Training - The Pause button in your work life!
Many a times we are told by our participants - This will not work in our workplace!
or asked mockingly "Do you think these tips will help?"
Having been in the Business we all know the pressures that teams work under.
I was recently working on training topic "Annual Performance reviews."
The steps laid out for "Planning" for the Appraisal Discussion were mentioned as follow:
Stage1: Prepare the appraisee for the discussion (10 questions under this)
Stage2: Prepare yourself for the discussion (some more)
Stage3: Ensure both of you have all the information you need (3 more checklist)
Typically a manager (in the IT context) boasts of many reportees and imagine if s/he has to do the above for each of the members!
One might rightly complain - What a waste of time? Or "I don't have time" to be more modest !
Which is true.
So the question is "How do we encourage employees to invest in training?"
One of the response that I was thinking of was as follows.
Training is a 'sandbox' where you experiment with processes, tools, techniques etc
This happens in 'Slow motion'.
Time is not a factor.
However, in real life these tips, techniques needs to become their second nature!
So you will have to hit the 'PLAY' button (or Fast Forward!)
Any other thoughts?
Raju
Many a times we are told by our participants - This will not work in our workplace!
or asked mockingly "Do you think these tips will help?"
Having been in the Business we all know the pressures that teams work under.
I was recently working on training topic "Annual Performance reviews."
The steps laid out for "Planning" for the Appraisal Discussion were mentioned as follow:
Stage1: Prepare the appraisee for the discussion (10 questions under this)
Stage2: Prepare yourself for the discussion (some more)
Stage3: Ensure both of you have all the information you need (3 more checklist)
Typically a manager (in the IT context) boasts of many reportees and imagine if s/he has to do the above for each of the members!
One might rightly complain - What a waste of time? Or "I don't have time" to be more modest !
Which is true.
So the question is "How do we encourage employees to invest in training?"
One of the response that I was thinking of was as follows.
Training is a 'sandbox' where you experiment with processes, tools, techniques etc
This happens in 'Slow motion'.
Time is not a factor.
However, in real life these tips, techniques needs to become their second nature!
So you will have to hit the 'PLAY' button (or Fast Forward!)
Any other thoughts?
Raju
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