Stop Counting People To Form Groups
Do you use groups while you train? Forming groups to conduct activities during training is essential for engagement and active learning. Sometimes groups are formed to break up undesirable behaviors and to help move through material more quickly. How do you create those groups? If you said you count them like you did for third grade kickball teams, I'm going to scream. Really. I'm going to scream. It's not pretty. Please stop. Everyone (including my third grade self) will appreciate it. But, what are you left with then? Okay, before we get there, let's address a little bit of why you need to stop counting people. Quite simply -- it doesn't work. People forget their numbers. People confuse their numbers with other peoples. People aren't paying attention when you say…
