Question Coach

S3E8 — Being an Expert Does NOT Mean You're a Good Trainer

Have you ever attended a training delivered by someone brilliant at their job — and left the room having learned almost nothing? You're not alone. And there's a name for what happened: the Expert Trap. In this episode, executive coach Audrey Jeanrond reveals why expertise and teaching are fundamentally different skills — and gives you a practical toolkit to close the gap. What you'll learn: → The 3 Expert Traps: too abstract, too fast, too much detail → The mindset shift from information delivery to capability building → Cognitive Load Theory (John Sweller) and Kolb's Experiential Learning Cycle applied to training design → A 6-step design framework: Audience, Outcomes, Sequence, Activities, Practice, Feedback → 6 activity formats that actually teach: Replication, Debugging, Case Challenge, Teach Back, Constraint Challenge, Individual Reflection → The Activity Architecture: Task → Constraints → Output → Feedback → How to handle resistance, disengagement, and dominant participants → The "One-Minute Explanation": a self-diagnostic every expert trainer should try The question that should guide every training decision: "Can my participants do something different tomorrow morning?" Connect with Audrey: linkedin.com/in/audrey-jeanrond/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/audrey-jeanrond/] Subscribe to the podcast's blog [https://podcast.ausha.co/question-de-coach?s=1] Published with passion by Audrey Jeanrond, www.bebest-coaching.com [https://www.bebest-coaching.com] Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy [https://ausha.co/privacy-policy] for more information.

S3E7: Does Your Calendar Actually Reflect Your Priorities?

What Your Calendar Is Really Telling You Let me ask you something. What are your top three priorities right now, professionally? Got them? Good. Now, when did you last spend a real, focused block of time on each of them? If you're hesitating, this episode is exactly for you. In this week's episode of Question Coach, Audrey Jeanrond tackles one of the most uncomfortable truths in leadership: most people can list their priorities in 30 seconds, but when you actually look at their calendar, those priorities are almost nowhere to be found. That gap between what you say matters and how you actually spend your days isn't a time management problem. It's a clarity and courage problem. And today, Audrey gives you the exact tool she uses with her coaching clients to close that gap: The 3-Step Calendar Audit. Step 1 – Capture: Look back at the last two weeks of your calendar. Not what you planned to do. What you actually did. There's a difference, and that difference is where the real insight lives. Step 2 – Categorize: Sort every block of time into one of four buckets — Strategic, Operational, Reactive, or Waste. McKinsey research shows the average knowledge worker spends only 9% of their time on high-value strategic work. Where do you land? Step 3 – Compare: Stack your calendar data against your stated quarterly priorities. Does each priority have at least 2-3 hours of protected, non-negotiable focus time per week? If not, you just found your insight. Audrey also shares three principles for rebuilding your calendar with intention: the "big rocks first" approach inspired by Stephen Covey, how to protect your cognitive peak hours using neuroscience research, and a 20-minute weekly planning ritual backed by ICF research showing a 42% increase in goal achievement when goals are written, reviewed, and acted on regularly. And for those of you who feel like your calendar is owned by everyone else? Audrey has a starting point for you too: one 90-minute, non-negotiable weekly block. That's your strategic muscle. Start there. Referenced in this episode: Porter & Nohria (Harvard Business Review, 2018), McKinsey & Company, Paul Graham (Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule), Cal Newport (Deep Work), Greg McKeown (Essentialism). Your calendar is a leadership statement. Every week, it broadcasts what you actually value — not what you say you value. Make sure it's broadcasting the right message. New episodes every week. Subscribe, share with a colleague who needs to look at their calendar, and leave a review if this episode gave you something to act on. Want to explore coaching? Visit bebest-coaching.com [http://bebest-coaching.com] — Audrey works with leaders, executives, and entrepreneurs ready to build the best version of their professional life. Subscribe to the podcast's blog [https://podcast.ausha.co/question-de-coach?s=1] Published with passion by Audrey Jeanrond, www.bebest-coaching.com [https://www.bebest-coaching.com] Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy [https://ausha.co/privacy-policy] for more information.

