Lena's Moves

Just finished a Train The Trainer Booster session for a lovely group of experienced trainers at Johnson & Johnson! Here are the questions we explored today: * How to deal with extreme negative feedback that is very rigid and leaves no room for discussion * I want to exchange good practices, share insights and learn from my colleagues * The feedback is dragged negatively because of one dominant person in the group. How to deal with negativity? * How to distance yourself and not lose your motivation when things don’t go well. * I want to find out my blind spots. * I want to ask and offer feedback to my colleagues * How to keep the whole group going? Sometimes the group is flat, has low energy or the group is very large. * When the participants are working in smaller groups how to make sure everyone is included? * How do I keep everyone active and attentive? And we did the whole training in a non boring way of course!! For more 👉 Join my newsletter!https://lnkd.in/ezHu_Hzs

You know what's special? The feeling of finishing a learning experience with 💥 a bang, 💜 with feeling, ☃️ with joy for what's ahead. On Tuesday we officially closed our second cohort of Non-Boring Facilitation. It's a journey we started with Lena a year ago. And we've learned SO much from both cohorts and every single participant. We have to thank everyone who entrusted us with their thoughts, experiences, and worries and joined us on this journey! 🥳 You're awesome and we can't wait to hear all about your facilitation journey! 🥁 Now, we're ready for cohort 3 → https://lnkd.in/dk46GVXt 🎉 Are you? #learninganddevelopment #facilitation

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🤷🏻♀️ Tired of hearing facilitators close workshops with the generic “What did you learn?” question. And that’s the best-case scenario—the worst is when there’s no reflection at all! Reflection is the most crucial part of any experience because it’s when learners have the opportunity to consolidate their thoughts and create concrete links between their insights and their day-to-day work. That’s why I strive to offer non-boring reflection methods! I’ve put together the Non-Boring Reflection Playbook! There you can find six of my favorite ways to wrap up workshops. Check them out if you want to: 🌱Make reflection as interactive and fun as possible 🌱Incorporate exercises that encourage collaboration, communication, and self-reflection 🌱Find a brief but meaningful way to close a program with participant involvement 🌱Create a unique and engaging atmosphere during your sessions 👇Download the Playbook here https://lnkd.in/ekkCgJfM

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How to go from "nay" to "yay" with difficult participants 👇🏻 Advice coming from Lena Nasiakou 🎈 Embodied Learning 💜 our facilitator for the Non-Boring Facilitation Program → https://lnkd.in/dk46GVXt #learninganddevelopment #facilitation

✨10+1 engagement mistakes Here are the top 10+1 things that decrease #engagement, learning retention, and joy! Wanna learn how to avoid them? Join our non-boring facilitation program 👉https://lnkd.in/dsV2nXdC

Asking for fuel, but getting a sparkler instead? 😂 Check out our take on the L&D struggle for resources! Want more❓ Stay connected with our bimonthly newsletter https://lnkd.in/ea4zzRtB #coachingskills #leasdershipdevelopment

I met Tereza Herodková five years ago when she joined a Training of #Trainers that I was facilitating and we kept in touch. Now she invited me to train her colleagues at Pallas and NRG on #facilitation! 💁🏻♀️I fully enjoyed the whole day with the team of lovely and motivated people who are experts in nuclear energy, radiation protection, GMP, safety and quality! They were ready to sharpen up their facilitation skills, to run their internal programs for their colleagues! As per usual, it was not a general TtT but one that’s tailored to the specific project that this team will deliver and their needs. ▪️We did exercises and practice on balancing their intro speech with warmth & authority. ▪️We used blindfolds to explore building trust ▪️We looked at the Kolb cycle for encouraging reflection. ▪️We explored how #engagement works (plus why it drops so quickly) and how to foster it, so there is a boost in knowledge retention. ▪️We looked at the key elements of navigating discussions and practised doing it! ▪️We played games to train their brain to ask questions. Then worked on the actual content of their program to see where they could add questions to foster engagement. ▪️We worked on different cases of handling difficult participants and explored different scenarios that the team has faced and wanted to have more alternative ways of handling them. 🍒All in all, it was a great day and the impact that the program had on the #team was simply the cherry on top! Here’s what the team scored: 🔹Building trust with participants - 8,8/10 🔹Fostering participants' engagement - 8,6/10 🔹Encouraging Reflection and insightful moments - 8,4/10 🔹Navigating group discussions - 8,6/10 🔹Balancing a warm and authoritative presence - 8,8/10 🔹Handling difficult participants - 8,2/10 👇Ready to turn your team of L&Ds, #HR and #SMEs into great facilitators? Stay connected with our bimonthly non-boring newsletter https://lnkd.in/ea4zzRtB

✨The best way to cascade new learning programs is to expand your trainer’s team. And what a pleasure it is for me to help out with the onboarding of the new trainers and deliver Train the Trainer #sessions! This time, with the lovely team of Johnson & Johnson we worked on the following key aspects: ▪️The trainer’s role The importance of leading the room instead of just reading the room ▪️The “ego” position you automatically adopt as trainer ▪️How to navigate between being warm and authoritative ▪️How your presence impacts the group How to use the volume of your voice and pauses to avoid sounding hesitant ▪️How to use breathing and body posture to ground yourself ▪️Next, we will look at the 7 types of difficult participants and explore different techniques to handle each type! Ready to turn your team of L&Ds, HR and SMEs into great facilitators❓ 👉Stay connected with our bimonthly non-boring newsletter https://lnkd.in/ea4zzRtB