“You’ve always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it for yourself.” – Glinda, The Good Witch, The Wizard of Oz. We believe everyone is born with potential. Potential to learn. Potential to grow. Potential to teach. Each of us, as individuals, is equipped to help others reach that potential. When we …
Former president of the Czech Republic, Václav Havel, uttered these words in an address to a joint session of the United States Congress in 1994. They could easily be applied to the nature of work, today. The reason I bring up a rather obscure reference such as Havel in an article about the nature of …
This is part 4 in a 4-part series exploring the future of learning and development inside companies. Click here to read part 1, part 2 and part 3. Your company already has a learning culture whether you’ve thought about it or not. The way forward, therefore, won’t require you to create something out of nothing. …
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This is part 3 in a 4-part series painting a picture of the future of learning and development inside companies. Click here to read part 1 and part 2. We have established in this series that the expectations of the role of the learning and development professional have exceeded the importance given to it in …
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This is part 2 in a 4-part series painting a picture of the future of learning and development inside companies. Click here to read part 1. The role of an L&D professional is tough. We saw this in part 1 of this series. But there are companies in which learning cultures are understood, cultivated, and …
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The role of an L&D professional is tough You’re constantly at the whim of the needs of the business, yet you never have time to conduct the needs analysis you know you must do. Management thinks training is the top-down creation of events and courses that will magically fix real business issues. You are left …
The Learning Culture Officer (1 of 4): Something Needs To Change Read More »
This article won’t tell you what to price your online course. It will tell you how to think about pricing your online course. Writing this article made me change the price of mine. After reading this, you’ll have the tools to understand the consumer psychology that goes into pricing anything. That’s ultimately what a price …
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I lost myself this year. I had a map, but it turns out it was the wrong map to follow. Thanks to what I realized and will reveal in this review, I know where I went wrong, and I’m a better person and in a better position for it. But if it wasn’t for some …
Ever wondered how experts master a new skill? In almost all cases, it’s by harnessing the compounding power of deliberate practice. In this article, I’m going to show you how to use deliberate practice to go from novice to expert in the shortest and most efficient route possible. The inspiration for this article is the …
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“How can I be more like Andrew Barry? How can I turn the content that I’m teaching in real-time into evergreen content? How can I show up and be the master of facilitation instead of always being the sage on the stage?” By most accounts, ODCC was a colossal success executed in only four months. …
My 15-year Course Creator Journey: From Quitting my Corporate Job to $350k in a Month Read More »