One-day intensive training
Practical tools and training in teaching, presenting and instruction that you can use straight away.
Typically around 6 participants
More about the one-day course
Train-the-Trainer
Learn to teach – so it works in practice
For specialists, subject-matter experts, leaders and instructors who need to pass on knowledge, skills and experience through teaching, presenting and on-the-job training.
Explore the programmeTwo-day extended programme
In-depth training with more exercises, creative methods and personal feedback, so you become an even stronger communicator.
Typically 6–12 participants
More about the two-day programmeThree core competencies
You strengthen your ability to plan, deliver and follow up on learning – whether you are teaching in a training room, giving a presentation or instructing a colleague on the job.
Teaching
Create engagement, structure and learning that sticks.
Instruction
Learn to pass on knowledge and skills through practice.
Communication
Communicate clearly and credibly – tailored to your audience.
A practical training process
We work with a simple learning process that ensures your teaching and instruction lead to real learning and change.
Objective
What should participants learn?
Demonstration
Show, explain and build understanding.
Practice
Let participants practise for themselves.
Feedback
Give specific, developmental feedback.
Application
Create lasting impact in everyday work.
Practice before theory
You get hands-on, intensive training in which you work with your own topics and challenges. We combine short inputs with plenty of exercises, feedback and sparring.
1/3
instruction
2/3
practical training
The split is a rule of thumb.
You leave the course with concrete tools you can use straight away.
Selected Clients
Among others, we have delivered teaching and instruction skills training to the following organisations:
Danmarks Nationalbank
Train-the-Trainer for IT specialists: teaching and instruction
Visma e-conomic
Teaching in Practice for several groups in Danish and English
Struct
Instruction techniques and VITEK – the four-step instruction method.
Umbraco
Documented Train-the-Trainer material within a multi-year collaboration that also included leadership development.
When experts need to teach others
Being an expert in your field is not the same as being good at teaching it to others.
Train-the-Trainer is an intensive, practical in-company programme for specialists, employees, instructors and managers who need to transfer their knowledge and skills effectively to others – through teaching, on-the-job training, onboarding or instruction.
Participants work with their own professional topics and practise teaching and instruction throughout the programme.
- 1–2 days
- Recommended approx. 6 · up to 12 participants
- Danish or English
The competencies in depth
Teaching
Plan and deliver motivating training for groups – in person or online.
Instruction
Teach others to perform practical tasks through structured one-to-one and on-the-job instruction.
Communication
Communicate professional knowledge clearly, engagingly and confidently – to groups and in one-to-one situations.
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From objective to learning
Good teaching does not begin with what the trainer wants to say. It begins with the question:
“What should the participant actually be able to do afterwards?”
From there, the training is designed backwards. The content is broken into manageable parts, a simple lesson plan is prepared, and the trainer selects the methods and exercises that best help participants reach the objective.
VITEK is Cronquist Consult’s practical method for one-to-one instruction and on-the-job training and forms part of the broader Train-the-Trainer programme.
You don't learn to teach by hearing about teaching
Train-the-Trainer is therefore first and foremost about practice – not a lecture about teaching theory.
As a rule of thumb, approximately one third of the time is spent showing and explaining, while around two thirds is used for participants to practise, receive feedback and try again.
Whenever possible, participants work with their own professional topics so the methods can be applied directly after the programme.
Train-the-Trainer – teaching in practice
When professional knowledge needs to be passed on.
Cronquist Consult trains specialists, internal trainers, mentors, superusers, consultants and other professionals to teach, instruct and transfer knowledge effectively in practice. Train-the-Trainer is relevant whenever professional knowledge has to be passed on effectively from one person to another – one-to-one or in groups.
Typical applications
- Onboarding new colleagues
- One-to-one workplace instruction
- Superusers
- Internal knowledge transfer
- Internal training
- Company academies
- Customer training
- User and product training
- Specialists and consultants who need to teach others
- Professionals who facilitate or teach groups
Hands-on adult learning
Learn → Practise → Receive feedback → Adjust → Practise again
How the programme progresses
- 1Short presentation / pitch
- 2One-to-one and on-the-job instruction with VITEK
- 3Teaching and facilitating groups
1 day or 2 days?
1 day — recommended
Approx. 6 participants
An intensive, practice-oriented programme in which everyone has the opportunity to practise.
One day is often easier to accommodate in the company's schedule and reduces the time employees spend away from daily operations.
2 days
6–12 participants
More time for individual practice, feedback and repetition.
Suitable for larger groups or when the company wants greater depth and more practice time.
Both formats can be delivered in Danish or English and tailored to the company's own tasks, professional context and specific training situations.
Depending on the company's needs, participants may work with learning objectives, lesson planning, motivation, instruction, on-the-job training, teaching, participant involvement, feedback, voice, body language and structure.
Proven in practice
Two applications: teaching groups and instructing in the workplace
Danmarks Nationalbank
An intensive Train-the-Trainer programme for 8 IT specialists who needed to train others as part of the rollout of a payment/banking system. Participants practised short presentations (pitches), one-to-one and on-the-job instruction, and group teaching – with hands-on practice and feedback throughout.
Struct
Practical instruction and workplace learning: VITEK, perception, goals and motivation, factors that support learning, hands-on instruction and four-step instruction.
Christiansen & Essenbæk A/S
Presentation and teaching skills formed part of two documented leadership-development tracks. VITEK and on-the-job training were delivered as a separate specialist track.
Read the on-the-job training and VITEK case →Umbraco
Documented Train the Trainer work within a wider, multi-year leadership-development and company-academy collaboration.
Read the Umbraco case →e-conomic international A/S (now Visma e-conomic A/S)
Teaching in Practice was delivered to several groups in Danish and English, alongside tailored leadership development for new middle managers.
Read the e-conomic case →Struct
Instruction skills and VITEK: learning domains, factors that support learning, perception, goals and motivation, and four-step instruction.
Danmarks Nationalbank
A two-day internal programme for IT specialists covering presentation, on-the-job training, classroom teaching, four-step instruction and feedback, with a strong emphasis on practical training.
Also delivered to e.g. SYBO and Tscherning.
Who is Train-the-Trainer for?
For organisations where professional knowledge should not remain with a few key people, but needs to be transferred effectively to others.
Specialists · internal trainers · instructors · mentors · onboarding managers · consultants · team leaders · frontline supervisors · super users · customer trainers
Frequently asked questions
- Is Train-the-Trainer the same as on-the-job training?
- No. On-the-job training concerns teaching one person at the task, where we use VITEK and four-step instruction. Train-the-Trainer is broader and also covers teaching groups and communicating specialist material. The disciplines are connected, but they are not the same.
- Can the programme be delivered in English?
- Yes. We have delivered teaching, instruction and communication programmes in both Danish and English.
- How long does a programme take?
- Train-the-Trainer is delivered as a one- or two-day in-company programme. We typically recommend one day for approximately 6 participants. For 6–12 participants, or when more individual practice and feedback is required, we recommend two days. The programme is always tailored to the organisation's professional context and specific training situations.
Do your experts need to become better at teaching others?
We tailor Train-the-Trainer to your organisation, the participants' expertise and the specific situations in which they need to teach or instruct others.
The programme can be delivered in Danish or English as a one- or two-day in-company course.
Ask for a tailored proposal →Read also
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