It all started with the BIG question on the table.

How can we set goals that truly align with our personal and professional aspirations while making the process motivating, realistic, and actionable?

This Coffee Chat was all about rethinking how we approach goal setting. Forget the old SMART goals you’ve heard about a thousand times—this conversation was focused on making goals meaningful, personal, and, most importantly, doable.

We talked about the problem with framing goals in a negative light. How often do we say, “I need to stop doing this” or “I should do that”? We instead tried to ask “What’s the positive motivation behind my goal?”

We also had some fun with numbers! By calculating the weekends left in our lives (yes, weekends), we got a new perspective on time and how to prioritize what matters most. It’s not about how many years you have left, but about how you’re using the time you’ve got.

This chat was full of “aha” moments and practical ideas, but what stuck with me most was this: Goal setting isn’t just about planning. It’s about believing in the process, breaking things down, and being kind to yourself along the way.

So, what are your big, hairy, audacious goals? What’s stopping you? Let’s keep the conversation going!

Stay Curious!

~Shannon

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It all started with the big question on the table:

Are you feeling caught in the endless cycle of work, struggling to keep your motivation alive?

You’re not alone.

As we continue to wear numerous hats, maintaining a high level of self-motivation becomes difficult. Business is moving fast, and the expectation is that we should move even faster. We are caught up in the hamster wheel, and it is hard to keep ourselves motivated.

Are you tired, frustrated, maybe feeling a bit... crispy around the edges? Has it gotten to the point where every time you see an email notification, you break out in hives and daydream throwing your laptop out the window? Is your main accomplishment for the day discovering how many snacks you can consume in an hour? I see me, and I see you.

This podcast calls back to this Learning Rebels Blog Post: 3 Ways to Get Your Creative Mojo Going https://www.learningrebels.com/2015/10/02/3-ways-to-get-your-creative-mojo-going-when-you-arent-feeling-it/

Additional reading:

• Master Your Motivation: A Practical Guide to Unstick Yourself, Build Momentum and Sustain Long-Term Motivation by Thibaut Meurisse
• Changing Your Mindset for Good: The Quick Way to Control Your Emotions, Shift Your Reality for Mental Self Development by Jay Fenix
• The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage into Self-Master by Brianna Wiest
• Get out of Your Own Way: Overcoming Self-Defeating Behavior: Overcoming Self-Defeating Behavior by Philip Goldberg
• Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World by William McRaven

Resources

Video Transcript Transcript Summary

Tony Robbins’ How to Self Motivate

Susan David’s How to Identify Your Values

Mind Tools’ How Self-Motivated Are You

Harvard Business Review’s How To Keep Working When You’re Just Not Feeling It

Susan David with Adam Grant: Overcoming Forced Positivity

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It all started with the big question on the table:

Why are some people good at networking and others, not so much? What are some practical tips and techniques to build and maintain meaningful connections?

There seems to be a lot of movement in the Learning and Development (L&D) industry. People are changing jobs, changing roles, and getting laid off. With all this movement building your network is critical, and this is the topic we are discussing today.

This podcast calls back to this Learning Rebels Blog Post: Hacking Virtual Networking: https://www.learningrebels.com/2021/01/14/hacking-virtual-networking/

Additional reading:

• Social Media Pie: How to Enjoy a Bigger Slice of the LinkedIn Pie by Brenda Meller
• Networking in the 21st Century... on LinkedIn: Creating Online Relationships and Opportunities by David Fisher
• The Introvert’s Edge to Networking: Work the Room. Leverage Social Media. Develop Powerful Connections by Matthew Pollard and Derek Lewis
• Networking for People Who Hate Networking: A Field Guide For Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected by Devora Zack

Resources

Coffee Chat video Video Full Coffee Chat transcript: Transcript Transcript Summary

Daily Virtual Network Checklist

Hacking Virtual Networking

4 Ways to Bypass The LinkedIn Connection Limit

The Why and What of Posting on LinkedIn by Brenda Peterson

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How can we ensure that the skills and knowledge acquired during training are effectively applied in the workplace?

