What training do Slimming World Consultants receive?
The quality of our service is delivered through our people and we maintain our very high standards by selecting only the very best to become Slimming World Consultants, staff and managers. There is a strong management support structure with regular re-training and a real emphasis on quality of service provision. All Consultants are recruited from successful group members and are carefully selected through an interview process to ensure they have the necessary skills to empower and support people in their weight management.
Slimming World has a dedicated training department which, within the Slimming World Academy, co-ordinates the development and delivery of tailored training to all of its Consultants and managers. Slimming World Consultants receive specific training in dietary aspects of weight management, the role of physical activity in weight control and importantly, advanced training in behaviour change. The training is supported by a team of registered nutritionists and dietitians at Slimming World’s Head Office.
How long do members stay?
Members can access our groups for as long as they feel they need our support. Slimming World groups have the benefit of not being limited in the number of weeks’ support we can offer, so if a member has a lot of weight to lose we can support them through their whole journey. Past members are always free to re-join if they feel they need support once again in managing their weight, and for some this practice of re-joining when needed is a very effective way of managing their weight long-term. Welcoming members back in a non-critical, non-judgemental way is key for their success.
What are your long-term success rates?
Our research shows that on average members lose around 4% of their body weight in 12 weeks and 8% in 6 months. Member retention is a key measure of successful weight loss. Around 11% of our members are target member attending free of charge to maintain their personally chosen target weight. However, we do not measure our success by the number of attending target members as many decide to visit the group less frequently and some decide they are happy to ‘go it alone’ once they reach a target they are happy with. Our aim is to empower members to make lifestyle changes to manage their weight – changes which they can comfortably make for life.
Do you have other options for people not wanting to attend group?
For those people who are unable to or would prefer not to attend a local group, Slimming World Online offers a web-based weight loss programme based on the same healthy eating plan, the same step-by-step activity programme and empowering support towards behaviour change using online versions of the motivational tools used in groups.
Can men join?
Most certainly! Slimming World has around 60,000 members who are men and 222 male Consultants. When they make the decision to join, we find that men generally achieve excellent weight losses in Slimming World groups. A survey of Slimming World men-only groups showed that of the men who had been attending for 12 weeks, 91% had reduced their weight by at least 5% and 34% had lost 10% or more. Of those who had been members for 24 weeks, all had lost 5% of their body weight and the majority (69%) had lost 10% or more.
We often find that men are generally more focused when they start on a healthy eating plan, with less social pressures than women feel, and fewer negative feelings about previous attempts to lose weight. Men tell us they appreciate the fact that, due to the generosity and flexibility of Slimming World’s healthy eating plan, they don’t have to give up the foods they love most, whether that be beer, chips or curry for example.
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Discover how we select the very best to become Slimming World Consultants, staff and managers.
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FAQs
Questions are important because they help us create a framework for understanding and discovery, whereas answers are (at most) temporary fixes to our problems. Both questions and answers must be updated over time as things change.
Are FAQs still relevant? ›
If you write clear web content that is easy to navigate and answers your readers questions, you will not need to create a FAQ. FAQs often cause your readers more frustration. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) can be overwhelming and leave your customers searching through a sea of content.
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How To Handle FAQs Effectively
- Keep the structure logical, clear, and simple.
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FAQs should always be short and to the point. Aim to answer each question as succinctly as possible. If any require longer answers, consider providing a short answer with a link the user can click on if they need more information.
Who said questions are more important than answers? ›
Einstein once said: “If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the answer, I would spend the first 55 minutes figuring out the proper questions to ask. For if I knew the proper questions, I could solve the problem in less than 5 minutes.”
Is asking too many questions controlling? ›
Asking Questions Instead of Listening
Being the only one asking the questions is a known tactic for asserting authority and keeping control. Being made to answer questions, rather than share your thoughts, makes sense if you are in a police line-up.
What is the disadvantage of FAQ? ›
FAQ sections are not user-centred because a user has no way of knowing if their question is “frequently asked”. They are easy for writers to create, but inconvenient for readers to use. They are often used not as a way of answering users' questions but as another dumping ground for PR propaganda.
Why don't we use FAQs? ›
They are not a helpful way of structuring and providing information. People don't navigate websites looking for FAQs. They scan a page for words or links that work towards their aims. For instance, they look for the term 'Planning applications' rather than 'Frequently asked questions about planning'.
Why are FAQs frequently asked questions important? ›
Frequently asked questions, or FAQs as they are known, are a great way to improve your customer's experience of your website. It allows you to answer the questions that are most commonly asked surrounding your product or service. At the same time, there are also many other benefits to having FAQs on your website.
What are good FAQs? ›
An effective FAQ page should include a clear and concise introduction, questions and answers divided by categories, links to additional resources, and a search function to help visitors quickly find the answers they are looking for.
Fewer than five questions might indicate you haven't done your research… or that you didn't need an FAQ to begin with. Fielding dozens of questions isn't good either, but if they're all necessary, consider splitting your FAQ into multiple pages.
How do you answer Q&A effectively? ›
Here are 17 tips to keep in mind when preparing to answer difficult questions effectively and constructively:
- Prepare for tough questions. ...
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An FAQ page (short for Frequently Asked Question page) is a part of your website that provides answers to common questions, assuages concerns, and overcomes objections. It's a space where customers can delve into the finer details of your product or service, away from your sales-focused landing pages and homepage.
How long should an FAQ be? ›
When someone finds an FAQ page they want specific information, not a marketing pitch or a long story. 4. Keep answers short: Getting a straight, quick answer to your question is a relief. So keep answers to a short paragraph if you can, less than 100 words.
Why are questions very important? ›
Questions are useful tools, they open lines of communications; give us information; improve interactions, facilitate analysis and diagnostics of a situation; allow us to propose our own ideas; help to understand the priorities of others; stimulate motivation to learn; motivate creativity and more importantly scientific ...
Why is a question better than a statement? ›
Questions naturally require and spark thinking at deeper levels than just statements. For example, if I instructed you to develop a back-up plan for the business, even if you're technically proficient, you only see through your own eyes and your perspective is limited. It's based only on your interpretation.
Why why is the most important question? ›
Although suffering comes from the pursuit of why, from traversing the wasteland, beyond it lies far more than a mind could understand in a lifetime, and so it is in this discovery that 'why? ' becomes the single most powerful and important question someone could ask.
Is philosophy more about questions than answers? ›
PHILOSOPHY ADDRESSES FOUNDATIONAL QUESTIONS. These are questions the answers to which inform our basic understanding of one or another domain of inquiry, or some fundamental aspect of the world or ourselves or our relation to the world. Philosophical inquiry is therefore not restricted to any particular subject matter.
