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Required or Desired? Ending the Debate on Making Learning a Requirement
Every learning leader eventually hears the same question: "Should we make learning mandatory?"
It's a fair question.
If people don't attend learning sessions, should leaders require participation? Should attendance be tied to performance? Should calendars simply be blocked and everyone told to show up? After all, learning matters. So shouldn't it be required?
How to Be a Critical Friend (Without Making Your Colleague Want to Throw a Stapler at You)
Everyone wants a critical friend...until the critical friend starts being critical.
If you've worked in philanthropy, you've probably heard the phrase a hundred times. "Can you be a critical friend?"
The intention is wonderful. Help someone see what they can't yet see. Challenge assumptions. Strengthen the thinking. The problem isn't the intention. It's the delivery. When people feel judged, they stop exploring. When they feel safe, they become curious.
Elevate Your Theory of Change Workshop with Visual Facilitation and Learning Experience Design
Embarking on the journey of designing a theory of change for your team or organization but feeling a bit lost? Fear not, for we've discovered a winning formula that turns the process into pure magic: combining established theory of change processes with visual facilitation and learning experience design.