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Creative and Active Training Techniques

Posted by HRDQ-U WebinarsExperiential Learning, HR Training, Human Resource Training, Leadership, Leadership Games, Leadership Style AssessmentNo Comments

Dr. Karen Lawson and HRDQ-U recently hosted a free webinar entitled, The Trainer’s Handbook: Creative and Active Training Techniques. Lawson is an international consultant, executive coach, speaker, and author. Her clients include a variety of prominent organizations. Drawing on her own leadership experiences and knowledge of human interaction, she helps leaders fine-tune their leadership and influencing skills to make a difference in their organizations and reach a higher level of success.

Almost 700 people registered to listen to the webinar live. Missed it? Click here now!

 “The instructor seemed very knowledgeable on the training topic.”

 “Very appreciative of these webinars – resourceful & informative  -supports professional and personal development.”

Below are the learning outcomes from the session:

  • Explain concept, principles, strategies, techniques of active training
  • Use active-training methods to increase retention, build understanding, improve skills
  • Adapt active-training techniques to any course content
  • Use creative approaches to motivate and energize the group

Here are the primary topics covered:

  • Understanding Active Training
  • 10 Active Training Alternatives to Lecture
  • Suggestions for Improving a Lecture
  • Using Creativity in the Classroom

So what exactly is Active Training? Simply put, it is “instructional use of small groups so participants work together to maximize their own and each other’s learning”. It is based on two assumptions:

  1. Learning is an active endeavor
  2. Different people learn in different ways

Some strategies and techniques of Active Training are:

  • Reflects learning, teaching, and motivation theories
  • Uses structured learning groups
  • Uses moderate level of content
  • Has a high level of participation
  • Creates interdependence among group members
  • Uses minimal lecture
  • Encourages peer teaching
  • Uses a variety of methods
  • Builds on and overlaps concepts and skills learned earlier
  • Uses real-life situations

Another important element in Active Training is Active Knowledge Sharing. The purpose is to teach facts (or figures) by asking participants to “guess” or speculate as to the correct information. It is key to prepare slides (or handouts) on which you have provided factual statements with the critical piece of information (number, percentage, name, etc.) to be filled in by participants. Then, you ask participants to work together in twos or threes, show prepared slide (and/or handout), give participants a few minutes to discuss what they think is the answer, reconvene the group and ask representative from each pair (or trio) to share their responses, and finally, share correct answer.

For more on training techniques that could work for you and your organization, such as Pairs Matching, Group Inquiry, and Information Search, click here now. You will also learn about Visual Aids, Peer Lessons, Building Interest, Maximizing Understanding and Retention and Ways to Create Subgroups.

Sign up today to make sure you don’t miss the next free webinar!

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Chart Your Course

Posted by HRDQ-U WebinarsCoaching Skills, Corporate Team Building Games, Corporate Training Materials, Emotional Intelligence, Experiential Learning, HR Training, Human Resource Training, Leadership, Leadership Games, Leadership Style Assessment, Supervisory Skills, Team Building Exercises, Teamwork GamesNo Comments

Do you remember what your dreams were as a child? Have you lived a fulfilled life? Have you reached your goals? Or did you get sidetracked along the way?

A great way to revisit these dreams can be found in resting your mind, forgetting for a while about the bills, the relationships, the money and all of the worries you may be having as an adult. Journal some thoughts about what it was like to be a child again. Go back to a time that is still vivid in your mind and relive it. See what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Get back in touch with that imagination that seems to have escaped you. I will share a snapshot of a very memorable day in my life.

Remembering the first time that I went fishing with my father, I still feel the cold morning fog against my face as we rowed to the mooring where the Seabird was moored. The seat was wet in the skiff and I was shivering. The smell of the salt air was fresh in my nostrils and my Dad was sitting next to me as his crewman rowed towards the boat.

The morning started with a pancake breakfast at the Chuck Wagon restaurant. All of the fishermen were there and they were giving me a fisherman’s welcome. I was all of 8 years old and this was a big day. It was my turn to go with my dad. I remember being very happy and very excited.

