Well, yes. BUT. Most HR trainers are terrible at
training (at least, in the US they are. Maybe in Israel
they're different).
Adults learn well when they're engaged. That means
writing things down, practicing, talking to each other.
It doesn't mean sitting there waiting for the trainer to
pour knowledge into their heads.
What I do is attempt to give the people who organize the
training the kinds of material they want (those
ubiquitous PPT slides) that allow me the freedom I need
to actually teach. I have (so far) only one workshop
where I have no slides (the interviewing workshop). I
can manage slides for the rest.
The part that you're entirely right about is not
fighting/discussing this with the people who pay the
bills. You're right -- be smart enough to figure out how
to accommodate their needs and they'll buy your
training. A good compromise.
Well that's a trap many experts fall into. You spend so
much time studying a technology or subject and you start
to believe your own hype. But someday you realize that
in doing so, you're out of touch with others. You
communicate a lot better with humility, even when you
are right. Besides, there's always someone out there
smarter and better. I've caught myself being a pompous
a-hole before many times and try to minimize that
attitude.