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How Teaching Others Can Develop Your Skills

Teaching exposes gaps in your own understanding.

When you teach, you must

Structure information; anticipate questions; simplify complex ideas; select examples; observe confusion; adapt your explanation; respond to unexpected questions.

What teaching develops

Communication, subject mastery, and transferable skills such as facilitation, patience, listening, leadership, and audience awareness.

You do not need to become a professional teacher

Explaining a process to a colleague, mentoring a junior learner, creating a tutorial, or leading a workshop can all provide useful practice.

Knowing your skills is useful. Understanding where those skills come from, which abilities may support them, and where they can take you gives you a much clearer picture.

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