Even though I am a instructor , I found this topic incredibly insightful. I feel that this type of training is missing at the instructor level. I would propose a way to cater this sort of knowledge down to senior students. This is one area of career development that I do see lacking. Learning how to give proper feedback in the correct way is a skill that must be learned and then practiced. Starting this type of training/ critical thinking early is a must. And i for one truly enjoyed this course. This will not only help me to lead teams I am in charge of but also help me train the leader of tomorrow to have this sort of training before they get to the work place.

Hello: As we all know that budget cuts can and do cause difficult situations between management and staff or instructors. I work at a for profit school. Recently we went from 4 printers in the school for students down to 1. This needlessly caused several different responses between everyone including students and staff and staff and management. As a program manager I understand the need to cut corners but as an instructor also I need resources to complete my work. Surprising this event worked its self out. At first everyone was upset but I think that was more because of change not the actual event. We have been two terms since this change and no one is even interested in the fact that we went from 4 to 1. So allowing it to work things out is the best thing for this event.

The "why" questions are something I need to work on. People do get defensive and that usually will put the breaks on a call.

What methods has anyone used to spark and keep interest of course subjects to students that work full shifts after 9:00 p.m. and start classes at 1:30 p.m.?

I think every Instructor should take this course. It was very informative. Feedback do play a major role in our jobs as instructors.

this model is very subjective and wordy. Be a coach is really simple, why do we make everything so complicated

I am an instructor for a massage therapy program. The majority of courses in the program are "hands-on". This offers a massive amount of opportunity for providing constructive feedback to students on technique, body mechanics and client care. In a "hands-on" course setting, the behavioral typology chart is totally up my ally. I anticipate incorporating this useful guide when offering student performance feedback.

I think that the most difficult thing to achieve with coaching is to build the trust necessary to do it effectively. Despite what everyone may say to the contrary, if you evaluate your direct reports in anyway, then they will see any coaching attempt as critical at best, at worst, as an effort to penalize them. I have tried to make my direct reports see that coaching is never used in the evaluation process, but despite all I say or do, I still sense reticence on their part to fully participate in the coaching process.

Even after years of coaching people, I learned a lot about things I can improve on from this course.

Good Communication skills is key

I prefer to only imagine those audience members who I consider to be attractive to be naked when I present my topics.

I was hoping to find more examples of how to engage an audience who is losing interest, hungry, not paying attention, not participating. Specifically, how to get them back and keep them engaged. I present recruiting information about our college to area high school students, and although it includes a cooking demo, it's sometimes a challenge to keep them tuned in. What are some tricks to keep the audience interested in the "talking" part of a presentation that have worked for you in the past? I'm not able to edit our slide show since it's from corporate. Thanks so much, Dawn

I have enjoyed reading all the comments which are very helpful and insightful. My problem with this site is this: Every time I respond to a remark or question and then return to the page, I'm back at the top again and it takes a lot of time to scroll through all the threads trying to find where I left off. Any way to just return to where you were when you made a comment?

I've attempted to use coaching with students on team projects with mixed results. Usually it is a positive outcome with more mature students (not just age, but in attitude). Have you used this in such settings? If so, should I tweak the process since the setting is so different? Any resources that you know of would be helpful.

Is there a way to plan for situations that are outside of your control? Situations that may take away the audiences attention, such as a thunderstorm, thin walls, sneezing/coughing audience members? What do you do if the audience has a intelligence level that you overestimated?