If you're trying to teach in a workplace, as an instructor or coach, you may find consultant Vicki Halsey's concept of the "70-30 principle" helpful:
Learners should do 70 per cent of the talking. It is the learner, not the teacher, who must be at centre stage. That won't happen when you are doing most of the talking and the student the bulk of the listening.
Instructors should devote 70 per cent of their preparation time on how they will teach, and 30 per cent on what they'll teach. "If you're like most teachers, you devote more time to preparing your content than to figuring out how you will teach that content. Shift your focus from what you will teach to how you will teach, creating a variety of activities and embedding best learning practices into your designs," Ms. Halsey advises.
Learners should spend 70 per cent of their time practising, and 30 per cent being taught. Learners need hands-on practice to turn their new skills into action. Shift your focus from teaching to creating pathways for practice.
Harvey Schachter