to have limited effect. We know from the...
A classic (physical) exercise which can be used to explore collaboration, teamwork, problem-solving, negotiation and achieving objectives. You’ll need some children's jigsaws and around 15-30 minutes for this exercise, depending on complexity of jigsaw and level of debrief. DOWNLOAD NOW
These slides kindly shared by Roslyn Carton outline an exercise to help delegates to explore delegation and start creating a plan to help them to delegate specific things to specific people. Please just use the slides as inspiration rather than copying them directly. TAKE A LOOK
A classic (physical) exercise explores communication, collaboration, teamwork, problem-solving and achieving objectives. With large groups, a variation can be run to explore leadership – especially collaborative or servant leadership. There is a little preparation to do, but it isn't too difficult or time consuming. DOWNLOAD HERE
It's frustrating when a carefully designed exercise fails, or when a lively discussion falls flat. SOMETIMES the reason that some things don't go to plan is because we didn't properly take into account the culture of the delegates. Culture is huge, and difficult to define but it must be taken into account when designing training...
What can learning professionals learn from learning at work week?
This appears like a simple case study. Give 2 teams an overview of a proposal that has been submitted from site to head office and the associated response, and see how each interprets the response. But it can reveal all sorts of underlying issues! A great way to explore assumptions, bias, the impact of fuzzy...