We've all been there - we create what we feel is a learning solution that can't go wrong...then it does.

Most of us have been there, done that, bought the tee-shirt and don't want to go back.

We know that training fails for two reasons

1. Lack of feedback mechanism and
2. Lack of learning reinforcement

But there is a third, more realistic reason—lack of management involvement. Activating managers early and often is the key to success when bridging the learning/doing gap. The managers are the gatekeepers and it was clear in our discussion that we've been manager-blocked many times.

Today we're going to be discussing the common pitfalls learning within organizations encounters, how we can provide ongoing learning support - without workplace disruption, and what tools we can use to help embed learning solutions into the organization?

Stay Curious!

Shannon

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View video here: https://vimeo.com/885769904

Download the full transcript here: https://otter.ai/u/XL3_MrpFm_-7yPkgXu2rbqnxMKQ

Transcript Summary: https://www.learningrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Practical-Applications-To-Bridging-The-Learning-Doing-Gap-Transcript-Summary.pdf Chat box messages: https://www.learningrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/meeting_saved_chat-5.pdf

Resources:

The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton

Learning Organizations: Turning Knowledge into Actions (Strategic Management Collection) by Marcus Goncalves

Giving Students a Say: Smarter Assessment Practices to Empower and Engage by Myron Dueck

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What skills will L&D need in order to remain relevant in the business world of the future?

L&D is undergoing a seismic shift. With the advent of new technologies and changing workplace dynamics, we are facing challenges that are far more complex than ever before.

And then there was the wake-up call.

In December 2021, ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, dissolved its entire L&D department. The reason? They felt that many of their learning initiatives were not adding value and were merely "feel-good activities" with limited impact.

Sure, there is more going on than meets the eye - but we can't deny that layoffs in L&D are on the rise. So what to do?

We can prepare for the future because the future is now. Today, we are going to be discussing the skills that instructional designers, and L&D in general, will need in order to prepare and be successful for the future.

Stay Curious!

Shannon

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View video here: https://vimeo.com/880973223

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Transcript Summary

https://www.learningrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Transcript-Summary-1.pdf Chat box messages: https://www.learningrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/meeting_saved_chat-3.pdfploads/2023/11/meeting_saved_chat-2.pdf

Resources

Skills Board: Miro

Learning Rebels’ Navigating The Future Of L&D: Top 5 Skills You Can’t Ignore

Redthread’s Future-proofing L&D: Developing the Right Skills

The New Normal for L&D: https://www.learningrebels.com/2021/03/24/transforming-the-new-normal-for-ld/

Books

The Future of Learning & Development: Harnessing Generative AI by Samir Das

The Future of Learning & Development in Organizations: (Learning & Development in Organisations series #16) by Thomas Garavan, Carole Hogan, and Amanda Cahir-O'Donnell

The Modern Learning Ecosystem: A New L&D Mindset for the Ever-Changing Workplace by JD Dillon

Staying in the Game: Leading and Learning With Agility for a Dynamic Future by Pamela Meyer

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Going LIVE - Sharing the Story of the Storyteller, Hadiya Nuriddin

We all have something in our backgrounds that silently informs how we act and what we do, and Hadiya is no different.

Hadiya’s journey

It seems logical that Hadiya would want to grow up and be on the stage. Her skill for weaving a story is legendary. What wasn’t logical was how she grew away from acting and into customer support training for Kinko’s!

With her Master’s Degree in Writing, she single-handedly took over training support. Writing job aids and other learning materials to help the poor customers who were struggling with that new-fangled technology of a floppy disk.

Her story is inspirational. Who knew that little girl who was looking for her Oscar would grow up to write a book on Storytelling with another on the way for Quality Assurance? Yes, Quality Assurance! You’ll have to listen in to get the rest of the story!

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• Watch the live video here: https://vimeo.com/881690517
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• Buy Hadiya’s book, StoryTraining: https://amzn.to/3spFuQA

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