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The Instructor Podcast

Experts, innovators, leaders and game changers.

What is The Instructor Podcast?

The Instructor Podcast is aimed at driving instructors who want to improve.

That could be improving your business, your finances, your health or even your work-life balance.

Every week I talk to a different expert, leader, innovator or game changer and see what we can learn from them so we can improve. I talk to people from inside and outside the industry. People who can offer a different view or a new idea.

I also look give these sames experts an opportunity to showcase their excellence!

In addition to the regular episodes, there is also a second weekly show affectionately names 'The Green Room.' This is where I speak to someone from within the industry about the latest news that affects ADI's and PDI's.

The first half of The Green Room goes out via the usual podcast, the full show is exclusive to The Instructor subscription feed. Find out more here.

So whether you want to learn more about coaching, managing your business, mindfulness, marketing, social media, or a massive variety of other topics, be sure to listen to The Instructor Podcast every Sunday.

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The Instructor Podcast is always looking for ways to develop and offer more. That's why we created 'Instructor Podcast Premium!' Where every week there's some form of bonus content. Including:

Full length editions of The Green Room
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Standard check checklists, where we breakdown the standards check.
Alternative routes, where we look at different ways we can run the business.
And a whole lot more.

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Bob Morton was the first ever guest on The Instructor Podcast and has gone on to become a real supporter and of the show, appearing on Green Room Episodes and featuring on The Instructor Podcast Premium on 'The standards check checklist' and 'Coaching Questions'.

In this first episode of show, Bob recalls how coaching was first introduced into the driving instructor industry and how he initially thought it was just another fad and tells a story about how he witnessed an ADI put a student into a dangerous situation and explains why he thinks that was what made the DVSA stick the course this time.

He explains how we shouldn’t be just letting the learner do whatever they want to do, but we should be encouraging them to take an active role in their learning.

There’s stories and examples of instructors on standard checks who failed for not putting the needs of the student first.

When asking a student what they want to practice on that lesson and the student replies with “You’re the instructor, you tell me!” you’ll find tips on how to handle that situation while remaining client centred and using coaching.

How to avoid using judgemental language such as “What can we do to make that better?” and instead talk about outcomes or asking what could be done different.

You might be a good instructor, but that doesn’t mean you’re good at coaching.

Bob also goes in depth into how the word why generates a defensive response and what we can use in its place.

Other topics we cover include:

The old part 3 test and how the new standards check differs.
How the driving test is still a fault based system, but we shouldn’t be coaching that way.
Appropriate words.
Alan Shearer.
Lesson prices.
How to interact with potential customers.

Coaching is essentially about getting the learning out, rather than getting the learning in. Most learners will already have a knowledge of how to drive. They spend time in taxi’s, with parents and on public transport.

Yes, some of their ideas may need a bit of a nudge, but let them learn.
It was great talking to Bob on this first episode of The Instructor podcast. Many thanks to him for joining me.

You can follow Bob on Facebook and YouTube or check out his subscription course: Client Centred Learning – Driving Instructor Training
You can also join Bob's Facebook group for driving instructors: The Driving Instructors Surgery.

And of don't forget, that if you sign up to The Instructor Podcast Premium, you get a £10 discount off Bob's Client centred learning.

Click here for The Client centred learning

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