In this episode of The Tutor Podcast Neil covers what utilisation and compliance are and how they are linked. He also explains how these can be used to enhance your tutoring and get the best outs=comes for your students.  

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• Certainty is a sense that I know exactly what I’m doing. Convey that certainty to your students so they know that you’re really good at what you do. 
• The Milgram study showed that people are more likely to comply to an authority figure. 
• Utilisation ties into the idea of certainty because if we’re constantly being surprised by things, we undermined ourselves as being experts. 

• “Resistance is created by a lack of clarity” which I believe translates to “the student will fear failure if the teacher is uncertain of a successful outcome for the student”. 
• A person who completely certain of themselves is infinitely more convincing of a person who is doubtful of a successful outcome. 
• Use language that conveys certainty.   

 

BEST MOMENTS 

“Authority is one of the biggest drivers of compliant behaviour” 

“Utilisation is the idea of everything being expected and there are no surprises” 

“There’s no need to be perfect out of the box.” 

 

VALUABLE RESOURCES 

The Tutor Podcast 
Weird Things Guitarists Do book by Neil Cowmeadow 
www.Neilcowmeadow.com 

  

ABOUT THE HOST 

Neil Cowmeadow is a maverick peripatetic guitar teacher from Telford with over 19 years’ experience in the business of helping people. Learn how to start, grow and love your business with Neil’s invaluable advice and tips without the buzzwords and BS! 

  

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