“To truly facilitate learning for others, trainers must understand their learners.” – Elaine Biech, The Art & Science of Training When it comes to training, having a firm grasp of the subject matter is essential. But you can’t effectively impart knowledge without understanding who your learners are and what…
This month we launched a ‘A Valuable Force’. This seven-hour training course is part of our Driving Force CPC programme for bus drivers – a unique and engaging series of five driver CPC courses which tackle the issues that shape the customer and the driver experience. We delivered the…
Few things are more critical to an organisation’s success than having an engaged workforce. – Harvard Business Review, Nov 2018 When employees are engaged, they are enthusiastic, energetic and motivated. The result? Higher levels of job performance, creativity, loyalty and productivity; greater revenues and profits for organisations; higher levels…
‘Values help us define the person we want to be.’ – Dr Tasha Eurich Values play a key role in our professional and personal lives. Our ability to understand – and prioritise – our values can help us lead lives that have meaning. But the critical bit is having…
We’re currently developing video content for First Bus’s new driver training course: “Getting Home Safely”. This project has got us thinking more about safety and asking: How can we engage employees to behave safely? How can we use safety to inspire and encourage (rather than reprimand…
We’ve been inspired by a recent conversation with Roy A. Barnes, Customer Experience guru from Blue Space Consulting. His book Customer Experience 365 shares 365 nuggets of wisdom for delivering better customer service; that’s one for each day of the year. It’s all about consistency, according to Barnes. You need…
When it comes to creating compelling training content, we believe in the power of film. And acted scenarios can be really effective in bringing to life typical workplace interactions (customer to employee; employee to employee; manager to employee). If you get it right, you’ll help to develop many skills…
Life coach and author Marie Forleo champions the “magic of belief” in her book Everything is Figureoutable: “Beliefs are the hidden scripts that run our lives. They determine where we go and how we get there.” In June’s blog post we explained how an organisation’s values (or beliefs) can…
Alright, I admit it. This blog post is an unashamed excuse to talk about my new puppy, Paddy, and share a cute picture! But…three weeks into dog ownership – a totally new territory for me – something is becoming clear: when it comes to communicating with our four-legged friends,…
At the recent UK Bus Awards it was an absolute pleasure to be on the same table as the legendary Keith Thomas – one of the UK’s top bus drivers. Keith’s story is quite incredible, which is why we chose to feature him in this month’s blog post. Here’s…
