A group of us gathered to discuss how we’re handling the new administration’s restrictions on DEI research and training. Susan Landay and Elizabeth Power co-facilitated the conversation. We sought to equip former and current diversity trainers with tools, support, and resources to move towards a...
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Personality and style assessments help individuals and teams recognize their strengths, understand how they interact with others, and appreciate differences. Taking an assessment test is only the first step in the process, however. Trainers, managers, and leadership coaches often use the assessments...
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More and more trainers are invited into C-suites as facilitators, strategic advisors, and leadership development experts. Having consultant-grade tools and capabilities can make those interactions invaluable to senior execs. We spoke to L&D expert David Dye, co-founder of Let’s Grow Leader...
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As trainers, we always hope to create lasting new memories, chock full of learning to support improved work performance. Given how bombarded we are with social media images and marketing messages every day, it’s crazy that anything new “sticks” in our brains. That said, we trainers...
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Always on the lookout for new research about the correlation of workplace appreciation with job satisfaction and performance, I was happy to stumble across the latest research study by Canva. I wanted to find out just how much recognition and reward affect workers’ performance. Following are s...
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During our recent Trainers Warehouse Show & Share meeting with simulation expert Steve Semler, we explored practical strategies for conducting effective workplace conflict scenarios and role-play exercises. After a brief demo of our new Work-Plays–Scenarios to Practice Difficult Conversati...
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Use Emotional Intelligence UNZIP-IT! TASK CARDS by Trainers Warehouse to identify and explore Emotional Intelligence competencies. Emotional Intelligence (a.k.a. EQ) is associated with five skills. Develop your teams’ EQ by facilitating conversations that help participants grow more aware of the...
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Giving Kudos at Work should be a daily practice. However, it’s also a great learning activity — a way to identify and magnify positive behaviors and growth opportunities in lived experiences. Use Kudo-grams for mindset courses, strength-based activities, warm-ups, and energizers, as kudo...
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Start-Stop-Continue-Change is a versatile training tool used throughout a learning event. Expert Trainer Nora Gerber was kind enough to share her facilitation notes with Trainers Warehouse. The prompts are packaged as pads of sticky notes from Trainers Warehouse, but you can create your own as well....
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I had the pleasure of co-facilitating a session with veteran trainer, Nora Gerber, who was kind enough to share some of her tricks of the trade. Nora applies the 1-2-4-All training technique to a variety of “task cards.” This active learning approach is a whole-brain processing tool that...
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