by John | Feb 14, 2021 | Best Practices, Big Box Instructor, Learn Leadership Skills
It seems I made a few enemies on Wednesday. I subbed a “Housewives” 9:30 am class that had a bunch of talkers in it. I'm not too tolerant of people disrupting my class. So I told asked them to please save their conversations until after class. As it turns...
by John | Feb 13, 2020 | Best Practices, Big Box Instructor, Engage Your Students, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Learn Leadership Skills, Master Instructor Blog
There's a recurring issue that keeps popping up on Facebook and Pedal-On forum: Does anyone have a suggestion about to do about the consistent talkers in my classes? They're really disruptive, but I don't what to offend anyone. What should I do? What follows are a...
by John | Aug 23, 2018 | Best Practices, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN, Learn Leadership Skills, Master Instructor Blog, Promote and Build Your Class
In part two we identified how the talkers act the way they do because of; cluelessness, a lack of respect for you and your class or they're challenging your position as the leader. Much of this could also apply to the texters/bring their own music/do their own thing...
by John | Jan 12, 2018 | Best Practices, Engage Your Students, Learn Leadership Skills
Instructor Tom Lahoud left such a thoughtful comment on Stop the Talkers — Step Three… Let’s Fix This Today! I felt it deserved it's own post 🙂 Take it away Tom >>>> Great post and well detailed. I appreciate all the great articles you post. The...