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How Microlearning Supports Continuous Learning and Development

Remember that feeling when you’re stuck in a never-ending meeting, and your mind starts to wander? You’re thinking about everything except the topic at hand. Now imagine if learning could be the opposite of that – engaging, bite-sized, and seamlessly integrated into your daily routine.  Microlearning is like those refreshing mini-breaks we all need – ...

How Microlearning Enhances Business Growth in SMEs

If you’re in charge of your organization’s learning programming, work in HR, or leadership development, you likely already know the basics of microlearning. But, you may not know all of the ins and outs on exactly why this approach can be so powerful for teams and organizations – big and small. Let’s dive into it! ...
Managers Build Trust

How Managers Build Trust Before They Coach

If you want to develop managers who can truly coach your teams, learning how to build trust is a foundational first step.  No one can step into a new role, announce that they’re now “coaching” your people, and expect employees to open up. Without trust, even the best coaching techniques will fall flat. Trust is ...

How Do You Create Something Special?

Almost anything I have ever created, built, designed or written that anyone else in the world cared about, I did on my own initiative, out of love of the work, love of the process, love of the team, and the sheer enjoyment of the experience of creating something new. I’m not saying everything I’ve ever ...

How High Performers Think Differently About Stress

Talking in front of lots of people can be stressful, but it doesn’t have to be. Before I go on stage, I don’t think I’m nervous. Instead I think, I’m excited. It’s a subtle change of attitude that makes a big difference. The problem in our lives isn’t stress, but instead chronic, unabated stress. A ...

The Hardest Part is Starting

Last summer a couple friends and I took our teenage kids and cycled across the United States from Seattle to Portland, Maine, and I can tell you the hardest part wasn’t doing it. The hardest part was getting to the starting line. The adventure of cycling every day for two months in strange, beautiful places ...