Episode 40: A conversation with a CEO (Chief Education Officer) - Martin Probst
The challenge with facilitating or running any type of training program, is ensuring that the lessons stick with participants. This week, I chat to Martin Probst from PROfound leadership on how you can help your learners retain their knowledge, and change their behaviour long after they have left the workshop. Martin is an author, a Career Coach, Professional Mentor, a Chief Education Officer and Managing Director of PROfound Coaching. He created the PROfound methodology to assist clients achieve ultimate success through a platform of self-awareness, building effective human dynamics, as well as strong and healthy work relationships that go beyond the nine-to-five demands of the job.
Martin believes that facilitation is a brain-based conversations where you think, use more assistance, or help people to know how to think that can create an independent learners create their own success.
In this episode you’ll learn:
The two mindsets: How being aware of the two different mindsets can help you shift focus and become a better facilitator
Tips and tricks when starting your own business (or writing a book!)
The three stages of embedding learning: learn, implement & teach
How to comfortably share your knowledge or ideas with others as first time facilitator
About our guest
Martin Probst is a Chief Education Officer and Managing Director at PROfound Leadership. PROfound Leadership is a Melbourne-based business that offers professional training and coaching for managers. Their aim is to increase confidence and fulfilment in managers to empower them and create a positive impact on the people around them through authentic leadership and actions.
His work directly impacts the lives of many managers in Australia and around the globe through his leadership development books, online training, public speaking events, in-house workshops, and one-on-one coaching.
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Quotes of the show:
“No matter what you do or what you're- for your success will come down to how you deal with people and how you facilitate your conversations with a clear outcome. It doesn't really matter if it's networking, marketing, sales, customer relations, you name it. These are really important skills to have because ultimately, you will be the voice or the brand of your business.”
“Change doesn't happen by chance; it happens by choice.”
“I think what we need to help people as well is getting out of their heads and getting more into the heart space, that also a really important part. And also, feeling comfortable to feel uncomfortable and ask those uncomfortable questions because that's where the learnings are.”
“Once you implement things, you then teach, you facilitate. When you share your knowledge with other people, this requires you to be able to language your learnings; and to translate that in your own words to teach other people. I think that's when your learning is embedded for the rest of your life.”