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A four-part opening · Purpose. Say what the conversation is about; Observation. Say what you noticed, in words a camera could have recorded; Impact. Say why it matters; Invitation. Ask them to tell you what happened.
How to open the conversation you've been avoiding
How to open the conversation you've been avoidingThe opening has a smaller job than we give it. It doesn't need to resolve anything. It needs to make the purpose clear... Read more...
The Impact of Connections
The Impact of Connections
I want the learning to be useful in people’s lives. I want it to help them understand themselves and one another. And I hope that, somewhere in those repeated opportunities... Read more...
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Access Is Not Learning: Why Learning Organisations Need Leaders, Not Just Libraries
Most organisations don’t lack learning content. They lack a practical way to turn it into changed behaviour. Discover how leader-led learning brings development into the working week through shared conversation,... Read more...
Pathway from a desk to a garden, with text overlay "Capability is built one step at a time."
One Small Thing at a Time: Becoming a Company of One
Learn one thing. Practise it. Integrate it. Add another layer. If someone buys a workshop, I want them to be able to keep using it. I do not want the... Read more...
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Why So Much Workplace Learning Misses the Mark
Too much workplace learning is still designed around systems, programs and presentation rather than the people doing the work. Effective learning doesn’t need to be bigger or shinier. It needs... Read more...
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What If Learning Didn’t Mean Leaving Work?
I’m building Yzly on the belief that the benefits of leader-led learning shouldn’t be reserved for organisations with enterprise budgets. Every leader should have access to practical, evidence-based activities that... Read more...
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Who Gets to Grow?
Yzly is for leaders who can see that their people need development but do not have an internal team able to support them at the pace required. It is for... Read more...