It was all so foreign to me and so adventurous. The Seabird was a 40-foot wood salmon troller and my Dad also fished for tuna and crab. Today we would be chasing salmon.

I remember the roll of the boat and the smell of the diesel stove in the galley. I can still see my first caught salmon lying on the deck. I remember how proud I was that I did not get sick that day. I remember walking back to his truck to go home and how I felt as if I was still on the boat, swaying back and forth as I walked.

I always dreamed about being the captain someday…

That was a special day that is blazed into my mind. We all have memories of our childhood that are stored into the hard drives of our mind. Buried so deep that we may have to dig deep to get them to come back.

For years I spent my life as a fisherman and a captain. For years, I felt that I would die of old age as a fisherman, that this is all there was.

Then, there was one defining moment in my life to make me realize that this was not my path.

What is your defining moment? Maybe it has not occurred yet. If it has, when are you going to make the move towards your dreams?

It is up to you, but it takes action. You need to implement. You need to get from point A to point B. You need to chart your course and throw the lines from the pier.

Tap into your inner child and imagine a different life, a bigger game. Let your imagination go. We all have that tugging notion that there is more to life. The truth is we already know what to do. It is those who plan, prepare and set sail that will live a life of fullness and happiness.

James Evanow

4e7f064220ab8d0da94720c8efa166e9_headshot-jevanow_100-200-cJames Evanow is an international speaker, author, coach, and a serial entrepreneur. What sets him apart is his 23 year journey as a sea captain. His passion for helping people inspired him to write his first book, Wisdom From the Sea, which chronicles his tales of adventure at sea in the context of leadership. James has had diverse experience in the business world. He is a certified Life Coach, and has trained as Personal Empowerment Coach under the Tony Robbins coaching program, “Strategic Intervention.” He has traveled through out the United States and Canada, conducting trainings on Emotional Intelligence and Creative Leadership in over 40 cities. His flag ship program, “Chart Your Course,” is an all-encompassing training to break destructive patterns that limit your growth in business, and in life. James knows that the slightest deviation can take you off course and prevent you from reaching your goals and destination.

James and HRDQ-U are hosting a free webinar on September 16th at 2pm. Sign up for it now!

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Mastering the Intangibles of Great Leadership

Posted by HRDQ-U WebinarsExperiential Learning, HR Training, Human Resource Training, Leadership, Leadership Games, Leadership Style AssessmentNo Comments

William Seidman, Richard Grbavac and HRDQ-U recently hosted a free webinar entitled, Mastering the Intangibles of Great Leadership. Dr. William Seidman is the CEO of Cerebyte, Inc., a company focusing on creating high performing organizational cultures. He has worked as a manager or consultant with many large and small organizations including Hewlett-Packard, Jack in the Box, Intel, Tektronix, CVS Pharmacies, and Sears.

Rick Grbavac joined Cerebyte as Vice President in 2002. Since that time, he has worked with a wide variety of clients including Fortune 100 companies in the retailing, financial, high-tech, construction, manufacturing and health sectors.

Over 475 people registered to listen to the webinar live. Missed it? Click here now.

“This was a very good webinar. I was engaged the entire time and felt like there was some very interesting and thoughtful point made.”

 “I enjoy the webinars for rekindling my spirit!”

Great leaders focus more on developing the intangibles of leadership than on the tangible attributes found in most lists of competencies or in most leadership books.

The agenda for the session was as follows:

  • Discovering the Intangibles
  • The 7 intangibles of great leadership
  • A science and methodology for developing great leaders

It is important to understand that star leaders own their learning and use reflection to gain power. In using reflection, they have a variation of the exploding field of mindfulness and become highly structured and purposeful. This means they have a formal allocation of time to reflect, can focus reflection on learning and can share the results of their reflection. Reflection is the foundation for all other aspects of great leadership.

Companies need to identify their star performers. In doing so, they must discover their wisdom. Wisdom is more than knowledge and information. It also includes purpose and operational excellence.

