Author: Myron Bailey

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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Why I'm Interested in Serious Games
Educational Games

Why I’m Interested in Serious Games

- by Myron Bailey

I’m fascinated by the potential for serious games. As an avid gamer myself, I’ve always been interested in how games can be used to help people learn and understand. In this blog post, I’ll explore some examples of how serious games have been used in education, military training, healthcare—and even immersive storytelling!

Education

Games can be an effective way to engage students and help them learn. Games can also help teachers teach, by providing a safe place for students to practice what they’ve learned.

In many cases, games are more effective than traditional teaching methods because they provide an engaging environment that encourages critical thinking skills–the kind of skills that allow us to solve problems on our own rather than simply memorizing facts or procedures from someone else’s perspective (e.g., the teacher).

Military training

The military is one of the most obvious use cases for serious games. The Department of Defense has been using them for decades, and there’s no reason to think this will change anytime soon. But what about civilians? Do we need to be trained in how to react when disaster strikes?

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A Standardized Education: The IEP
Special Education

A Standardized Education: The IEP

- by Myron Bailey

When you bring your child home from the hospital, they will have a physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech and language therapy appointment within the first three weeks of their life. Children who have an IEP can receive help from many more sources than just their teachers. Parents are encouraged to be involved in the IEP process. There are two types of services that can be provided under an IEP — special education services and related services. Related services include transportation, specialized medical or psychological services, counseling services and parent training/child development programs.” The purpose of this blog is to inform parents about what exactly is included in an Individualized Education Plan (IEP), why it’s so important for children to have one by law, what happens if they don’t have one yet but need one desperately…etc.

The Individualized Education Plan (IEP) is a statement of your child’s unique educational needs.

The IEP is a statement of your child’s unique educational needs. It’s developed by the school, parents and teacher(s). The IEP is reviewed at least once a year, and it can be revised as needed to meet the student’s changing needs.

When you bring your child home from the hospital,

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