When you’re a technology leader, there’s always something new to learn — both for you and for your team.
Whether you’re migrating to or from the cloud, changing or automating a manual process, introducing a new library or language, or switching some corporate system, you and your team will often need to “upskill.”
And you want to keep your team happy, so it’s often tempting to think about how your people like to learn things. You want to get their feedback at the end of training to see effective they thought it was.
But here’s what’s surprising.
The fact that they liked the training, that it was easy to understand, that everything seemed clear … that’s often an indication that the training was not as effective as it could be.
When the training feels hard, when it demands effort, when it requires people to pay attention … that’s the kind of training that often sticks with a person. But it’s also the kind that doesn’t get good satisfaction scores.
If you’re a new manager looking to succeed with your new role, don’t count on a one-time management training program to prepare you to succeed, no matter how helpful it may have felt at the time. When you’re face-to-face with management decisions, working with a professional coach may feel more challenging, but that very challenge may be just what you need to succeed.
If you’d like to explore how a professional coaching conversation can help you with your new management responsibilities, let’s talk. Visit stevedwire.com/talk for a complimentary conversation.
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