DISQUS

"So, let’s encourage our kids to draw outside the lines, wear clothes that don’t match, make messes, make mistakes, think really big things. Build their confidence to be active generators rather than mere passive receivers. And continue to listen and encourage them...Creativity is an act of open disobedience against the norms. Creativity is an act of courage"

Bravo!

Terry

Big money is often wasted on such leadership development programs.

And a re-entry plan is a great idea!

In Don Blohowiak's post, Dan Tobin is right on the money with his critique of most leadership training programs.

What I would add to his three points is action learning. That is, build into the program some real challenges:

- problems that the organization is trying to solve

- or goals that the organization is trying to achieve

Have the students apply the theories and concepts they are learning to these during, and after, the training.

Follow up after the training with measures to see how the solutions are benefiting the organization.

Terry

Hi Chris.

You have touched one of my "buttons" and it's hard to resist weighing in.

As "Mr. Performance Review" in several of my corporate gigs, I have had the opportunity to deal with this process up close, for many years.

There are two chief flaws in the way performance review is typicaly executed.

One is the linkage between performance and pay. While an organization should insist on people performing, the annual determination of who performed better is subjective at best. At worst, it is a flawed exercise in how to distribute a finite bucket of merit money that leaves folks feeling like they weren't adequately recognized or rewarded.

The other is the weak focus (or lack of focus altogether) on development.

If I had a magic wand, I'd wave the whole thing away and replace it with something that I believe would be quite different.....

Terry