175. Designing High-Quality Learning Experiences with Mickey Fitch-Collins

About this episode

Mickey Fitch-Collins discusses her journey from professional bass fisherman to leadership development in education and offers insights for transitioning into learning and development.

Mickey Fitch-Collins is a leadership development facilitator, coach and podcast host who turns research into real world impact. With a doctorate in leadership in higher education and a background spanning academia, Ed Tech and corporate learning, she helps organizations unlock the potential of their people, especially their middle managers. In this episode, Mickey told me about how she went from professional bass fisherman to working in higher education to learning and development. She gets deep into her learning and leadership philosophies, and she provides some great advice for those wanting to transition from education to learning and development. For all links and resources mentioned in this episode, head to the show notes: https://www.educatorforever.com/episode175 .

People in this episode

Host: Lily Jones

Guest: Mickey Fitch-Collins

Topics covered

• leadership development
• learning experiences
• education transition
• coaching
• professional development

Keywords

• leadership
• education
• learning and development
• coaching
• career transition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Educator Forever

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