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by Terry Cook
Holding a mirror up to the driver training industry, to help driving instructors run better and more profitable businesses as well as improving as instructors. I talk with a variety of experts, leaders, innovators and game changers to harness their knowledge and see how we can apply that to our business. If you share the same passion for personal and professional development as me and my guests, then this podcast can help you make the changes you need to become a better instructor and business owner.
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- 3 weeks ago51 min
How to Make Driving Lessons Fun
What makes a driving lesson fun, and does fun always mean games and laughter?In this first Monday Night Live, Terry Cook is joined by Tom Stenson to explore how instructors can make lessons more enjoyable, engaging and effective. They discuss the importance of energy, enthusiasm and engagement, as well as how rapport and client-centred learning help us understand what each pupil actually enjoys.The conversation also covers creative lesson ideas, involving pupils in decisions, learning outside the car and making activities between lessons more interesting.Not every pupil wants games, and not every lesson needs to be hilarious.Sometimes, fun simply means being involved, making progress and leaving the car feeling positive.🔥 Get More Than Just Test Passes - Join the Premium MembershipIf you're a driving instructor who wants to teach better, earn more, and stand out from the crowd, the Premium membership is where it happens. With exclusive content you won’t find anywhere else, from expert sessions to confidence coaching, business building, and beyond, this is the stuff no one else is giving you.👉 Start your free 7-day trial now: Sign up hereGet the Workbook for selected EpisodeWhen you join the email list, you’ll get a custom workbook to help you reflect, take action, and apply each episode’s message to your real-world lessons. Plus, weekly tips that actually make a difference.Sign up for The Instructor email📲 Stay Connected via WhatsAppQuick insight, links to key industry documents, and a prize giveaway on Mondays.Join the channel: whatsapp-link.comThe Instructor Podcast uses a variety of social media channels, including a Facebook group. You can join the group or follow us on the following platforms:FacebookLinkedInInstagramYouTube
- Aug 17, 202643 min
From the Vault: Was the practice area suitable?
In this remastered From the Vault session, Terry Cook is joined by trainer Chris Bensted to explore the third standards check competency: was the practice area suitable?They examine why suitability is less about finding the “perfect” location and more about matching the environment to the pupil’s needs, ability and goals in the moment. Chris explains how to choose a reliable pupil, plan around test-centre constraints, adapt when circumstances change and communicate openly with the enforcement officer.It’s a practical, refreshingly straightforward conversation for ADIs and PDIs who want to simplify the 17 competencies and deliver a responsive, effective lesson under pressure.🔥 Get More Than Just Test Passes - Join the Premium MembershipIf you're a driving instructor who wants to teach better, earn more, and stand out from the crowd, the Premium membership is where it happens. With exclusive content you won’t find anywhere else, from expert sessions to confidence coaching, business building, and beyond, this is the stuff no one else is giving you.👉 Start your free 7-day trial now: Sign up hereGet the Workbook for selected EpisodeWhen you join the email list, you’ll get a custom workbook to help you reflect, take action, and apply each episode’s message to your real-world lessons. Plus, weekly tips that actually make a difference.Sign up for The Instructor email📲 Stay Connected via WhatsAppQuick insight, links to key industry documents, and a prize giveaway on Mondays.Join the channel: whatsapp-link.comThe Instructor Podcast uses a variety of social media channels, including a Facebook group. You can join the group or follow us on the following platforms:FacebookLinkedInInstagramYouTube
- Jul 31, 20261h 19m
Why Young Drivers Need More Support
