ABOUT THE AUTHOR Stacy Nelson is a Master Trainer and Senior Consultant at VitalSmarts. READ MORE Can you offer any insight on how to help a participant apply the learning from the Left Hand-Right Hand column exercise (Start with Heart) when the participant states that they are an extravert and they always share exactly what …
ABOUT THE EXPERT Steve Willis is a master trainer and vice president of professional services at VitalSmarts. READ MORE I’m not a superstitious person, but I do have a set number of training rituals I adhere to. You know, things like always using a three water-cup rotation to ensure I stay hydrated, and never, never, …
ABOUT THE EXPERT Steve Willis is a Master Trainer and Vice President of Professional Services at VitalSmarts. READ MORE When participants are creating their own change plan in Influencer Training, how can I help them create an actual results statement instead of getting bogged down describing vague goals or strategies? I have a question from …
ABOUT THE EXPERT Steve Willis is a master trainer and vice president of professional services at VitalSmarts. READ MORE I’m on the road training almost every week—training here, training there, training, training everywhere. So, it’s a rare and nice occasion when I can be in my home state of Utah for three or more consecutive …
ABOUT THE EXPERT Steve Willis is a Master Trainer and Vice President of Professional Services at VitalSmarts. READ MORE How would you answer this question I received in training? A participant asked: If you are talking with someone who won’t let go of their story (e.g., they continue to stay in victim role) what do …
ABOUT THE EXPERT Steve Willis is a master trainer and vice president of professional services at VitalSmarts. READ MORE I recently observed a new facilitator ask the group to summarize their understanding of a particular concept she had just taught. She got several responses, the last of which was inaccurate—not mostly accurate with a shade …
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Emily Hoffman is a Master Trainer and Senior Director of Client Training and Employee Development at VitalSmarts. READ MORE In the Style Under Stress assessment, question 32: “I find myself in situations where people get their feelings hurt because they thought they would have more of a say in final decisions than …
ABOUT THE EXPERT Steve Willis is a master trainer and vice president of professional services at VitalSmarts. READ MORE I recently led an out-of-state training session. As usual, I arrived early to make my last-minute preparations and found that this fifteen-person session was to be held in a five-hundred person auditorium! Good thing I arrived …
ABOUT THE EXPERT Steve Willis is a master trainer and vice president of professional services at VitalSmarts. READ MORE When I was boy, I frequently watched old western shows on TV. I liked them because of the rough and rowdy, shoot ’em up action. At the time, I had most of the shows memorized word-for-word. …
ABOUT THE EXPERT Steve Willis is a master trainer and vice president of professional services at VitalSmarts. READ MORE So you sign up for a course—one that furthers your development plan, one that offers skills to tackle the challenges you face, or maybe just one that fulfills your learning quota. Now you’re enrolled, and your …
