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Start Strong: Why Showing Up Early Sets You Apart as a Facilitator
Mastering presence, preparation, and purpose, before your session begins. One of the best facilitation habits I ever learned came not...

Andrew J Calvert
Aug 21, 20252 min read


Building a Culture of Continuous Learning: A Leader’s Guide 4 of 4
Why Continuous Learning Matters: Overcoming Resistance and Building a Learning Culture Change is hard. It’s human nature to stick to...

Andrew J Calvert
May 8, 20253 min read


Building a Culture of Continuous Learning: A Leader’s Guide 3 of 4
Why Continuous Learning Matters: Practical Steps to Build a Learning-Ready Team The world of work is shifting faster than ever—digital...

Andrew J Calvert
May 1, 20253 min read


Building a Culture of Continuous Learning: A Leader’s Guide 2 of 4
Why Continuous Learning Matters: A Practical Guide for Leaders As leaders, we operate in a world of constant evolution—new technologies,...

Andrew J Calvert
Apr 24, 20252 min read


Building a Culture of Continuous Learning: A Leader’s Guide 1 of 4
Part 1: Why Continuous Learning is the Key to Thriving in Uncertain Times 🔭Picture this: You’re running a race, but the track changes...

Andrew J Calvert
Apr 17, 20253 min read


The Best Things I Learned in Training: Using the room as a training tool
As a trainer one of your many roles is to make the best use of the space in the training room - best use here means using the room to...

Andrew J Calvert
Mar 5, 20252 min read


Go ahead, be a failure!
Failure in the learning process is like a hidden doorway to success and growth — every so-called “failure” can open up an opportunity for...

Andrew J Calvert
Feb 27, 20251 min read


Note to self...
Journaling has been a part of my journey for a while now. And it has become one of the tools many of my coachees use on their journey....

Andrew J Calvert
Nov 14, 20242 min read


The Backwards Bicycle
Is a brilliant video that articulates an idea that it is really really really hard to unlearn something... The implications for leaders,...

Andrew J Calvert
Sep 26, 20241 min read


Missing the flight
I was going to miss my flight. Circumstances that January in a crowded Goa in Western India had led me to be in the wrong place at the...

Andrew J Calvert
Jul 11, 20242 min read


The Joy of firsts
A friend of mine - actually the oldest person I'm friends with - he's well into his 80s - is a retired pilot of a major airline. He first...

Andrew J Calvert
Apr 11, 20241 min read


The best things I learned in training
When I came to Singapore for the second time back in 2004, I landed a role with AchieveGlobal a training company who offered Sales,...

Andrew J Calvert
Jan 3, 20242 min read


People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Monarchy vs Republicanism Individualism or the collective Climate change programs or business as usual Growth or sustainability...

Andrew J Calvert
Dec 7, 20231 min read


Learning is social
I signed up for a cohort based online course and this is one of the central tenets. Share your ideas, be open to being challenged, to...

Andrew J Calvert
Jul 27, 20231 min read


Brain writing
I had a head of HR (my bosses boss) who hated the phrase brainstorming, another colleague used to speak of such sessions degenerating...

Andrew J Calvert
Jul 18, 20231 min read


The Idea Cabinet
Every day we have dozens of ideas, from where to eat and who to call, to how to focus and the criteria we use to prioritize our task...

Andrew J Calvert
Jul 11, 20231 min read


Progress over Perfection
WE haVE TO get started somewhere and too often we want what eever we create to be perfect, to say what we wnat exacly as we want, and...

Andrew J Calvert
Mar 28, 20232 min read


Preparation
I recently was in Bali with my family, and one day my son and I had a massage. The appointment was booked for 3:15pm. So at about 2:55 I...

Andrew J Calvert
Feb 28, 20231 min read


Emotional Granularity
I've heard it said that as adults most of us are pretty poor at noticing our internal state and labeling it beyond just three emotional...

Andrew J Calvert
Feb 2, 20232 min read


A willingness to experiment?
I recently was at an exhibition of Cezanne's paintings in London and in the collection were several depictions of Montagne...

Andrew J Calvert
Jan 19, 20231 min read
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