S3E6: The challenge of training lasting effects

You designed a great training programme. People were engaged. Feedback scores were excellent. Then, three weeks later, nothing changed on the job. In this episode of Question Coach, Audrey Jeanrond explains why learning often fails to transfer into behaviour change. From Ebbinghaus’s forgetting curve to research on habit formation and the impact of coaching, you will learn what happens in the brain after training and why the classic “one-off workshop” model rarely sticks. Audrey also shares a practical, zero-extra-budget framework for L&D professionals and managers: Prime → Anchor → Sustain. In this episode, you will learn: * Why we forget 50–80% of new information within 24 hours without reinforcement * The 3 common culprits of non-transfer: no priming, no manager alignment, and no post-training support * How to design for transfer with simple actions before, during, and after a programme * Why training combined with coaching can dramatically increase performance compared to training alone * Keywords: learning transfer, L&D, training effectiveness, forgetting curve, behaviour change, coaching, manager support, spaced repetition, habit formation, performance improvement Subscribe to the podcast's blog [https://podcast.ausha.co/question-de-coach?s=1] Published with passion by Audrey Jeanrond, www.bebest-coaching.com [https://www.bebest-coaching.com] Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy [https://ausha.co/privacy-policy] for more information.

S3E5: Are you making the most out of your L&D Budget?

In 2026, learning budgets are tighter, expectations are higher, and the pressure to demonstrate impact has never been stronger. If you work in Learning & Development, HR, or Talent Management, this episode is for you. As a former Head of Learning & Development who had to reinvent an entire learning strategy during COVID, I know how easy it is to fall into “tick-the-box” training. Well-designed programs. Engaged participants. Positive feedback forms. And yet… limited business impact. In this episode, we explore a different approach. How do you make sure your learning budget actually moves the needle? How do you shift from funding events to funding behavior change? How do you align learning initiatives with real organizational KPIs? And why is leadership alignment the make-or-break factor of any development program? We’ll talk about strategic needs assessment, longitudinal learning journeys, pilot programs, internal mentoring capability, and how to reposition L&D from cost center to performance partner. This conversation is not about spending more. It’s about spending intentionally. If your executive team had to defend your learning budget tomorrow, would they be able to clearly articulate its business impact? Let’s make sure the answer becomes yes. Welcome to Question Coach ;) 🎥 Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pOoXOgrffU8 [https://youtu.be/pOoXOgrffU8] 🎧 Listen on your favorite platform: https://podcast.ausha.co/question-de-coach/S3E5 [https://podcast.ausha.co/question-de-coach/S3E5] 📖 Subscribe to the blog: https://podcast.ausha.co/question-de-coach?s=1 [https://podcast.ausha.co/question-de-coach?s=1] 🚀 Upskill your management team in our Manager Bootcamp: https://bc.bebest-coaching.com [https://bc.bebest-coaching.com] 🌐 All about BeBest Coaching here: https://bebest-coaching.com/ [https://bebest-coaching.com/] Published with passion by Audrey Jeanrond Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy [https://ausha.co/privacy-policy] for more information.

S3E4: Why do your team meetings take so long?

Why do your team meetings take so long — and still achieve so little? If you are a manager, team leader, or executive, you’ve probably experienced this: one-hour meetings that turn into 90 minutes, recurring weekly calls that feel repetitive, discussions that create activity but no real decisions. The problem is not time management. The problem is leadership clarity. In this episode, executive coach Audrey Jeanrond explains why most meetings fail — and how to redesign them using a powerful structural rule: One Meeting = One Primary Purpose. You will learn: * The 5 essential types of meetings every manager should understand * Why mixing alignment, decision-making, knowledge sharing, and culture in one session creates cognitive overload * How unclear meeting objectives reduce engagement and slow team performance * How to structure decision meetings, alignment meetings, and strategy meetings properly * How meeting design reflects your management maturity If you lead a team, manage managers, or want to improve productivity and decision-making inside your organization, this episode will help you rethink your entire meeting architecture. This is not about shorter agendas. It is about stronger leadership structure. Inside the Manager Bootcamp, we go deeper into: * Designing high-performance management systems * Structuring decision processes * Building managerial clarity * Strengthening your leadership architecture before complexity slows growth 👉 Discover the Manager Bootcamp here: https://bc.bebest-coaching.com [https://bc.bebest-coaching.com] 👉 Subscribe to the podcast's blog [https://podcast.ausha.co/question-de-coach?s=1] 👉 Published with passion by Audrey Jeanrond, www.bebest-coaching.com [https://www.bebest-coaching.com] Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy [https://ausha.co/privacy-policy] for more information.