Jordon Taylor, Author at Corporate Training Companion

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Mastering Classroom Conversations Mastering Virtual Training

Why Corporate Trainers Should Embrace Productive Failure

Introduction: If you’ve been in corporate training long enough, you’ve heard about productive failure a hundred different ways: • “We learn more from our mistakes…

Jordon TaylorJuly 7, 2025

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Food For Thought Leadership Training

Giving and Receiving Feedback as a Corporate Trainer

Why Feedback Matters in Corporate Training Giving and receiving feedback as a corporate trainer 🧑‍🏫 is not always a priority, but should it be?…

Jordon TaylorApril 23, 2025

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Training Science

Understanding Learning Styles for Corporate Trainers

Learning Styles and Preferences Introduction: As a new corporate trainer 👩‍🏫, one of the biggest challenges you’ll face is delivering training that resonates with diverse…

Jordon TaylorApril 8, 2025

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Food For Thought

How to Incorporate Your Passions into Training Session

Introduction ✨🎤 As a new corporate trainer or someone looking to get into the field, you might be wondering how to make your training sessions…

Jordon TaylorApril 1, 2025

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Mastering Training Presence

Overcoming Common Challenges for New Corporate Trainers

Introduction: Stepping into the world of corporate training can be both exciting and overwhelming. As a new trainer, you’re expected to educate, engage, and inspire…

Jordon TaylorMarch 25, 2025

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Mastering Training Preperation

Magicians Secrets for Training Session Planning

Introduction: A Magician Reveals Secret Principles That Apply in Corporate Training As a corporate trainer and hobbyist magician, I have first-hand experience with the crossover…

Jordon TaylorMarch 11, 2025

Food For Thought

A Handful of Lessons From My Closest Training Companion

Introduction Sometimes, you find a training companion in an unexpected place. While I held positions prior that required me to wear a training hat 🎩…

Jordon TaylorMarch 3, 2025

Mastering Classroom Conversations

Open-Ended vs. Closed-Ended Questions in Corporate Training

Introduction: The Power of Asking the Right Questions As a corporate trainer, one of the most powerful tools at your disposal is the ability to…

Jordon TaylorFebruary 12, 2025

Food For Thought

Why Corporate Trainers Need a Library Card in 2025

Introduction Every New Year, countless people resolve to read more books 📚. Whether it’s to relax , learn something new , or simply take a…

Jordon TaylorJanuary 15, 2025

Training Science

Robert Mager’s Criterion-Referenced Instruction Approach for Trainers

Introduction: Why Criterion-Referenced Instruction Matters in Corporate Training 📚 While Robert Mager’s criterion-referenced instructional approach is all about writing learning objectives and is leveraged more…

Jordon TaylorNovember 13, 2024