Virtual Training

6Mission and Mindset for a Legendary Virtual Learning Experience

Let's keep this real. As trainers, we may be stars in the classroom, but the limelight stops there. When the economy dips, we are the first to go. When organizations separate essential and nonessential workers, trainers are almost always on the nonessential list.

Despite our high profile, trainers rarely win trophies or receive accolades for our part in an organization's success. On corporate org charts, we're often invisible. This is our lot in life. Trainers know that our work matters, but to most executives and leaders, we are expendable.

It is also true that our jobs can be repetitive and, at times, boring. We teach the same material, the same way, week in and week out. The only things that change are the participants, and perhaps the city and training room.

Outside of the classroom, we deal with office politics and internal bureaucracy. It can be exhausting. Your passion is practicing your craft and making an impact on earners, instead your time is often consumed with getting over roadblocks and hurdles planted by leaders who second guess you. People who couldn't teach their way out of a paper bag are quick to tell you how to do your job, and, of course, when the people you train go back into their field roles and don't do things perfectly, you get blamed for their failures. (No one ever considers whether they've received any coaching or support from their manager to give the training a chance to stick.) ...