{"id":8156,"date":"2013-10-31T14:13:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T14:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arliemediadesign.com\/?p=8156"},"modified":"2025-03-18T21:34:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T21:34:21","slug":"paul-is-a-learning-professional-of-the-year-finalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/blogs\/paul-is-a-learning-professional-of-the-year-finalist\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul is a Learning Professional of the Year Finalist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Paul<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul is a Senior Facilitator and has been at Happy for over two years. His training ranges from personal development courses such as grammar, punctuation and effective writing skills, through to presentation skills, project management and our\u00a0<a href=\"\/leadership-and-personal-development\/leadership-and-management-programmes\/happy-leadership-programme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">four-day\u00a0Happy Workplace Leadership Programme<\/a>. His training has had a material effect in changing the culture of organisations, creating workplaces based on trust and autonomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His particular focus is on\u00a0<a href=\"\/leadership-and-personal-development\/personal-development-programmes\/mindfulness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mindfulness<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"\/blogs\/paul-is-a-learning-professional-of-the-year-finalist\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Resilience<\/a>, to help people to be productive in today\u2019s busy business climate, while avoiding stress and burnout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;People think of meditation as being about emptying your head or levitating,&#8221; explains Paul. &#8220;But it&#8217;s not about that. It can have real practical application in creating a more positive workplace where people can make the most of their energy to achieve the results they need.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul&#8217;s evaluations this year tell clearly how happy and fulfilled his delegates are, with 99.1% rating him Good or Excellent on their overall verdict and 99.8% Good or Excellent on being a Supportive Trainer. Here are just a selection of comments from his recent training courses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;[liked] the way the experience was facilitated \u2013 absolutely dynamic!&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Good facilitator and dealt with potentially awkward situations very well. Made everyone feel relaxed.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;[liked]&nbsp;the general human delivery of it.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t sure it was for me but the techniques did work. I have a full understanding of mindfulness now.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;I came into this not knowing what to expect. But I&#8217;m gladly surprised and have learned a lot.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningprofessionalnetwork.com\/ld-questiontime-paul-gapper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read Paul&#8217;s interview<\/a>&nbsp;with the Learning and Performance Institute on the Learning Professional Network as part of their L&amp;D Question Time to find out more about Paul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related reading<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also read some of Paul&#8217;s blogs, written for Happy, below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/blogs\/why-your-emotions-are-like-a-glitter-jar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Your Emotions are Like a Glitter Jar<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/blogs\/the-secret-to-constructive-positive-appraisals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Secret to Positive, Constructive Appraisals<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/blogs\/what-do-david-attenborough-and-mindfulness-have-in-common\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What do David Attenborough and Mindfulness Have in Common?<\/a>, a short two-minute video of Paul&#8217;s Mindfulness session at our 2016 Happy Workplaces Conference<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are very excited to announce that Paul Gapper is a Finalist for the Learning Professional of the Year at the 2017 Learning Awards.<\/p>\n<p>The 2017 Learning Awards is an annual event hosted by the Learning and Performance Institute, recognising outstanding examples of high standards, best practice, innovation and excellence in Learning and Development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"blog-post-type":[35],"class_list":["post-8156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-happy-news-updates","blog-post-type-blog-with-image"],"acf":{"read_or_watch_time":"Read length: 5 min read"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v26.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Paul is a Learning Professional of the Year Finalist - Happy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.happy.co.uk\/blogs\/paul-is-a-learning-professional-of-the-year-finalist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Paul is a Learning Professional of the Year Finalist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We are very excited to announce that Paul Gapper is a Finalist for the Learning Professional of the Year at the 2017 Learning Awards. 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