What should novice trainers teach?

Before entering the text, let us first discuss what kind of profession is a trainer?

When many people hear about trainers, their first reaction is those lecturers who "brainwash" employees in the company. In fact, in addition to standing on the stage and giving lectures, trainers also need to diagnose the company. Training needs, formulating training plans, conducting post-training evaluations, etc. The trainer's function within the company is to solve some problems that arise in the company through training methods, improve employee skills, and promote performance improvement.

In addition to trainers, we will also hear titles such as lecturers, mentors, teachers, etc. Let’s talk about the similarities and differences between them.

Lecturer: In a university, a lecturer is a professional title, with a rank lower than that of an associate professor; in a company, a lecturer refers to a person who gives lectures, and is generally responsible only for the teaching part, such as the business of a certain department. If a key person shares some work experience within the company, then he can be called a lecturer.

Tutor: In colleges and universities, a tutor generally refers to a graduate student or doctoral tutor, a teacher or researcher who guides students to write papers and do research; in a company, a tutor can be a boss or a colleague, who leads Those who are our entry-level teachers and those who help and guide us at work are all mentors.

Teacher: It is a general honorific. As the saying goes, "When three people walk together, there must be a teacher." Regardless of whether they are in the industry or outside the industry, whether they are familiar with each other or not, everyone can be respectfully called a teacher. When you meet a senior or slightly older person you don’t know and don’t know what to call him, just call him teacher. You will never go wrong. You see in today’s entertainment and IT circles, everyone is a teacher.

Next, we get to the point. If you enter the training industry at the beginning of your career and work as a trainer in the company's HR department, your daily work is basically to notify students, contact teachers, print training materials, provide feedback on attendance, etc., and even Acting as a porter and setting up tables and chairs (it would make me cry if I talk about it too much).

Although most of it is transactional work, there are a lot of learning opportunities. We will listen to many lectures from external lecturers who pay a lot of money. While listening to the lectures, we will also think about when we can become such A lecturer who earns tens of thousands a day for teaching?

Many seniors may ask you to practice eloquence and field control skills right from the beginning. This is of course very important for trainers, but this is a necessary condition, not a sufficient condition to determine your market competitiveness. . Just like every crosstalk actor will talk about learning the basic skills of singing and singing, but what limits their development is the content of crosstalk. Therefore, if you want to become a famous lecturer, you must have in-depth research in a certain field (lecturer TTT, sales, course development, performance improvement, etc.).

Those lecturers who are only popular but not popular will gradually be eliminated by the market. Otherwise, in today's super fast-paced world, would I sacrifice my work vacation time just to listen to your bragging and jokes? To understand these simple knowledge, I can check information on the Internet. If I want to have fun, why not listen to Guo Degang’s cross talk. The useful information is so important!

If you want to become an expert, in-depth research in a certain field will definitely not be achieved overnight. Training is a process of teaching and learning. On the road of accumulation, you must constantly optimize the content taught. So, for those of us who are still novices and whose foundation is still very weak, what can we say on the podium?

To summarize in three sentences:

Talk about what you have experienced;

Talk about what you are good at;

Talk about what you are good at. Believe it;

Drama actors who can’t sing are not good cooks. If Huang Lei opened a culinary technology college, I believe he would be able to beat New Oriental.

Let’s talk about how to accumulate. The high quality of trainers comes from long-term accumulation. Life is full of articles, experience more, collect more, and there are materials everywhere.

1. The most important thing in the course is the knowledge structure and logical framework. You must be able to justify yourself. The best way to improve the knowledge structure is to read, because the knowledge structure of books is relatively the most complete. Fragmented learning is now advocated. Fragmented means unsystematic, so in-depth research is required and systematic reading is required.

For example, if you want to study time management, then look for more books related to time management. Before buying a book, read the Douban reviews and catalog before deciding whether it is worth reading.

When reading, you cannot copy the author's ideas, because the views of different authors may be contradictory. This process requires more thinking, combining your own experience, and discussing with colleagues around you to sort out your own complete logical framework.

The following are some books that I have referred to when making the course "Problem Analysis and Decision Making":

2. Pay attention to everything in life and accumulate more. There is no limit to the content you can accumulate. It can be pictures, news, music, videos, jokes, games, etc. When you see some interesting or touching materials, you need to think deeply about what extensions can be made and what knowledge points can be used in which courses.

For example, one day I happened to see the following conversation in a work group, and I immediately thought that this is a common problem in many companies. It is a typical egoistic way of thinking. The problem lies with others! Then I immediately took a screenshot and modified it appropriately and used it in the course case.

3. Follow or comment on good articles on public accounts or Weibo to strengthen your ability to think deeply.

4. Listen to good stories and jokes told by friends and colleagues, record them and see if they can be transformed into your own. Trainers may not necessarily have so many experiences themselves, but they can appropriately translate the experiences of others. After processing, graft it onto yourself, and then explain it vividly and realistically.

Finally, the accumulated materials must be applied in practice, continuously updated and optimized during the application process, and each class must be appropriately adjusted according to the situation of the students.

Learning-output-learning is the cyclic process of PDCA. Reading more, thinking more and practicing more will definitely help you go faster and farther!