
Interviews: Skills and Tips
In this mini-podcast, Thembi and Jonathan look at deeper interview skills, and share some tips from having been on both sides of the table. This isn't about generic interview tips - dress smartly, turn up on time, resear

Hosted by jonathannmarshall · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 41 episodes
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A podcast about learning by Thembi Watt and Jonathan Marshall. Learning is a life skill. But how do we actually learn, in real life? And how can we benefit from understanding how to learn?
jonathannmarshall hosts The How To Learn Podcast, a education show with 41 episodes published.

In this mini-podcast, Thembi and Jonathan look at deeper interview skills, and share some tips from having been on both sides of the table. This isn't about generic interview tips - dress smartly, turn up on time, resear

Who could be against creativity, or collaboration? But put them together - in the learning design world, for example - and sparks can fly. In this mini-podcast, Thembi and Jonathan explore how to 'plan for the pain'. How

We pull back the curtain on what it truly takes to be a learning designer. Spoiler alert: it goes way beyond building your beautiful course. In the latest How to Learn mini-podcast, Thembi and Jonathan explore the idea o

"No pain, no gain." In this mini-podcast Thembi and Jonathan explore the decisions we're all having to make about our learning muscles: which ones are allowed to get a bit flabby? Do we embrace 'desirable difficulties' a

Are you a self-confessed perfectionist.. or maybe a chronic procrastinator.. or not ready to admit it quite yet? Well, we all have the tendencies. Here are some tips to help. In their latest How to Learn mini-podcast, Th

Making lists, observing rituals and transitions, putting on different clothes.. these are not just things that happen across Christmas and the New Year, but excellent techniques for switching off in general. Thembi and J

What are you holding onto.. that's actually holding you back? In this mini-podcast, Thembi and Jonathan look around the workplace at where people need to 'let go'. You might need to delegate a favourite project.. give up

In this mini-podcast Thembi and Jonathan take 5 minutes to talk about a complex skill: 'reading the room'. Which can also mean 'reading the workplace' or even 'reading the interview panel'. Can we really trust ourselves

Have you noticed how bad habits, sloppy short cuts and toxic workplace cultures can get under your skin? - and even become part of who you are? In this How To Learn mini-podcast, Thembi and Jonathan discuss The Dark Side

Chairing meetings is a learning superfood! In this quickfire How To Learn mini-podcast, Thembi and Jonathan identify nine skills you can develop through the process of chairing meetings: from time management to tech, fro

Ever picked up a random dog-eared, second-hand book on holiday.. and learned something? Ever picked up a surprising amount of knowledge without actually noticing how you did it? From double-glazing sales techniques, to l

Do you feel slightly guilty that you're not making full use of all the amazing self-management, personal organisation and efficiency hacks out there? In this episode, Thembi and Jonathan look at the need to learn what ac

They're inside your head.. and they're using the most powerful techniques to make you remember and learn. But do you want your most effective tutors to be the algorithms of your favourite social media? In this mini-podca

We believe there is an important life skill called 'the willingness to ask questions'. But what does skilful question-asking look like, and can we get better at it? In this mini-podcast Thembi and Jonathan discuss: - why

It might feel like a boring chore to take notes at an event, or to 'cascade' some learning back to colleagues. or even to explain something that you know - or think you know. But in this 5-minute mini-podcast, Thembi and

"Learning on the job" starts on Day 1. Here are three tips from Thembi and Jonathan: - avoid the experts! (or rather: find somebody who can remember what is was like NOT to know what they were doing..) - be curious: star

In this 5-minute mini-podcast, Thembi brings up a skill which is often neglected: conversation. We talk all the time, but how often do we think about it, consciously, as a skill which can be improved? From active listeni

A cheerful mini-rant about good intentions and bad habits. Why do we trip up our own learning with procrastination, poor planning, bad filing and other habits? Or maybe it's just Jonathan? Plus a bonus moan on how the ro

"You can tell when you're reading from the notes." In this 5-minute mini-podcast, Thembi and Jonathan chat about office skills, and plunge straight into two examples: how to facilitate meetings, and how to deliver presen

A new study shows the difference that managers can make in encouraging their staff to pick up training opportunities. 'High-training managers' see up to 50% more participation - with benefits for performance and producti
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