Category: Paul’s Monday Tips

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And the circus came to town

I was talking with someone last week about the need for marketing within L&D to get the various stakeholders engaged ...
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How ‘what you know’ can hurt you

Mark Twain said “It is not what we don’t know that gets us into trouble. It is what we think ...
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Advice from a samurai

It happened a long, long time ago in Japan. A man ran a popular tea shop and was a master ...
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It’s not the message that matters

People in L&D, and by extension the people they serve in the organisation, often think the content is what counts. ...
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Your reputation for confidence

Confidence is an interesting concept. You can have confidence in yourself, or others can have confidence in you. From the ...
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Who controls the conversation?

Two people are having a conversation. One person is asking all the questions and the other person is giving all ...
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Making a difference the simple way

If something is simple, …it is more likely to be practical If it is practical, …it is more likely to ...
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Are you a leader?

You are a leader if you have followers, even if only briefly and occasionally. So why would someone follow you? ...
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Ask a different question

We often judge others by the level of questions they ask us. It is said that ‘there is no such ...
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It wasn’t me… honest!

We all have the experience of applying a solution to a problem, and the problem gets worse. The Germans even ...
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