"No-Choke Zone" Blog by Speech Coach & Successworks CEO, Sue GaulkeSeminar Attendees “Squashed Like a Bug”
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Several of my dog training buddies attended a seminar given by one of the world’s top dog training gurus. When they came home, I asked them how they liked the seminar. The said that they felt “squashed like a bug.” The seminar leader made them feel embarrassed and stupid – not a good way for a participant to leave a program. There’s a lesson to be learned here for all trainers regardless of subject: each and every participant should leave a session feeling motivated, inspired, and up-beat. That’s the job of a great trainer – to tailor the message and the feedback to each participant’s skill level in an appropriate way. It involves a combination of calibrating the message to the individual’s sensitivity level, giving honest, specific feedback, and giving encouragement for change.
"No-Choke Zone" Blog by Speech Coach & Successworks CEO, Sue GaulkeSeminar Attendees “Squashed Like a Bug”
Home » Executive Training, Speech Coach Training - Certification
Several of my dog training buddies attended a seminar given by one of the world’s top dog training gurus. When they came home, I asked them how they liked the seminar. The said that they felt “squashed like a bug.” The seminar leader made them feel embarrassed and stupid – not a good way for a participant t
o leave a program. There’s a lesson to be learned here for all trainers regardless of subject: each and every participant should leave a session feeling motivated, inspired, and up-beat. That’s the job of a great trainer – to tailor the message and the feedback to each participant’s skill level in an appropriate way. It involves a combination of calibrating the message to the individual’s sensitivity level, giving honest, specific feedback, and giving encouragement for change.