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If you’re a writer or an artist, chances are at some point you’ll have the opportunity to teach a course of some kind, or at least to present at a workshop or conference. While some of us feel we were born to teach, others [...]
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About Leslie
Leslie Madsen-Brooks
Partner and Founder
Leslie first stepped into the university classroom in 1999, and she has committed herself since then to becoming more thoughtful about teaching and learning—and helping others to do so. Her areas of interest and expertise encompass American studies and history, museums, public history, historic preservation, women in science and technology, social media, [...]
What We Do for Faculty and Universities
To outsiders, college and university faculty may seem to have it easy. We are paid to think and to share that thinking; we spend a lot of time reading books, studies, and journal articles in our fields; and often we have summers “off.” In reality, faculty must balance multiple responsibilities and stakeholders, sometimes attempting to [...]
What We Do for Your Coaching Practice
So. . . You’re a life or business coach, and you’re planning a course, webinar, workshop, or retreat.
Or maybe you’re feeling your one-on-one coaching sessions are missing something, and that your clients aren’t developing or performing at a level that satisfies you or them. You’re not connecting with them.
We can help. We’ve worked one-on-one with [...]
What We Do for Nonprofits
Chances are your staff and volunteer corps is packed with creative, curious, interesting people with a strong idealist streak. They’re dedicated to your cause—after all, they’re likely not in the nonprofit world for the big salaries—and they’re able to innovate and grow programs with few resources beyond ingenuity and enthusiasm.
Despite this positive energy, nonprofits still [...]
What We Do for Your Business
You know what word we can’t stand? Trainers. Or training.
That’s because training assumes everyone has the exact same issues that can be solved by using “tools” or applying “solutions” from a standard bag of tricks. It’s a cookie-cutter approach.
Chances are your employees, too, hear the word “training” want to run for the hills. Think about [...]
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We are not trainers
If there’s one word that drives me crazy, it’s “trainer.” When other professional development companies say they have “experienced trainers” or “certified trainers,” all I can think about is dog training, specifically obedience school and clicker training.
Do your “training” sessions make your employees want to plot your untimely death? (We can fix that.)
Training does not [...]
