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Professional Development Goals must be Specific

by Jeffrey Keefer | Jul 22, 2019 | Coaching, Goals, Organizational & Workplace Learning, Reflective Practice

This week begins a 5-part series on SMART Goals, those that are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. While basic information abounds on what they are and how they are used, there are fewer resources for how they can be written and applied,...

You Learned Something This Week. Celebrate It!

by Jeffrey Keefer | Jul 19, 2019 | Challenges, Coaching, Discussions, Goals, Reflective Practice

Profound or apparent, you learned something this week. Celebrate it.That’s right, you learned. Something new that you did not have on Monday. Or Tuesday, or even yesterday. You now have more, enhanced, complex, or even clearer knowledge, skills, or beliefs than you...

If at first you don’t succeed, learn something from it!

by Jeffrey Keefer | Jul 18, 2019 | Challenges, Coaching, Discussions, Goals, Reflective Practice

If at first you don’t succeed, learn something from it!Here on Day 4 of our Summer Learn-a-thon, it may be the perfect time to check in and see if our personal learning goals have turned into something . . . perhaps . . . different than what we expected.Counter to...

Today is Day 3 of 5, our Summer Learn-a-thon Hump Day!

by Jeffrey Keefer | Jul 17, 2019 | Challenges, Coaching, Discussions, Goals, Reflective Practice

Today is Day 3 of 5 of our Summer Learn-a-thon Hump Day! You know that Wednesday, the middle of the typical work week in many countries, is considered the hump (or middle) of the week. Go check it out on Wikipedia if you want to know more about it and even the origin...

Welcome to Day 2 of the 5-Day Summer Learn-a-thon!

by Jeffrey Keefer | Jul 16, 2019 | Challenges, Coaching, Discussions, Goals, Reflective Practice

Welcome to Day 2 of the 5-Day Summer Learn-a-thon! Did you learn something new yesterday? Perhaps you now know something about your work, your life, your interests, or your future dreams you didn't know before? Perhaps you had an experience that has led you to shift...

Today is Day 1 of our 5-Day Summer Learn-a-thon!

by Jeffrey Keefer | Jul 15, 2019 | Challenges, Coaching, Discussions, Goals, Reflective Practice

Today is Day 1 of our 5-Day Summer Learn-a-thon! We have five days together to learn what is most meaningful, impactful, important for each one of us, individually. The twist is that we are here together with the opportunity to support, encourage, and help maintain...

Learn-a-thon Guidelines

by Jeffrey Keefer | Jul 14, 2019 | Challenges, Coaching, Reflective Practice

Tomorrow begins our very informal, let's just try-it-out 5-day learning challenge, which we are now referring to as a Learn-a-thon. What better time than the present to develop some guidelines and expectations for it?Let's keep in mind . . . this is the summer, and we...

Who is up for a 5-day learning opportunity?

by Jeffrey Keefer | Jul 12, 2019 | Challenges, Coaching, Reflective Practice

Just because we are in summer does not mean we take a vacation from our personal development! We may slow down a bit and take more time for ourselves to rest and recover from busy lives, though that does not mean our learning stops. Formal learning may pause, yet...

Coaches as Just-in-Time Learning

by Jeffrey Keefer | Jul 11, 2019 | Coaching, Education, Reflective Practice, Wikipedia / Wikimedia

Just-in-time learning is an approach to education when training is available exactly when and how it is needed by the learner. This reminds me of the value of coaching itself, where we can be an as-need bridge between those with whom we work and their goals. Does...

Just-in-time learning can be empowering and directly help others, too!

by Jeffrey Keefer | Jul 10, 2019 | Coaching, Education, Reflective Practice, Wikipedia / Wikimedia

I did this Facebook Live this evening and wanted to share it. Continuing to process this experience.

Helping Adults Experiment to Change Behaviors

by Jeffrey Keefer | Jul 9, 2019 | Coaching, Education, Goals, Reflective Practice, Wikipedia / Wikimedia

I have been focusing on just-in-time learning recently, with a post about a direct experience I had with this yesterday when I literally wrote the article on it. However, I have been thinking about one of the findings in one of the articles I cited in that, The Role...

Applying Just-in-Time Learning

by Jeffrey Keefer | Jul 8, 2019 | Coaching, Education, Goals, Habits, Reflective Practice, Wikipedia / Wikimedia

I initially wanted to create a post to discuss what just-in-time learning is (inspired in part by a colleague's post here) and how it can be applied to coaching and ongoing personal and professional, and sometimes learning opportunities find us in the most unexpected...

What Did You Learn this Week Worth Sharing?

by Jeffrey Keefer | Jul 5, 2019 | Coaching, Education, Goals, Reflective Practice

What Did You Learn this Week Worth Sharing? If nothing comes to mind, then what happened? What can you learn from that then?

Can You Learn without Showing It?

by Jeffrey Keefer | Jul 2, 2019 | Coaching, Education, Goals, Reflective Practice

Think you learned something though you did not take informed (or any!) action? How do you know you learned anything at all if you do not witness a change in your knowledge, beliefs, or skills? How about those around you -- if we do not witness a change in you, can we...