David Yau & Associates

This is further to my last post on ‘Learning Zone’. I ran another workshop in Dubai last week. I had a bigger Aha on the piece of...

I ran a new Leadership Development workshop in Singapore earlier this month. It was quite a challenge to me since the workshop is of very...

I have had a great experience in Seoul last week. My learners in this leadership development class were awesome. I was quite worried...

I came across an article from McKinsey Quarterly called ‘Getting more from your training programs‘.  I am interested to see that they...

What else? It is probably the shortest yet most powerful question in drawing the respondent to think and express more. It is a follow up...

What done well? What could be done differently? These are typical debriefing questions after activities in classes. Simple but useful...

What would happen if you do not nothing about it? There are so many things we want to do and we want to do it all at once with the best...

What assumption you made recently which needs to be reexamined? The english word ‘assumption’ is a wonderful word. Simply by itself, it...

How would Superman / Obama / [any idol figure the respondent has] handle this? This question is used more in the coaching setting. It...

‘What advice would you give to the others if they were in the same situation?’ I learn to use this question recently from a colleague. ...

I should have written this series of posts long ago. This blog is primarily about asking questions and the coming posts will contain some...

I ran a TTT class in Shenzhen recently. There were a few questions from the learners which I promised to respond after the class. ...

I cannot help writing about ARL again.   See my previous post Forget about ‘Training’.   The more I think about it, the more I find it...

Here is another learning from the ARL (Action Reflection Learning) workshop – always co-design with the client for learning or meeting...

I attended a workshop conducted by an international coaching / facilitation expert last week. In the workshop, I experienced how he...

I was working to take up a senior leadership class in Hong Kong last week. My biggest learning is on how rigid the workshop content...

I had some new learning on how to manage learners in class. In one of my recent classes in Hong Kong, there was 1 learner who appeared to...

There was a recent occasion during which I was asked on how to get participants in meetings to speak up. I have shared in this blog...

I recently attended a one-day “Train-The-Trainer” (TTT) on a specific training course. Though it is not an entirely structured one like...

I was reading a book called 'Action Reflection Learning' (ARL).   It contains a lot of stories on how to make learning happened without...