One of my biggest lessons I first learnt as a trainer was that “training hasn’t happened until behaviour has changed back on the job and becomes a new habit.” Training is the start. It has to be relevant and have good content, but unless the trainee adopts
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I am often asked, when I facilitate our training course on how to effectively coach your team, how often should I be coaching my team. My answer is, well all the time! While said in jest as I know this is simply not possible, coaching your team
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The documentary series “The Last Dance” was a big hit in 2020 as it told the story of how Michael Jordan played a massive part in leading the Chicago Bulls to six NBA titles in eight years. It was a very interesting insight into the man himself,
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Having been in a training role for 25 years plus, and trained well in excess of 30,000 people, one of the key success factors that comes through strongly as a positive trait is the ability to be coachable. When team members are coachable, they are always open
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I am a big fan of Jim Collins, the author of a number of books, with my favourite being “Good to Great”. If you haven’t read this book, I’d strongly suggest you do, as it contains great lessons for becoming a better leader. Jim has been recently
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A recent report from Deakin Co. and Deloitte Access Economics has found that there is a massive gap between business investment in recruitment relative to the investment in formal training. Australian businesses spend $7.5 billion each year on recruitment, but only $4.5 billion on training. That’s a
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I’ve always thought that team members learnt most of what they need to know from their manager. It’s usually their manager who inducts new team members, shows them the basics and teaches them what to do. We are big believers that managers have to lead by example,
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