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Training 4 Influence

by Taye Training

The Training 4 Influence Podcast is brought to you by Taye Training. We at Taye are training, coaching and development experts on a mission to deliver high quality, affordable and effective training. We believe passionately in the power of training to change lives, both of delegates and service users. We live this vision through our Training 4 Influence method. This method works to impact the lives of people experiencing multiple disadvantages (i.e. those with complex needs or who are marginalised and/or vulnerable) by developing and providing training that not only delivers its learning objectives but also inspires and influences the motivations and values of frontline professionals. The method is simple all our training is: Expert - Delivered by a facilitator with connected operational expertise. Tailored - to the organisation, customer group, quality assurer standards and individual delegates Engaging - we consider all learning styles and use ac

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Episodes

  1. Overcoming burnout and post-traumatic stress with Wendy Power Stoten

    In this episode, Tammy chats with Wendy Power Stoten about her work supporting frontline professionals experiencing burnout and post-traumatic stress. They discuss; what Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is and the science behind it, how she has been using it to help frontline professionals in...

  2. Finding Freedom with Patricia Wagner

    (TW: this episode contains discussion of rape, sexual assault and domestic abuse) In this episode, Tammy chats with Patricia Wagner about her process of finding freedom after her tumultuous adolescence. They discuss the traumatic experiences of Patricia’s younger years that led her to a life of...

  3. 'Heart shaped decisions change lives' with Graham Frost

    In this episode, Tammy chats with Graham Frost about the power of making ‘heart-shaped decisions’. They discuss Graham’s turbulent teenage years and how they have shaped who he’s become, why more people should follow their feelings before their thoughts, and the gratitude he has for the...

  4. A powerful reminder: kindness makes all the difference with Noel Moran

    In this episode, Tammy chats with Noel about his 15 years in prison and how support from two frontline professionals (and developing his own yoga practice) helped him turn his life around. They discuss Noel’s own experience with professionals who saw potential with him when few others did, the...

  5. Delivering training is a privilege with Jo Lovell

    In this episode, Tammy chats with Jo Lovell about what a privilege it is to deliver training and how it can change lives. They discuss how Jo’s own personal story shaped the way she delivers training, her approach to delivering training using her own lived experiences and the importance of...

  6. How to deliver influential training when handling emotionally challenging subjects with Nigel Beckles

    In this episode, Tammy chats with Nigel Beckles about how to deliver influential training when handling emotionally taxing issues. They discuss how his own personal story shapes the way he delivers training, how to maximise learning when delivering online and the ways in which they both measure…

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  7. Maintaining and growing your training skills with Jacky Leonard

    In this episode, Tammy chats with Jacky Leonard about how to maintain and grow your skills as a trainer.They discuss the importance of continuous professional development as a trainer, how to instantly engage with delegates from minute one and the future of online training – including their own...

  8. Making blended learning work with Simon K Williams

    In this episode, Tammy chats with Simon K Williams about how he helped us elevate our Train the Trainer course with his expertise (and tech knowledge) in producing online courses. They discuss: blended learning - what it is and how it can be used in delivering online training, the differences...

  9. Delivering engaging, effective and memorable training with Alan Savill

    In this episode Tammy will be chatting to Alan Savill about delivering engaging, effective and memorable training that will change lives. They discuss Alan’s own training course and his motivation for creating it, the importance of delivering engaging and appealing training sessions and their…

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  10. Why an expert delivering a topic makes all the difference with Mel Cant

    In this episode, Tammy chats with Mel Cant about how she uses her expertise in housing law to change the lives of those affected by homelessness or housing insecurity. They discuss the importance of operational expertise when delivering training, how reminding yourself of your ‘why’ helps you...

  11. The importance of self-worth in maintaining emotional resilience with Mari Williams

    In this episode, Tammy chats with Mari Williams about self-worth and why it plays such an important role in our emotional resilience. They discuss how our past traumas influence our professional responses; why we must establish boundaries at work that allow us to switch off and what employers…

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  12. The importance of a work culture that values emotional resilience

    In this episode, Tammy chats to Anna Headley about implementing a work culture that values emotional resilience. They discuss Anna’s changing outlook on emotional resilience throughout her career, how management style and role modelling resilient practices can form healthy habits within your team...

  13. Blurred boundaries – professionals past trauma whilst working from home

    In this episode Tammy chatted to Marcella Leonard about maintaining a resilient mindset during the pandemic. They discuss: the resurfaced past trauma many of her professional clients are experiencing whilst working from home, the competing priorities for professionals that are impacting their...

  14. Anonymous and honest, an assistant principal shares her story of burnout

    In this special bumper episode of the Training 4 Influence podcast, Tammy will be talking to a Secondary School Assistant Principal about how the pandemic has affected the emotional resilience of the children, staff and herself. They discuss the devastating effects the pandemic has had on the...

