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improve it! Podcast – Professional Development Through Play, Improv & Experiential Learning


Mar 30, 2023

When you tell your team they have a professional development day next Friday, what would come to their minds?

If it’s “sitting through another training,” you might want to reconsider your approach.

Think about it like this: Everyone you work with is smart. Everyone knows strategies to be more productive, to stay focused, and to do the things a hypothetical Employee of the Month would do.

As a result, your team doesn’t need to “sit through another training.” Your team needs something different. Something that’s a challenge, not a bore. Something that’ll make them laugh, allow them to be themselves, and not explicitly be about work.

Erin and Adi conclude their three-part series with a conversation about why Adi decided to make improv comedy workshops a focal point of the professional development calendar for 480 professionals she leads.

ICYMI – Your Post-Episode Homework: Think about your biggest failure moment or when one of your worst fears came true. Think about how you got through it, because you're still here listening to this show. Allow this to serve as a reminder to you to keep getting comfortable with the uncomfortable. Let it infiltrate into your culture. It will make a difference in how you show up, not only for the people around you, but more importantly for the most important person in your life – you.

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