Month: June 2023

How We Can Learn More By Learning Less
Educational Games

How We Can Learn More By Learning Less

- by Myron Bailey

Learning is fun. Learning by doing is even better.

The Brain is Designed for Learning

The brain is designed to learn. It’s built for learning and has a drive to learn. The brain is a learning machine. The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons, each of which can make thousands of connections with other neurons through synapses (the spaces between cells). This gives our brains incredible flexibility and capacity for change over time–but it also means that our mental life is complex and difficult to understand fully at any given moment.

The human mind isn’t just made up of one part: it’s made up of many different systems that work together in ways we’re just beginning to understand. That means when you’re trying something new or trying out something new on your mind–whether it’s meditation or mindfulness practice–you might need some extra support from other parts of yourself before those changes become automatic habits in the future!

Play is a Powerful Tool

Play is a powerful tool for learning. It’s the way we learn to be human, and our ability to play throughout our lives makes us better at problem solving and creating new ideas. Play can help us …

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Success Through Achieving Conscious Competence
Adult Education

Success Through Achieving Conscious Competence

- by Myron Bailey

Conscious competence is an important concept in leadership and personal development. It’s the ability to perform a skill at the peak of your ability, not just doing it on autopilot, but with full awareness of what you’re doing and why. Conscious competence requires attention, focus and feedback—three things that can be hard for busy people to find when they’re trying to do everything at once. But when we focus on one thing at a time, even if it feels like we’re taking small steps forward rather than giant leaps forward, we’ll increase our level of conscious competence over time while also increasing our enjoyment! Watch as I explain how this works in my latest video:

Conscious Competence

Conscious competence is a step beyond unconscious competence. It’s the ability to perform a skill at the peak of your ability, without having to think about it. When you can do something without thinking about it, that means that you have mastered it and are able to perform it subconsciously. Conscious competence is the next level up from this–it’s being able to perform tasks at peak performance while still being aware of what you’re doing and why.

How to achieve conscious competence

The …

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Coaching Manager Skills
Higher Education Jobs

Coaching Manager Skills

- by Myron Bailey

Coaching managers, or people who manage coaching managers, need to be able to coach their team members on how to coach others. Coaching managers should also be comfortable establishing new processes, methods and tools for supporting learning and performance improvement within their teams. Finally, coaching managers should be skilled at listening attentively and responding appropriately to ensure that they are meeting their team members’ needs.

Leadership development is a critical, but often overlooked, aspect of a coaching manager’s job.

Leadership development is a critical, but often overlooked, aspect of a coaching manager’s job. Leadership development helps organizations develop the skills of their people so they can perform better at work and produce better results for the organization.

As a coach you need to understand what leadership development looks like in your organization and how it fits into your overall coaching strategy or plan. You also need to know how much time you have available to spend on this activity because it takes time away from other aspects of your job such as one-on-one meetings with employees or groups (which we’ll talk about next).

Coaching managers, or people who manage coaching managers, need to be able to coach their team members

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Teaching the 21st Century Skills
Educational

Teaching the 21st Century Skills

- by Myron Bailey

The 21st century has the most transformational shift in history. Developing 21st-Century skills will help students and employees be more competitive and successful. The 4Cs framework is a useful tool for explaining, teaching and assessing 21st Century skills. C1: Communication Skills C2: Collaboration Skills C3: Creativity & Innovation Skills C4 : Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Skills

The 21st century has the most transformational shift in history.

The 21st century has the most transformational shift in history.

This is not a small change or an incremental improvement, but rather a massive shift that will affect every aspect of our lives and our society. The changes are so profound that they can only be compared to those made by previous generations that built modern civilization itself: industrialization, urbanization and globalization. It is no exaggeration to say that if we do not prepare our children for this new world order they will be left behind or worse yet become victims of its harsh realities

Developing 21st-Century skills will help students and employees be more competitive and successful.

21st-century skills are important for the future of business, education and society. They will help students and employees be more competitive and successful in life.…

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