  15. Managing your team’s resilience during a pandemic w/ Anne Fox

    In this episode, Tammy will be talking to Anne Fox about how she is managing her team’s emotional resilience during the pandemic. They discuss the changes she made to ensure her team's needs were being met (despite working remotely), the importance of maintaining your capacity for empathy and...

  16. The Road to Burnout w/ Mike Wrigglesworth

    In this episode Tammy will be talking to Mike Wrigglesworth about how his experience of extreme stress at the end of his career led to physical symptoms and an early retirement. They discuss: the signs and symptoms he experienced that made it clear he had burnt out, the pressure he faced as a...

  17. Seeking Help From Others w/ Wendy Thorogood

    In this episode Tammy will be talking to Wendy Thorogood about how she built and maintained her emotional resilience within her lengthy career as a nurse. They discuss: Wendy’s early years as a nurse and the challenges she faced during them, the importance of supervision in building your…

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  18. Catching Yourself Before You Fall w/ Emma Langton

    In this episode Tammy will be talking to Emma Langton about how to maintain your emotional resilience while facing pressures at work. Emma draws from her lengthy experience in the corporate world, and as a workplace trainer, to discuss: the misconceptions about emotional resilience and what it...

  19. Lessons From Burnout w/ Carol Plant

    In this episode Tammy will be talking to Carol Plant about her 15 years experience as a probation officer. Carol shares her personal story about how overwhelming stress affected her ability to effectively support a service user and, as a result, made her realise the importance of emotional...

  20. Putting Yourself First w/ Gethin Jones

    In this episode Tammy will be talking to Gethin Jones about how he’s worked to maintain his emotional resilience throughout his career in the criminal justice sector, and continues to do so while running his own company guiding prison workers, local authorities and the third sector to unlock…

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  21. The importance of tailoring your training w/ Mike Wrigglesworth

    In this episode, Tammy speaks to Mike Wigglesworth about the importance of tailoring when delivering courses. Delivering tailored training is one of the core steps of the Training 4 Influence methodology. We want to ensure that every course that is delivered is tailored to the sector…

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  22. The importance of expertise in training w/ James McCarthy

    In this episode, Tammy speaks to James McCarthy about the expert element of the Training 4 Influence methodology. They discuss the value of expertise when delivering training, define what is an expert, and explain why you might be an expert even though you're scared of calling yourself one. James...

  23. The community behind Training 4 Influence w/ Adriana Talaba

    In this episode, Tammy speaks to Adriana Talaba about what she took away from the Training 4 Influence methodology. They talk about what she learned from observing how other facilitators delivered training in the early stages. And her perspective on what she considers the most powerful part of…

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  24. How Values-led Training Can Change Lives w/ Warren Larkin

    In this episode, Tammy speaks to Clinical Psychologist Warren Larkin. Both Tammy and Warren are vocal proponents of using a trauma-informed approach when delivering services. So, when it came to releasing the Training 4 Influence book Transform Your Training, Tammy sent the chapter on values-led...

  25. Elevating your training w/ Sally Fletcher

    In this episode, Tammy speaks to Sally Fletcher about the most significant learnings she took away from the Training 4 Influence Train the Trainer programme. They discuss which out of the four-step method Sally resonated with the most, the community and support around Training 4 Influence and why...

  26. From Detective Sergeant to Facilitator w/ Andy Pollard

    In this episode Tammy speaks to Andy Pollard about the most significant learnings he took away from the Training 4 Influence programme, why emotional resilience is important for frontline professionals, and why he recommends Training 4 Influence to his colleagues coming out of the police. Andy...

  27. The power and potential of training w/ Martin McGill

    Training 4 Influence came about because of our frustrations within the sector. Tired of the restrictions, lack of money and siloed working that make it difficult to see through big changes, we started looking at what was already taking place and how we could better that. We realised that there…

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  28. How experienced trainers can add influence to their training w/ Steve Sylvan

    Although we have been using the Training 4 Influence methodology within our own training company for years, we are proud to be sharing it with as many people as possible. That is why we created the Train the Trainer programme, so that both freelance and internal facilitators can deliver…

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  29. Engaging w/ Angie Norden

    Many of you will have experienced a training session which has left you feeling unenthused. And if you are like today’s guest host you might have even had a facilitator start the training by saying “this is going to be a really dull day/session”. At Training 4 Influence we have high expectations...

  30. The Theory Behind the Training 4 Influence Methodology w/ Dr Sarah Lewis

    The Training 4 Influence methodology serves as a creative solution to the problems this sector faces. And while we have first-hand experience of how this methodology works within our own training company, we wanted to ensure that it had the academic theory to back it up. That is why I asked Dr...

