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thinking strategicaly about people development. If you are
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Leading on from that article here are the 4 big mistakes made by
organisations.
A. Not thinking about training and development within the big
picture context
i.e. as a whole system. Instead, many companies do it in
piece meal bits and pieces.
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B. Coaching for people who are already very highly aware and have
some
concerns with the business could result in them leaving your
organization.
The higher returns may come from those who are not currently
living up to
the values. Though coaching the best people is a great privilege
for a coach.
C. Running Team Development programmes for people who have had
little or
no personal development and don't realise that they may need to
change
themselves. Instead they think that everyone else needs to
change.
I ran a programme for a board where a senior person with some
clear
development opportunities said in his feedback 'I was very
impressed at how
much my colleagues gained from it'! He sat through it not
appreciating the
value for himself to get into personal flow. Ego was stopping him
from growing.
If he had had some great coaching first, he may have gained more
value.
D. Avoid sending people on non tailored training skills
programmes. It is best
that programmes are tailored to your culture. Otherwise,
behaviours can
develop, which may not be in line with your organisational way of
doing things.
Take negotiation programmes for example. There are some
programmes out
there where the behaviours learned negatively impact your
brand.
Beating up suppliers afterwards on price and making it a game,
negatively hits
your brand, reduces collaboration and damages relationships.
Focus on collaboration if you want to beat the competition!
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