Comments on: Training Isn’t Dead – But it Should Be

By: Mary Claire Farnell

Mary Claire Farnell — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 16:07:00 +0000

In my opinion training and development should go hand in hand. Training is acquiring a set of skills such as decision making, people skills, technical skills etc… but development is putting these skills into good use in such a way that you become more equipped with knowledge and find yourself transformed in a positive way. I’d like to highlight the word positive because some people may acquire skills and new knowledge, but these very same skills may affect their personalities in a negative way as they become egoistic, insensitive and power trippers.

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By: Glain

Glain — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:55:00 +0000

I love the title of this post Mike and completely get the point you’re trying to make. I started leading my first teams in my early 20’s and had no formal leadership “training”. It was all “sink or swim”. I learned through experience. Then, somehow found myself working for a consulting firm that focussed on leadership development and sold boat loads of leadership “training”. It’s interesting when you enter an industry from the line (my background is sales and marketing not training or hr). The problem, as I see it, is that most organizations feel that they have to put a “check mark” beside the “we’ve trained our leaders” box and then stick everyone in a classroom for a few days and hope it works. The average manager returns to his or her desk and deals with the backlog of emails and work in their inbasket and shelves their binder full of ideas. The main benefit I gained from working in a consulting firm focused on leadership is that I got to think and develop my leadership continually over the time I was there. Training on it’s own doesn’t provide learning sustainability. Development does. We need fewer “fire-hose” methods of helping leaders build skills and more “slow drip and absorb” methods to help leaders become leaders. Tools like mentoring, coaching and peer forums all give leaders the opportunity to reflect and discuss their experience and translate their insights into new actions. Training definitely plays a part, but without application and reflection, it doesn’t do much. As we’re fond of saying in our organization, “leadership isn’t learned in a binder, baby.”

By: Mike Myatt

Mike Myatt — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:06:00 +0000

In reply to Peter J.

Hi Peter:

I like to keep things simple as much as the next person, but your definition of leadership may take it a bit too far:). Leadership is far more than inspiration, motivation, and encouragement. While a positive, encouraging attitude is important, to distill the practice of leadership down to these three characteristics leaves much open for debate and discussion. An inspiring, motivating, and encouraging person without wisdom, discernment, experience, character, etc., is likely more of a pied-piper than a leader. That said, I agree that leadership can come from anyone willing to develop the requisite skills (more than three).

I took a crack at defining leadership here if you’re interested: https://www.n2growth.com/the-qualities-of-a-leader

By: Peter J

Peter J — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:06:00 +0000

Leadership is being able to motivate and inspire others.
It is something that encourages a new direction for a group and that can come from anyone who is born with this capacity or has developed it.

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By: Smith 245

Smith 245 — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 01:02:00 +0000

You obviously haven’t been developed or developed anyone in the recent past or you would find more value in it. Leadership and management techniques may be easily learned but not easily applied.