  31. Online: How to deliver influential training online

    At the beginning of lockdown when it dawned on us that Taye Training would no longer be able to hold in-person training for the foreseeable future we were devastated. You see, we recognised there was an urgent need for training to continue but we weren’t willing to compromise on quality. I often...

  32. Series 2 is here: a look at the Training 4 Influence methodology...

    Welcome to Series 2 of the Training 4 Influence Podcast. At Training 4 Influence our aim is to help you deliver the best training possible. So in this series we’ll be exploring how to make the most of every single second in a training session. And how to deliver training so that it has added...

  33. Leadership and Management w/ Faye Fox

    In this episode of the Training 4 Influence podcast Tammy sits down with Taye Training Co-founder and Director, Faye Fox, to discuss her five key learning points from the Leadership and Management course. Faye has designed and delivered hundreds of learning and development programmes for numerous...

  34. Professional Boundaries w/ Sarah Hutchinson

    In this episode of the Training 4 Influence podcast Tammy sits down with Taye Training Facilitator, Sarah Hutchinson, to discuss her five key learning points from the Professional Boundaries course. Sarah Hutchinson specialises in relationship and sexual health work – particularly, classroom...

  35. Managing Challenging Behaviour w/ James McCarthy

    In this episode of the Training 4 Influence podcast Tammy sits down with Taye Training Facilitator, James McCarthy, to discuss his five key learning points from the Managing Challenging Behaviour course. Outside of facilitating training with Taye, James is a Youth Work Manager at a local…

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  36. Domestic Abuse in Lockdown w/ Sophie Cooke

    In this episode of the Training 4 Influence podcast Tammy sits down with Taye Training Facilitator, Sophie Cooke, to discuss her five key learning points from the Domestic Abuse in Lockdown course. Sophie Cooke has been working within the rape crisis movement for numerous years. She spent her…

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  37. The Mental Capacity Act

    In this episode of the Training 4 Influence podcast Tammy sits down with Taye Training Facilitator, Laura Strickland, to discuss her five key learning points from the Mental Capacity Act course. Outside of facilitating training with Taye, Laura is a freelance trainer, consultant and support…

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  38. Equality and Diversity w/ Sam Scaddan

    In this episode of the Training 4 Influence podcast Tammy sits down with Taye Training Facilitator, Sam Scaddan, to discuss her five key learning points from the Equality and Diversity course. Outside of facilitating training with Taye, Sam has over 9 years experience working within safeguarding…

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  39. Risk Management & Assessment w/ Karen Warner

    In this episode of the Training 4 Influence podcast Tammy sits down with Taye Training Facilitator, Karen Warner, to discuss her five key learning points from the Risk Management & Assessment course. Outside of facilitating training with Taye, Karen has had over 30 years of experience working as…

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  40. Safeguarding Responder w/ Carol Woodhead

    In this episode of the Training 4 Influence podcast Tammy sits down with Taye Training Facilitator, Carol Woodhead, to discuss her five key learning points from the Safeguarding Responder course. Outside of facilitating training with Taye, Carol is a parenting support manager for a local…

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  41. Safeguarding Alerter w/ Beckie Breakwell

    In this episode of the Training 4 Influence podcast Tammy sits down with Taye Training Facilitator, Beckie Breakwell, to discuss her five key learning points from the Safeguarding Awareness course. Outside of facilitating training with Taye, Beckie is an experienced child and young person’s…

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  42. Safeguarding Awareness w/ Sally O'Donnell

    In this episode of the Training 4 Influence podcast Tammy sits down with Taye Training Facilitator, Sally O'Donnell, to discuss her five key learning points from the Safeguarding Awareness course. Outside of facilitating training with Taye, Sally works for the NSPCC as an Area Coordinator for the...

  43. An introduction from Tammy - Co-founder & Director

    In this first episode of the Training 4 Influence podcast, Taye Training Co-founder and Director - Tammy Banks - sits down with us to introduce Taye Training, herself, her career and what to expect from this podcast. While this podcast has been in the plans for a while, COVID-19 has changed the...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

The Training 4 Influence Podcast is brought to you by Taye Training. We at Taye are training, coaching and development experts on a mission to deliver high quality, affordable and effective training. We believe passionately in the power of training to change lives, both of delegates and service users.

We live this vision through our Training 4 Influence method. This method works to impact the lives of people experiencing multiple disadvantages (i.e. those with complex needs or who are marginalised and/or vulnerable) by developing and providing training that not only delivers its learning objectives but also inspires and influences the motivations and values of frontline professionals. The method is simple all our training is:

Expert - Delivered by a facilitator with connected operational expertise.

Tailored - to the organisation, customer group, quality assurer standards and individual delegates

Engaging - we consider all learning styles and use ac

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