The trouble with employee education is thatit's like being in a classroom. And everyone is bored totears. What if instead we take a look at what people do duringspare office moments? They're on their phones. (Photo:Shutterstock)
Why not approach employee education meetings in a new way? Byreframing. Here's what I mean.
Looking back, if you were like most school kids, you didn't likeeating peas. Countless lunch trays at school were returned with thepeas remaining in their assigned slot. Then you read a story inclass. It was about a boy – the usual kind of troublemaker – whodecided to eat his peas, not with a fork, but with aknife. Soon he was the star of the schoollunchroom. The next day at school, you and your friendswere eating peas – using disposable plastic butter knives.Very few trays were returned that day with peas remaining onthem.
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Christopher Carosa
Chris Carosa has been writing a weekly article and monthly column for BenefitsPRO online and BenefitsPRO Magazine since 2011 and is a nationally recognized award-winning writer, researcher and speaker. He’s written seven books, including From Cradle to Retire: The Child IRA; Hey! What’s My Number? – How to Increase the Odds You Will Retire in Comfort; A Pizza The Action: Everything I Ever Learned About Business I Learned By Working in a Pizza Stand at the Erie County Fair; and the widely acclaimed 401(k) Fiduciary Solutions. Carosa is also Chief Contributing Editor of the authoritative trade journal FiduciaryNews.com and publisher of the Mendon-Honeoye Falls-Lima Sentinel, a weekly community newspaper he founded in 1989. Currently serving as President of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists and with more than 1,000 articles published in various publications, he appears regularly in the national media. A “parallel” entrepreneur, he actively runs a handful of businesses, including a small boutique investment adviser, providing hands-on experience for his writing. A trained astrophysicist, he also holds an MBA and has been designated a Certified Trust and Financial Advisor. Share your thoughts and story ideas with him through Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/christophercarosa/)and Twitter (https://twitter.com/ChrisCarosa).
