The Instructor
By Terry Cook
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Episodes: 239
Description
Holding a mirror up the the driver training industry, to help driving instructors run better and more profitable businesses as well as improving as instructors.
I talk with a variety of experts, leaders, innovators and game changers to harness their knowledge and see how we can apply that to our business. If you share the same passion for personal and professional development as me and my guests, then this podcast can help you make the changes you need to become a better instructor and business owner.
To accompany the podcast there's also a premium subscription feed:
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Here you can find weekly bonus shows, excluive discounts to CPD and all the show are early and ad free. The perfect place to start or enhance your CPD as a driving instructor.
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Why Men Struggle, and What We Can Do About It
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Short Lesson #33 - Handling the opinions of others
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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The Green Room #51 - Contraflow Conversations
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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The Emergency Stop Campaign: Why It Matters to Instructors
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May 31, 2025 |
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Time to hit reset
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May 04, 2025 |
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The Green Room #50 - Changes
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Six 4 Sixty #6 - The new batch
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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Unlocking the Secrets of Client-Centred Learning: A Chat with Ray Seagrave
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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What can driving instructors do?
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Green Room #49 - To bin, or not to bin...
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Theory test updated to include ADAS, and why the 'why' is so important
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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The F-Word (no, not that one!)
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Green Room #48: Why do young people crash?
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Driving Mobilty
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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The New National Driving School that's Supporting Driving Instructors
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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Mini-Casts #2: Phil Cowley and Will Stewart
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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The Green Room #47: Could 2025 be the best year for Driving Instructors?
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Mini-Cast #1 - Kevin Sellwood & Sarah Hall
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Short Lesson #32 - Did the trainer identify the pupil's learning goals and needs
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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The Green Room #46: Driving Instructor 2024 in Review - Part 2
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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The Green Room #46: Driving Instructors 2024 in Review - Part One
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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TikTok Tips for Driving Instructors - How to Go Viral without Clickbait
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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Driving into the Future: The Role of Instructors in Autonomous Vehicles
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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Who Should You Take for Your Standards Check? 17 Trainers Share Their Secrets!
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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Green Room #45 - Grumpy Old Men
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Nov 30, 2024 |
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From Tech Sceptic to Advocate: How Technology Can Transform Driving Lessons
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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Unlocking the Secrets of Driving Instruction: An AI Take on the Instructor Podcast
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Top 5 Online Resources for Driving Instructors
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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Lean on Tech: Self-Care Strategies for the Busy Driving Instructor
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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Buckle Up! The Truth About EVs and Driving Technology
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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Green Room #44 - Anything good on TV recently?
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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10 Years of My Drive Time: Revolutionising Driving Instruction
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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Human relationships within driver training, and a unique look at the theory test
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Six 4 Sixty - Dr Box Special
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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The Green Room #43 - Be More Garry
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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Short Lessons #31 - Is the Driving Instructor Profession evolving to help pupils?
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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In Conversation with... Laura Morris - Part Six: Training
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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In Conversation with... Laura Morris - Part Five: Failure
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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In Conversation with... Laura Morris - Part Four: Zero
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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In Conversation with... Laura Morris - Part Three: Professionalism
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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In Conversation with... Laura Morris - Part Two: Entry
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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In Conversation with... Laura Morris - Part One: Interrogation
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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MyDanTime #1 - Use market forces to dictate your prices, not emotion
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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The Green Room #42 - Listener Questions, and Terry & Chris finally get held to account
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Aug 31, 2024 |
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Who do the ADINJC represent?
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Short Lessons #30 - The relationship with the DVSA
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Short Lessons #29 - The Problem with Paper
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Green Room #41 - The lowest pass rate since 2007
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Short Lesson #28 - Safeguarding and the importance of professionalism
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Meginar #2
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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The Green Room #40 - It's more than just CPD...
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May 31, 2024 |
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Do Something
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May 26, 2024 |
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The Big Picture, and ADIs role within it
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May 19, 2024 |
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Short Lesson #27 - A Bob Morton Masterclass
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May 15, 2024 |
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Road Safety GB
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May 12, 2024 |
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Everything you need to know about Graduated Driving Licences
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May 05, 2024 |
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Green Room #39 - How many instructors is too many?
