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True, sustainable change requires work. The process may be daunting, but you do not have to take the journey alone. Engage with us to learn about the change process in organizations and the transformation process for adults.
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Change requires steady work
Recently, we had the opportunity to run the Niagara Falls Half Marathon. The longer distances attract me because of the work they involve. The training plan is divided into distinct stages, each section crafted to support the end goal. I do not love every morning run, or every grueling hot…
Begin with the End in Sight
Sports have a great advantage: the goal is immediately apparent. In golf, sink the ball in the hole. In football, get the ball across into the endzone. In quidditch, catch the golden snitch. Regardless of the sport, the rules clearly state how to score points and the objective. Unfortunately, the…
The Not So Simple Art of Communications
Communication is an art form that requires diligence and patience to get right. How we approach differing opinions can quickly set the stage for positive (or negative) interactions. Once each person has taken up camp, it is difficult to find a common ground. In business, and our personal relationships as…
Context & Details for Understanding
Understanding is a part of learning, but conversely, learning is a part of understanding. Context and detail are critical in bringing your classroom participants along the learning journey. Seek to understand their context, and provide the detail for them to understand yours. This morning my son and I admired a…
The Five Stages of Training
As a Six Sigma Black Belt, leader of an organization, or as Training Manager, the question of training effectiveness eventually becomes a topic. As an internal auditor, I have too often seen “training” as the only (and repeated) solution to a quality spill. In order to address the efficient and…
Quote on Inquiry
Upon this first, and in one sense this sole, rule of reason, that in order to learn you must desire to learn, and in so desiring not be satisfied with what you already incline to think, there follows one corollary which itself deserves to be inscribed upon every wall of…