The Curmudgeonly Trainer

Gary  wrote:
> So I guess the point I’m trying to make is that often those who are the
> most vocal about the “correct” way to call someone or some group of
> people, etc., that these people are perhaps not as comfortable with their
> own selves as perhaps they would like to be.
Gary, I’m sorry, but [...]

Sadly, even trainers who ought to know more about stress don’t always. While there are many good trainers in stress management, there are a lot of bad ones with superficial understanding.
Here’s an example of one trainers attempt to explain stress, and my response.
I had a couple of email questions regarding my response and I have [...]

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Are you a consultant? You may actually be offering consulting services even if you don’t realize it as much of training design and delivery IS a consulting process.
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The standards set for MBTI certification are set by the vending company, in EXACTLY the same way that the standards might be set by Langevin — they get to choose.
The requirements to administer the MBTI are not nearly high enough to qualify anyone to use a psychometric test of any kind, even the MBTI, [...]

Quick note. The idea that problem-solving, as a general skill set, is something we should train people in is severely challanged by a body of research that suggests that training in problem-solving does NOT transfer well to other tasks and contexts. In other words, there is the possibility that you might get gains from training [...]

The bottom line on the adult learning, which is not solely my opinion but that of others who have published and critiqued the “theory”. Formalized adult learning theory is not a description of reality but a notion of what adults “should” be within a very specific cultural bias. It’s the way us adults would like to be seen rather than the way we are. And because of it’s cultural bias, it applies completely to such a small segment of society as to be useless.

I was just reflecting on the different views on regulation, and looking at a number of websites related to coaching, and its regulation.
It seems to me like the two “camps” are characterized by completely different backgrounds, and thus, different values and visions of the coaching field. The camps are so different it’s hard to imagine [...]

When I lived in Toronto, I played in a baseball league for several years. On my team, and the pitching staff, was a fellow named Rick, who had a pretty good fastball, and a serviceable curveball.
Rick was open about his background, and his present. He’d been in jail a number of times for burglary, and [...]

It’s scary. Just plain scary. A person who’s identity I have removed - a an HR person/trainers said about employee rankings and ratings:
On 11 May 2004 at 21:23, edllarena wrote:
The use “words” or “numbers” (or both) in evaluating or “rating a performance” is very common. Some people find “words” to be more accurate in describing [...]