| A group of senior executives are
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| | that uses methods that are more effective
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| finishing up a three-day program at a top
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| | than lecture, or even lecture with
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| leadership training center. They've
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| | PowerPoint and handouts. We need to use
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| already filled out evaluations of the
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| | more methods that offer opportunities to
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| courses they took and the instructors.
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| | learn from specific, relevant situations.
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| Now they're grading the facilities and
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| | And we need to use more methods that
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| meals. Soon they'll be heading back home
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| | allow for reflection.
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| to see what work has piled up while they
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| | But, just because training is different
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| were gone.
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| | from our Medieval model doesn't
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| This scene is played out countless times
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| | automatically make it effective. There
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| every day, all across the country. It
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| | are a lot of programs out there based on
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| also tells you a lot about the mistakes
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| | the principle that we have to do
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| companies make with leadership training.
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| | something special to make learning fun.
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| Companies spend millions every year to
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| | Other programs grow from the need for
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| send top managers to multi-day, off-site
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| | trainers and consultants to sell
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| leadership programs. At the same they
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| | something "new."
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| spend only about 7 percent of the
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| | That's why you have leadership training
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| training budget on first line
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| | that isn't training at all, at least not
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| supervisors.
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| | in leadership. Executives can try outdoor
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| But it's those first line supervisors
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| | adventure training which can be lots of
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| that make most of the difference. Jeff
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| | fun or they can learn leadership by
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| Immelt, current CEO at General Electric,
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| | cooking, which probably helps the
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| says that when he was a boy, he always
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| | executive be more helpful at parties. But
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| knew the name of his father's supervisor,
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| | how do either of these make you a better
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| but rarely knew the name of the CEO.
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| | leader? None of these trendy methods seem
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| That's normal.
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| | to do much about helping you learn
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| First line supervisors determine whether
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| | leadership, but they're a fun way to
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| workers are engaged or not. They're the
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| | spend the training budget.
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| leaders who assure that teams have both
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| | Here's another really important thing. A
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| high morale and high productivity. Why
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| | lot of great classroom training never
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| not spend some training money on them to
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| | finds its way back to the workplace. It
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| help them do a better job?
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| | never seems to make any difference in
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| The other thing wrong with spending
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| | what the leader-trainee does.
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| leadership training money on senior
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| | That's because companies spend their time
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| managers is that they're not likely to
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| | and money on the training and forget
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| change much. A manager who's been plying
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| | about the learning. That's up to the
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| the leadership trade for a couple of
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| | individual, but companies usually don't
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| decades isn't likely to make a big,
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| | even bother to set learning expectations
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| effective behavioral change because of a
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| | or check to see whether a trainee is
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| couple of classes.
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| | using what he or she was taught. They
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| To make matters worse, most leadership
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| | should.
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| training uses ineffective methods.
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| | Marshall Goldsmith reviewed how well
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| Companies spend millions every year on
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| | 86,000 leadership training participants
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| classroom-based training that isn't much
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| | actually learned from the experience. He
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| different from what you'd see if you
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| | found that the people who went home,
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| could go back in time to almost any
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| | talked about the learning and worked,
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| Medieval university.
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| | deliberately to implement new behaviors
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| In both cases there's one person in front
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| | learned best. But those who just went
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| of the room talking to a bunch of other
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| | back home and did no follow-up showed no
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| people. Oh sure, today there would be
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| | improvement at all.
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| PowerPoint slides and the seats might be
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| | The sad fact is that we know how to do
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| more comfortable, but Martin Luther would
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| | good leadership training; we're just not
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| have no trouble recognizing what's going
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| | doing it. Here are some things your
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| on.
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| | company should consider.
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| In this medieval training model, the
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| | Spend time and money training your first
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| instructor lays out some basic principles
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| | line supervisors and new managers. Help
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| and then works down to specific
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| | them put together a self-development plan
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| applications. That might be great for the
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| | that will help them learn on the job.
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| teacher, but it's not the way that most
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| | You'll get the most bang for your buck
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| human beings learn best.
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| | that way.
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| Think about any baby you've been around.
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| | Make sure the leadership training you
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| There's not a general principle in sight.
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| | choose addresses specific skills and uses
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| The baby sees things, touches things,
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| | effective instructional techniques. Set
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| runs into things and tastes things and
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| | specific learning objectives for everyone
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| then turns all those experiences into
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| | you send to training.
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| general principles.
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| | Make sure that people who go through
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| That's how most adults learn, too. The
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| | training get help and encouragement when
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| most effective sequence is from specific
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| | they get back on the job. Follow-up to
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| point or experience to general principle.
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| | see that they're working to implement
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| What we need is more leadership training
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| | what they learned.
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