starting out

7 discussions tagged starting out.

• Live clinic: your first hire is not a rescue, it is a test

  Most coaches at the Growing Team stage hire someone to take the thing they hate off their plate, and then wonder why quality drops. Bring me the role you are handing over, the one task you cannot seem to let go of, and…

  BuildDivya Reddy05h ago

• Starting Out clinic: getting to repeatable delivery when leads are uneven

  I run a small group programme, so most of what I know comes from a handful of customers and a lot of guessing. This session is for anyone early on who is trying to turn a first few sales into something that runs the…

  BuildCiara Gallagher015h ago

• Do I need a certificate for my self-paced course?

  I'm getting asked for proof of completion more often now. I'm not sure if a certificate is worth the extra work or if it's just noise.

  BuildRafael Villanueva04d ago

• Did a needs analysis nobody wanted — a mistake I won't repeat

  A client asked us to build a needs analysis for a 400-person onboarding program. We ran focus groups, surveyed 150 people, mapped role expectations. Three weeks. At the results meeting the sponsor said this is what we…

  BuildDarragh Murphy65d ago

• How do you handle credentials for your team?

  I'm hiring my first real instructional designer next month and I keep going back and forth on what to put in the job ad. I don't want to filter out someone good just because the paper doesn't match.

  BuildGustavo Silva05d ago

• Build clinic: turning what you know into proof buyers believe

  I coach subject-matter experts who are trying to productise what they do, and the wall is almost always the same: you're skilled, but there's nothing a buyer can point at. For anyone selling expertise — coaching,…

  BuildSanne Visser06d ago

• Getting new students started without you doing it live

  A 30-minute clinic on what I've moved out of my own onboarding after running it manually for too long — the sequence, what I check on day one, and where students drop off. Bring the step you're still doing by hand every…

  BuildDerek Diaz06d ago