Other Intangibles are:

  1. Passionately commit to a purpose
  2. Build consensus around the purpose
  3. Thoroughly prepare to execute
  4. Inspire a transformative culture
  5. Lead from a slow state

For more on each Intangible, click here now to watch the recorded webinar.

Do you want competent leaders or great leaders? Most organizations are facing conditions that require great leadership. If you focus on building the intangibles of great leadership, you will have a great organization!

Sign up today to make sure you don’t miss the next free webinar!

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How to Motivate Today’s Worker

Posted by HRDQ-U WebinarsCoaching Skills, Communication Styles, Corporate Team Building Games, Customer Service Training Games, Experiential Learning, HR Training, Human Resource Training, Leadership, Leadership Games, Leadership Style Assessment, Supervisory Skills, Team Building Exercises, Teamwork GamesNo Comments


Managers could greatly reduce their stress by practicing a critical management skill — delegation. The inability to delegate frequently has led to the downfall of many leaders — from presidents to first-line supervisors. This guide helps managers recognize the benefits of delegating, what and to whom one should delegate, and a systematic approach to the delegation process.

What to Expect

Motivation is one of the primary concerns and challenges facing today’s manager. This Business Builder will help you learn techniques for creating a proper motivational climate. You will learn how to apply proven techniques for motivating employees, prepare individual action plans to solve on-the-job problems, and identify causes of low morale and techniques for improving overall employee behaviors.

Why Do You Need to Know About Motivation?

  • Your employees are the key to your successful business.
  • Motivation affects employee performance, which affects organizational objectives.
  • Satisfied employees lead to satisfied customers.
  • Motivated employees make your job easier.

Criteria for Success

To be a successful manager/motivator you must first understand that you cannot motivate anyone. You can only create an environment that encourages and promotes the employee’s self motivation. Someone once said that motivation is getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. The challenge is to give them a reason to want to do it; doing it will satisfy a need they have. You have to tune in to their need, not yours.

Secondly, you must also know what kind of behavior you want the employee to demonstrate. In other words, what do you want the employee to do differently?

For example, do you want the employee to come to work on time? Greet the customers in a friendly manner? Complete forms correctly? Assume more responsibility? You must be clear about your expectations before you can communicate them to your employees.

The third important thing to keep in mind is that you are the critical component in the motivation process. Your actions set the tone. Many managers embrace the “carrot-on-the-stick” approach to motivating employees. These practices take the form of incentive programs, promises of rewards and bonuses. Others employ the symbolic “whip” or “club” by emphasizing the negative results of their behavior.

For example, a manager might say, “If you don’t start getting to work on time, you’ll be fired” or “You’ll never get ahead if you continue to make these kinds of mistakes.” The problem is that these short-term “quick fixes” create no permanent behavior change.

Do you really encourage people and bring out the best in them, or do you manage them through intimidation and threats? What motivation methods have you tried? Did they work? If so, for how long?

Watch Out For… There is no quick fix. Changing employee behavior takes time and patience. You will find that what works well for one person may not work for another. You may have to use “trial and error” until you identify and match the right method to the appropriate people.

You also may have to face the unpleasant truth that no matter what you do, you might have some employees who refuse to change their behavior. If that is the case, you will have to “bite the bullet” and ask them to leave. It’s very demotivating to employees some do not cooperate perform according to agreed upon expectations.

Dr. Karen Lawson

headshot-klawson_100Dr. Lawson is an international consultant, executive coach, speaker, and author. In her work with Fortune 500 companies as well as small businesses, she works with leaders at all levels. Clients include a variety of prominent organizations from financial services, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, manufacturing, health care, government, and education. Drawing on her own leadership experiences and knowledge of human interaction, she helps leaders fine-tune their leadership and influencing skills to make a difference in their organizations and reach a higher level of success.

Dr. Lawson and HRDQ-U are hosting a free webinar on September 9th at 2pm. Sign up for it now!

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