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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How much responsibility should ADIs take for the actions of their students post test
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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Campaigning for Road Safety: Where to start
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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How bad is your dad?
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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The misconceptions behind coaching as an ADI
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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How can ADI's use DriveFit with their students?
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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Caitlin's Campaign
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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Green Room #38 - A Love(day) letter to the industry
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Mar 30, 2024 |
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Why hands-free phones are just as dangerous as using a handheld phone
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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Six 4 Sixty Live
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Why don't ADIs embrace the road safety sector?
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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International Women's Day 2024 - Inspire Inclusion
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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The Green Room #37 - The PDI Problem
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Short Lesson #26 - The Characteristics behind success
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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The Instructor Meginar #1 (August 2023)
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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Green Room #36 - 2023 in review (Part Two)
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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ORDIT
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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Green Room #36 - 2023 in Review (Part One): Failures, Successes, and DVSA Wisdom
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Dec 30, 2023 |
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Deaf Culture and working with deaf students
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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Six 4 Sixty #3 - The ADI Avengers get a new member!
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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Short Lesson #25 - Small steps help build you towards the bigger steps
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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"I'm an ADI who had cancer" - James McAleer
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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Mirrors, Signal, Podcast?
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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Green Room #35 - What do you love about the driving instructor industry?
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Teenagers scare the living sh*t out of me
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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Social media shouldn't add to your stress levels
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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Short Lesson #24 - It could be having a f*cking spa day
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Why coaching and the GDE Matrix is key to road safety
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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LIVE at the Expo - Driving instructor presentations
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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Green Room #34 - Your questions answered
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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The future's Bright, the future's Coaching!
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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Revolutionizing Road Safety: VR Insights for Driving Instructors
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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The Green Room #33 - Is Twenty Plenty?
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Sep 30, 2023 |
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Six 4 Sixty #2
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Green Room #32 - Remembering Lou
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Green Room #31 - Gas first? The most important debate in the industry
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Backstage Pass - What's changing for The Instructor Podcast and Premium?
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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The Green Room #30 - What next?
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Season 5 - The Best Bits
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Is now the time for driving instructors to work harder?
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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Short Lesson #23 - What health problems sitting down all day can cause, and how we can fix it
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Drug driving, Online Training, and ADAS with the IMTD
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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Short Lesson #22 - Why is video so important
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Six Standards Check Questions, Six Trainers, and Sixty Seconds
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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Short Lesson #21 - An industry with delusions of grandeur?
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Road Safety isn't sexy... but it is important!
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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The Green Room #29 - This Podcast is Awesome
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May 31, 2023 |
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The Greatest Copywriter Alive offers advice to driving instructors
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May 28, 2023 |
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Short Lesson #20 - NASP, The DVSA, and the Standards Check fiasco
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May 25, 2023 |
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Mental Health Matters
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May 21, 2023 |
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Short Lesson #19 - Is anxiety used as an emotional crutch on the driving test?
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May 18, 2023 |
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Not a Standards Check Podcast
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May 14, 2023 |
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Short Lesson #18 - From Instructor to Coach
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May 11, 2023 |
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Twenty Nine Minutes with Terry
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May 07, 2023 |
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Short Lesson #17 - Do you love your job enough to be the best at it?
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May 04, 2023 |
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The PDI Perspective on Networking, Conferences and the Driving Instructor Industry
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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Green Room #28 - Live on stage (and in a car!)
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Coaching & Questioning Techniques for Driving Instructors (Re-Release)
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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Short Lesson #16 - Alternatives to the current Standards Check format: Green Room #1
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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How driving instructors can create and utilise a business plan
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Short Lesson #15 - Managing the pressure of a driving test backlog & learning how to say no: Richard Nicholls
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Happy anniversary - a dissection of the first ever episode of The Instructor Podcast
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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What impact can sleep have on driving instructors and driving lessons?
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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How to prepare your learners for a driving test, and Mindfulness for driving instructors
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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Green Room #27 - The DVSA announce their proposals for driving instructors
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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What's wrong with the theory test, and what can instructors do about it?
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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Stunt driver, ADI and battling for equality
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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The Green Room #26 - How successful were the DVSA in 2022?
