Inform that while taking notes to use the acrostic: ACT- Apply, Change, Teach Use to reflect and revise. “Reflection turns experience into insight.” – John C. Maxwell
Understand: “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it enough” – Albert Einstein Gap of Knowing and Doing: “There is a great deal of difference Knowing and Understanding. You can know allot about something and not really understand it.” – Charles F. Kettering Applying: The most frustrating thing as an employee I had was being held accountable for something I did not understand. When you do something hat you are not totally confident of you second-guess yourself and that is where Selection by Consequence is birthed. Take the employee from the Gap of Intention to the realm of Understanding and Increased Awareness.
Professional Safety December 2011: 1. In 1992, Broad & Newstrom reported an estimated 50 Billion was spent each on formal training, with another 90-120 Billion on less structured training. ASTD estimates in 2010 US organizations spent 125.88 Billion dollars on training. 2. Questions to ask on Needs Assessment: Why, Who, How, What, When 3. Objectives: ANSI Z490.1 has guidance on writing clear and measurable objectives.
1. Competent: root word is complete – Is your Competent Person complete? Competent trainers are integral to the learning process. Form the Memo on Effective Training, to Authorized Trainers being held to a higher standard for ensuring that training delivered is effective. 2. Key to create an environment conducive for growth. Word-picture of an acorn. People have mentioned that you can lead a horse to water, but that does not mean they will drink. Add salt to their tongue…build an environment that Desires and nurtures growth. Ask daily: Who and How can I add value to daily?
1. Elaborate on “Master” – Maestro – The Pareto Principle and how the 80/20 applies. The Master/Maestro, or Influencer as I call them has knowledge of the skillset, respect, trust, and what is very important Influence. 2. Personal story of Don Aliber, my “Maestro” when I worked for 7 years in the scaffold industry.
1. Jim Collins: Good to Great: Get the right people on the bus (speaking of Master/Maestro). 2. 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: To grow you teach your followers, To Multiply you Equip your Leaders. 3. Greatest Motivational Principle: People Do what People see. - John C. Maxwell
1. Educate: Educo – To draw from within. The Key is raising the Awareness and Consciousness of the person. 2. Repetition is the mother of skill. - The key is raising the Awareness of the individual. 3. 4 levels of Competence: 1. Unconscious Incompetent, 2. Unconscious Competent, 3. Conscious Incompetent, 4. Conscious Competent.
1. Adult Learners retain: Compare to after 1 year of training the average adults only retains only 10% to 15% of what was learned. 2. Key is to have Conscious participation and engage Thinking and challenge peoples current limited belief system. 3. Master/Maestro is an integral component of what adult learners Do.
Communication: Latin (comunis) – Common ground.
Peer-to-Peer: Important that the person giving feedback uses open explorative question that challenge individual to Think. A really good way to cross-train and Raise the Lid of the person giving feedback. Never Work Alone: I do it, I do it – and you watch, You do it – John C. Maxwell
1. Thinking is the highest form of awareness. – Maslow 2. “Until thought is linked with Purpose there is no intelligent accomplishment.” – Jim Allen, As A Man Thinketh
Les Brown: 3 step process of giving value in a story: a. Distract: From the present story they are currently listening to (emotionally, mentally, physically etc.) b. Dispute: Strategy to have individual back-away from their present limited belief. –Having a good strategy makes you stand out. c. Inspire: To Behave different differently. Inspire to do more, challenge, think outside their present thinking – add value. Don’t simply tell it, Experience it. Only then will you draw the audience in with you by using your emotions, tone, and body language. You want to take the audience there and experience the moment with you – that’s connecting.
Reflect all notes and prioritize according to A, C, & T, then apply. Be a lifelong learner. Success is determined in what you do daily.