Training trouble? Activate shield deflector

If you put yourself in the spotlight as a trainer, as a learning and development specialist, it follows that at times you’ll get burned.  And that spotlight can be mighty hot.  In my 20 plus years of designing and leading training workshops I’ve had my fair share of challenges: a particularly rude participant coupled with […]

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Our inner mean girl (aka the vile bitch that lives upstairs)

Caveat: if you’re a guy reading this, simply imagine your inner mean guy or the vile arse that lives upstairs. Who’s your worst enemy? Likely it’s you.  Yep.  You. How many times has the voice in your head grumbled: how could you possibly have something to teach anybody? no one will be interested to what […]

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Shiny Object Syndrome – why it’s hard to tell the difference between styrafoam and gold

What does a teenage run away, Buddhist monk, Geisha girl and Bill Gates have in common? They’re all connected to Christine Comaford whom I heard speak recently at the BCHRMA annual conference.  Don’t know her?  Here’s some background: she ran away at 16 she’s a high school and college drop out she was a Buddhist […]

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