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Short Lesson #14 - The importance of CPD: Ray Seagrave
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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The Green Room #25 - 2022 in review and some special shout outs
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Jan 07, 2023 |
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Top Tips for Driving Instructors in 2023
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Dec 25, 2022 |
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The Pupil Perspective
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Dec 18, 2022 |
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Short Lesson #13 - The Future: Carl Reader
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Coaching, Goal Setting and Sharing Responsibility
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Dec 11, 2022 |
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Students with additional needs - how driving instructors can help
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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The Green Room #24 - Striking Examiners, Standard checks and the end of the BLR.
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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The DVSA explain why they're encouraging private practice
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Nov 13, 2022 |
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The Big Learner Relay with Lou Walsh & Amy Cullen
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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How parents can help driving instructors (and how we can help them!)
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Oct 30, 2022 |
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Short lesson #12 - What is self sabotage: Shabnam Rajah
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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The Standards check checklist with Emma Cottington
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Oct 23, 2022 |
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Branding your driving school
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Oct 16, 2022 |
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Should you request a standards check, even if you don't need one?
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Oct 09, 2022 |
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Episode 100 - LIVE at the ADINJC & Intelligent Instructor Expo!
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Oct 09, 2022 |
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The Green Room Extra
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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The Green Room #23 - How much should driving instructors earn?
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Short Lesson #11 - Grounding Practice: San Harper
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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The Green Room #22 - Development isn't just courses
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Short lesson #10 - Why walking matters: Hayley Field
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Green Room #21 - The DVSA's 'Are You Ready To Pass?' campaign
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Jul 31, 2022 |
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The DVSA talk driving test waiting times, mock tests and more...
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Short Lessons #9 - The victims voice: Project EDWARD
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Green Room #20 - Mock tests and zero road deaths
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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The best of the Green Room: Episodes 1-10
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Short lessons #8 - Coaching and being grateful for it: Chris Brooker
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Everybody deserves a little self indulgence
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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Short lessons #7 - The importance of showing your LGTBQ+ inclusive: G Sabini-Roberts
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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The Green Room #19 - The DVSA has a plan, and how ADI's can help learners with the theory test
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May 31, 2022 |
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Growing your driving school audience
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May 29, 2022 |
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The driving instructors guide to social media
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May 22, 2022 |
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ADHD, SEO and how words can improve your Google ranking
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May 15, 2022 |
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Short lessons #6 - How to transition from manual to EV: Rob Cooling
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May 12, 2022 |
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The Standards check checklist with Chris Bensted
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May 08, 2022 |
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Short lessons #5 - Don't choose the cheap old man: Robin Bates
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May 05, 2022 |
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Do you need the ADI Doctor?
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May 01, 2022 |
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Green Room #18 - How can we promote safe driving for life?
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Short lessons #4 - Why we shouldn't use MSM: Chris Bensted
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Get your own PA with Just Instruct
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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Short lessons #3 - The mentor mindset: Keir Wotherspoon
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Confidence and personal growth - With Jono Poon
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Apr 17, 2022 |
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Short lessons #2 - Should we only rely on referrals: Amanda Leek
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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What do you wish you knew before becoming driving instructor?
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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It's ok to talk about cancer - With Keith 'Woody' Woodward
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Apr 10, 2022 |
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Short lessons #1 - Who sets the lesson goal: Bob Morton
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Driving with Confidence
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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The Green Room #17 - The rising cost of living/working as a driving instructor
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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NASP and the three associations that make it
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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Talking Technology with MyDriveTime and GoRoadie
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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Intelligent Instructor 2022
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Safeguarding and how to use your Spidey senses
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Mar 13, 2022 |
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Backstage pass #1
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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International Women's Day - #BreakTheBias
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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The Green Room #16 - Why are driving instructors leaving the industry?
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Mar 06, 2022 |
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Who's really the snowflake? With Diane Hall & Chris Allsopp
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Mar 06, 2022 |
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The Green Room #15 - The DVSA's latest proposals, The Highway Code changes and more...
