Endor Learn & Develop Podcast

Careful Where You Sit – Influence at Work

The Centre Stage effect. Chris Watson of Endor Learn & Develop challenges conventional wisdom in terms of the best way to develop people. In this 1 minute clip, he suggests that you can increase the chances of making a favourable impression at a meeting by sitting towards the middle of the table.

Creativity and Disruption

Endor Learn & Develop challenges conventional wisdom in terms of the best way to develop people. In this clip,he talks about Daniel Oppenheimer research with high school teachers - asked to reformat the handouts that they were giving to some of their classes. The regular handout would be formatted in something straightforward, such as Helvetica or Times New Roman. But half these classes were getting handouts that were formatted in something less straighforward. 

Perfectionism and Change

Chris Watson of Endor Learn & Develop challenges conventional wisdom in terms of the best way to develop people. In this 1 minute clip, he suggests that while conscientious people display a strong sense of direction and self-control at work and in their personal life and high scorers are competent, organised, achieving and proactive; they are also often found to be the hardest to engage during times of change.

A New Way of Looking at Time Management

Chris Watson of Endor Learn & Develop challenges conventional wisdom in terms of the best way to develop people. In this 1 minute clip, he suggests it is sometimes better to be internally referenced (event timed) not externally referenced (clock timed). Clock timers split time into quantifiable independent units. Event timers – here, events are more like a necklace if want to move events, have to move other events (inter-related).

How Your Body Influences Your Mind

Chris Watson of Endor Learn & Develop challenges conventional wisdom in terms of the best way to develop people. In this 1 minute clip, he suggests that our bodies can change our minds, our minds can change our behaviour and our behaviour can change our outcomes. 
For more information: https://www.endorlearning.com/transferable-skills/communicate-connect/express

The Most Valuable Work Skills

These 21 skills are the workplace approaches which are believed to add greatest value to an employee across multiple work situations at any stage in their career, regardless of position. Twenty-one simple, straightforward attributes which resonated with 8000 UK employers.
More information: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Upskill-21-keys-professional-growth/dp/1785833529/

Book Review: Upskill in 60 Seconds

Some of the features of the bestselling ‘Upskill: 21 Keys to Professional Growth’ book which has been #1 UK Bestseller in Business Reference books. The book has been designed for anyone who is committed to developing themselves and their colleagues, but may not have the time, the resources, the budget or the inspiration to know where to start.

How to build learning agility

Chris Watson of Endor Learn & Develop challenges conventional wisdom in terms of the best way to develop people. In this 1 minute clip, he suggests that with the speed of change today, shouldn’t we be looking beyond outdated competency profiles and instead focus on the tasks that people are required to undertake. 

The Stephen R Covey Communication Model

Chris Watson of Endor Learn & Develop challenges conventional wisdom in terms of the best way to develop people. In this 2 minute clip, he highlights the value of Stephen Covey's communication model as a way to help understand the significance of non-verbal communication and body language in any interpersonal exchange.
For more information: https://www.endorlearning.com/transferable-skills

The importance of eye contact

Chris Watson of Endor Learn & Develop challenges conventional wisdom in terms of the best way to develop people. In this 3 minute clip, he explores opportunities around eye contact and eye gaze behaviour to strengthen interpersonal relationships and build trust. For more information: https://www.endorlearning.com/transferable-skills