Leadership Development: How to Become A Better Trainer

Leadership Development: How to Become A Better Trainer. Often when we master the content of what we're teaching we can stop focusing on growing in our training skills. Many teachers, trainers or developers hit a level of expertise in their field and then just put their training on pilot. But great trainers are great students of training practices. If you want to truly have a leadership development impact on others then you must always be growing as a trainer. Leading an equipping session can take different twists and turns and a great trainer can be adaptable and use the surprise moments as ways to develop those their training. In this video I give three disciplines that I use to help me grow in my leadership development skills.

I would love to hear your comments on this topic so please comment below.

Discussion Questions
1. How would you rank yourself as a trainer/developer on a scale of 1-5? (1= lots left to learn, 3= Average, 5 =I'm a model for others to follow)

2. What are some ways you try to intentionally grow your training skills?

3. Which of the three disciples do you think would be most helpful to you? Why?

4. What is one action step you will take to grow as a trainer/developer this month?

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Video by Michael Seay.

[MacLake]

What are some things you do to grow as a trainer/developer?

[husseinalhachami]

This is why I love ( training and development specialists) because you get to learn about yourself and you get to teach and train people.

[gentlemandudley]

I absolutely love this video. I came here because I just finished training a new employee and I felt like I learned a lot but I also made a few human mistakes along the way. That being said. One thing I would add which sort of goes with "leading by curiosity " is lead from a place of humility. When I made a mistake, I was in my head over it because i didn't want to look bad in front of my trainee and the other members of my team. My trainee said, "Hey man, don't worry. Now we learned together. " That really put my head back on straight and my trainee respected me more. That moment really impacted me and I'll remember how to do that procedure correctly from now on.

[jordansmith]

I’ve learned that even though the content may be identical, it’s processed differently by different groups of people. So I must be sensitive to and aware of where my students are before I train them.

[clairesuzanne]

I recently became a supervisor and they needed the position filled so quickly that they skipped the step of becoming a trainer first. I found myself in moments where I needed to coach people but had no real idea how to approach it beyond “I noticed you doing this wrong, here is the right way to do it.” I don’t want to be in that spot again with my new job

[thewehdes]

I used to watch Mac write on notecards all the things that he experienced in life throughout the week....personal stories, quotes from people, etc, so he could somehow incorporate those things into his next teachings so that the student felt that Mac was learning too.
Now it's one of the things people comment on the most about my training, 'You always have fresh examples from your own life on how the thing you're teaching is impacting you too!"
Thanks Mac...I've been profoundly impacted by your leadership in my life.

[monkEmindIN]

I have less experience in training, but I am planning to explore this more and thus, landed on your video. First, thanks for keeping the video crisp with clear takeaways and explanations with appropriate examples. Second, I agree to all what you said but wanted to add the following: 1) Time your training plan in advance, somewhere between 35-40 minutes there is a drop in concentration which can be filled by breaks, laughter, casual conversations 2) Working examples or case studies can help the trainees grasp the concept as they can connect better 3) After explanation, ask one of the trainees to explain to all, once they hear it from one of them they connect better

[johnlocke]

I'm on day two of Associate trainer training and this video was a great help. I am quite guilty of resting on my laurels once I've gotten comfortable with the material. Leading with curiosity and adding fresh material to your training is really valuable advice. Thanks Mac!

[richardalanduncan]

Loved “It's often the newest thing I’m learning that has the deepest impact on those that I’m training.” In your mind, always see yourself at a 101 Level.

[itsjohnny]

I’m currently finishing up my elementary teaching degree/licensure but got interested in corporate jobs after interning with Disneyland (California). My new dream role is to be a Traditions Facilitator! Before watching this video, I was completely lost in finding a corporate role that would fit my soft skills as a teacher. Your video made me realize that being a trainer is something feasible for me!

[Lealovespokemon]

I'm the Pokémon Trainer who loves Pokémon. Pokémon are really awesome, including battles, trades, collecting, and friends and family. This is my experience with Pokémon. There's a lot more to come in the future.

[zziwarichards]

Thanks 👍 so much! I'm so much challenged. Much to learn from you.

[Anikvikram]

Thank you.

I was feeling the same stagnancy for the past few days of teaching the same things again and again and felt the need of freshness in approach.

Thank you ❤🎉

[silviaancheta]

I like giving more than I am expected. During my group training classes I would still provide that one on one care as well. I teach the group but also the individual.

[jeromesmith]

The video was very informative and most important, it provided useful tips that I will be apply going forward as an Adult Trainer and Educator.

[gnanasekaranebinezar]

Really inspiring to learn three discipline. The energy level, the way in which you enforce about training, lively example, and energetic illustration. Great talk.

[sarmanik]

Training is art of learning you we wil articulated it

[ceeejay]

training and learning is a two way process, we train to teach and we also train to learn.

[tomasmoran]

Awesome advice, straight forward but powerful. Love the military analogy 👏👌👍

[OliverNshom]

Thank you for these tips Mac.

I've been training Institutions for over 5 years now.

Here are my five top tips:

1. Trainee should never laugh at the trainee when he/she gives a wrong answer because there are wrong answers in this line.

2. Trainers should avoid sitting down and talking except they have a a medical condition that warrant's them to.

3. They should never come late

4. They should never jump into training without preparing spirituall, Praticall, psychologically

5. Trainers should never ever delegate and exercise and jump to answering some kid of calls in the midst of the training.

Cheers 🥂