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Green Room #14 - 2021 reviewed with Emma Cottington and Chris Bensted
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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Reviews, previews and premium
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Dec 19, 2021 |
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ADI ARG Support with Kevin Brock
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Managing your enquiries with GoRoadie
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Being world class, with Simon Hartley
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Dec 12, 2021 |
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Peri-menopause with Annie Gendron
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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The DITC with Ian Brett and Chis Bensted
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Dec 05, 2021 |
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Ray Seagrave, Mindset coach.
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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The Intelligent Instructor, awards and expos with Richard Borges.
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Nov 28, 2021 |
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The Green Room #13 - Discovering the industry and how we engage with it, with Chris Bensted.
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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Why try, Tri-Coaching, withSusan McCormack
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Nov 21, 2021 |
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Standard checks, business development and more!
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Nov 14, 2021 |
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The Green Room #12 - Intensive courses with James Comley
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Little Miss Agile, with Emma Morgan
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Nov 07, 2021 |
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The Green Room #11 - CPD and should we pay for it? With Leigh Brookes.
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Wellbeing without the w*ank - Emma Mellor
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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How to fix the posture problem - With Rich Morley
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Oct 24, 2021 |
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Expo experts and the positive side of the driving instructor industry.
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Oct 17, 2021 |
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Why we should still be promoting our business, with Peter Garbacz
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Oct 10, 2021 |
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The Green Room #10 with ADINJC Welsh ambassador Richard Spiers
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Thoughts on the driving instructor industry with Lou Walsh.
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Oct 03, 2021 |
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NASP and ADINJC chair, Lynne Barrie.
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Oct 02, 2021 |
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The Green Room #9 - Examiners strike, should we? With Chris Bensted
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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CPD, Snowflakes and Standard check nerves with Diane Hall.
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Sep 26, 2021 |
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The Green Room #8 - Is the driving test an objective measure of what we do?
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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From Instructor to Coach with Lee Spary
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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The Green Room #7 - The scrapping of B+E tests with Ian Brett.
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Do you love your job enough to be the best at it? - Jessenia Soto
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Sep 12, 2021 |
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Green Room #6 - What do the public think of driving instructors? With Chris Bensted
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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Intelligent Instructor, expos and surprise guests with Richard Borges
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Sep 05, 2021 |
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The Green Room #5 - Opinions, facts, standards and charity walks.
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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An Insight to Drive - Kathy Higgins
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Aug 29, 2021 |
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The Green Room #4 What indicators trigger a standards check?
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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15 minutes to happiness - Richard Nicholls
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Aug 22, 2021 |
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Continuous Personal Development - Ray Seagrave
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Aug 15, 2021 |
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Pass rates = Standard checks - The Green Room #3
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Aug 14, 2021 |
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The Green Room #2 - DVSA price increases, an industry exodus and epic rants.
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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Be the Boss of your driving school - Carl Reader
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Aug 08, 2021 |
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The Green Room #1 - Electrifying monkeys, driving tests and liquid pears.
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Confidence, self care and witchcraft. - Shabnam Rajah
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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How Mindfulness can help you drive, teach and reduce stress. - San Harper
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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Ticking the Queer Box with the DITC.
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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GoRoadie, GoRoadie Pro! GoRoadie, GoRoadie Pro!
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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Stop! It's Terry time!
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Jun 26, 2021 |
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Treat your driving school like a business - Dino Tartaglia
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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ProjectEDWARD - James Luckhurst
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Better health, better business, better driving school - Hayley Field
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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Marketing for driving instructors - Amanda Leek
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Driving Instructor Development
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Jun 06, 2021 |
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DITC and NASP - Q&A
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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Coaching, confidence, comedy and wrestling! - Chris Brooker
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May 30, 2021 |
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How driving schools can be better allys for the LGTBQ+ community - G Sabini-Roberts
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May 23, 2021 |
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EV's and why he'd rather walk than drive a manual car - Rob Cooling
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May 16, 2021 |
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Why writing your driving instructor book is important
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May 09, 2021 |
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Unleashing Your Inner Geek: Self-Care for Instructors!
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May 02, 2021 |
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Shift Gears: The DITC's Blueprint for Better Driving Instructors
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Apr 25, 2021 |
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Personal and professional growth - Keir Wotherspoon
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Apr 17, 2021 |
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Coaching for driving instructors - Bob Morton
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Apr 10, 2021 |