Sharon Huddleston and Dr Ian Greenwood share the heartbreaking stories behind their campaigns for safer roads.They discuss graduated driving licensing, why inexperience rather than deliberate law-breaking can place young drivers and their passengers at risk, and the continued reluctance of successive governments to act despite decades of evidence.The conversation also explores the wider impact of road death, the importance of language, the support provided by Forget Me Not Families Uniting, and how campaigning has helped Sharon and Ian keep their daughters’ memories alive.Crucially, they consider the role driving instructors can play right now, helping young drivers and their families understand risks involving passengers, night-time driving, rural roads and the difficult first months after passing.🔥 Get More Than Just Test Passes - Join the Premium MembershipIf you're a driving instructor who wants to teach better, earn more, and stand out from the crowd, the Premium membership is where it happens. With exclusive content you won’t find anywhere else, from expert sessions to confidence coaching, business building, and beyond, this is the stuff no one else is giving you.👉 Start your free 7-day trial now: Sign up hereGet the Workbook for selected EpisodeWhen you join the email list, you’ll get a custom workbook to help you reflect, take action, and apply each episode’s message to your real-world lessons. Plus, weekly tips that actually make a difference.Sign up for The Instructor email📲 Stay Connected via WhatsAppQuick insight, links to key industry documents, and a prize giveaway on Mondays.Join the channel: whatsapp-link.comThe Instructor Podcast uses a variety of social media channels, including a Facebook group. You can join the group or follow us on the following platforms:FacebookLinkedInInstagramYouTube
- Jul 5, 20261h 6m
Are We Using AI Wrong
AI is everywhere right now, writing posts, creating images, answering questions, and promising to save us time. But is it actually helping… or are we creating a whole new set of problems?In this episode, I’m joined by AI educator Colette Mason to dig into the growing world of “AI slop”, low-quality, inaccurate, AI-generated content that’s flooding social media and beyond.We explore the dangers of blindly trusting AI, from misinformation and privacy concerns to losing our own critical thinking and creativity. We also discuss where AI can genuinely help, where it absolutely shouldn’t replace human judgment, and how driving instructors can use it responsibly.This isn’t an anti-AI episode.Use AI as a tool, just don’t let it do your thinking for you.Colette has also created a 'Privacy Pack', driving instructors, discounted to £1.50 for 50 people - access it hereAnd visit Clever Clogs AI here🔥 Get More Than Just Test Passes - Join the Premium MembershipIf you're a driving instructor who wants to teach better, earn more, and stand out from the crowd, the Premium membership is where it happens. With exclusive content you won’t find anywhere else, from expert sessions to confidence coaching, business building, and beyond, this is the stuff no one else is giving you.👉 Start your free 7-day trial now: Sign up hereGet the Workbook for selected EpisodeWhen you join the email list, you’ll get a custom workbook to help you reflect, take action, and apply each episode’s message to your real-world lessons. Plus, weekly tips that actually make a difference.Sign up for The Instructor email📲 Stay Connected via WhatsAppQuick insight, links to key industry documents, and a prize giveaway on Mondays.Join the channel: whatsapp-link.comThe Instructor Podcast uses a variety of social media channels, including a Facebook group. You can join the group or follow us on the following platforms:FacebookLinkedInInstagramYouTube
- Jun 30, 20261h 22m
Solving the Problem...
What happens when you take five specific problems from the driver training world and try to solve each one in just 15 minutes?In this episode, five mystery guests bring five very different challenges to the table. Some are practical, some are bigger-picture, and some may just send us down a few unexpected rabbit holes.Who are the guests? What are the problems? And do we actually solve any of them?You’ll have to listen to find out.It’s a slightly different format, but one packed with ideas, challenge, reflection and practical takeaways for ADIs who want to think a little deeper about what they do.🔥 Get More Than Just Test Passes - Join the Premium MembershipIf you're a driving instructor who wants to teach better, earn more, and stand out from the crowd, the Premium membership is where it happens. With exclusive content you won’t find anywhere else, from expert sessions to confidence coaching, business building, and beyond, this is the stuff no one else is giving you.👉 Start your free 7-day trial now: Sign up hereGet the Workbook for selected EpisodeWhen you join the email list, you’ll get a custom workbook to help you reflect, take action, and apply each episode’s message to your real-world lessons. Plus, weekly tips that actually make a difference.Sign up for The Instructor email📲 Stay Connected via WhatsAppQuick insight, links to key industry documents, and a prize giveaway on Mondays.Join the channel: whatsapp-link.comThe Instructor Podcast uses a variety of social media channels, including a Facebook group. You can join the group or follow us on the following platforms:FacebookLinkedInInstagramYouTube
- Jun 21, 20265h 56m
From the Vault: The Instructor Podcast Extravaganza
Travel back to 2021 for a remastered edition of The Instructor Podcast Extravaganza: six hours of live conversations with six brilliant guests.Terry is joined by San Harper, Emma Morgan, Lee Spary, Keir Wotherspoon, Robin Bates and Chris Bensted to explore mindfulness, instructor development, coaching, business, confidence and the realities of life as a driving instructor.It is also a fascinating snapshot of the podcast in its early days—and a chance to hear how the conversations, the industry and Terry’s own presenting style have evolved over the past five years.Six guests. Six conversations. One enormous episode.🔥 Get More Than Just Test Passes - Join the Premium MembershipIf you're a driving instructor who wants to teach better, earn more, and stand out from the crowd, the Premium membership is where it happens. With exclusive content you won’t find anywhere else, from expert sessions to confidence coaching, business building, and beyond, this is the stuff no one else is giving you.👉 Start your free 7-day trial now: Sign up hereGet the Workbook for selected EpisodeWhen you join the email list, you’ll get a custom workbook to help you reflect, take action, and apply each episode’s message to your real-world lessons. Plus, weekly tips that actually make a difference.Sign up for The Instructor email📲 Stay Connected via WhatsAppQuick insight, links to key industry documents, and a prize giveaway on Mondays.Join the channel: whatsapp-link.comThe Instructor Podcast uses a variety of social media channels, including a Facebook group. You can join the group or follow us on the following platforms:FacebookLinkedInInstagramYouTube
- Jun 8, 20269 min
The Shameless Plug: Why You Should Be at the IPP Summit
Sign up hereThis episode is exactly what it says on the tin — a shameless plug.Terry explains why he’s launching the first-ever IPP Summit on Sunday, 2nd August, what makes it more than “just another webinar”, and why driving instructors should consider being in the room live.The Summit features separate live CPD sessions across the day, with Stewart Lochrie, Adil Amarsi, Emma Cottington, Bob Morton, and a Road Safety Panel including Dr Elizabeth Box, Dr Lisa Dorn, Prof Gemma Briggs and Prof David Crundall.
- May 31, 20261h 16m
The State of the Industry: Bots, Regulations, and DVSA
Terry is joined by Peter Harvey, vice chair of the Motor Schools Association GB, to discuss the current state of the driving instructor industry.They unpack a massive list of challenges facing approved driving instructors, including skyrocketing test waiting times. Peter provides essential clarity on the controversial regulation changes that restrict instructors from booking tests directly for pupils.The conversation also dives deep into upcoming measures to stop "test tourism," the future of ORDIT and instructor training standards, and the recent leadership transition at the DVSA. Finally, Peter shares insights on maintaining industry professionalism and how trade associations support instructors.Find more from the MSA🔥 Get More Than Just Test Passes - Join the Premium MembershipIf you're a driving instructor who wants to teach better, earn more, and stand out from the crowd, the Premium membership is where it happens. With exclusive content you won’t find anywhere else, from expert sessions to confidence coaching, business building, and beyond, this is the stuff no one else is giving you.👉 Start your free 7-day trial now: Sign up hereGet the Workbook for selected EpisodeWhen you join the email list, you’ll get a custom workbook to help you reflect, take action, and apply each episode’s message to your real-world lessons. Plus, weekly tips that actually make a difference.Sign up for The Instructor email📲 Stay Connected via WhatsAppQuick insight, links to key industry documents, and a prize giveaway on Mondays.Join the channel: whatsapp-link.comThe Instructor Podcast uses a variety of social media channels, including a Facebook group. You can join the group or follow us on the following platforms:FacebookLinkedInInstagramYouTube
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Holding a mirror up to the driver training industry, to help driving instructors run better and more profitable businesses as well as improving as instructors. I talk with a variety of experts, leaders, innovators and game changers to harness their knowledge and see how we can apply that to our business. If you share the same passion for personal and professional development as me and my guests, then this podcast can help you make the changes you need to become a better instructor and business owner.
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