Four Things To Look For In Great Leadership Training

Smart people do their due diligence before spending money on anything these days. Here are four factors to look at when spending on leadership training.

Is the training producing the numbers and results that you are looking for? It’s best to try to figure this out by looking at the results. Look into whether the training is tracking the results and can prove it vs just taking their word for it. Many classes will have a couple people that have significant jumps in performance after the training. Usually fifteen percent of the student will produce mainly because they don’t want to waste their time and money and are very committed. Another fifteen percent will not produce because they are so stuck in their ways it’s to hard for them to change. You really want to pay close attention to the seventy percent in between.

Another thing to look at is how the class is taught. Is it experiential learning or more of a lecture class format? You want to make sure that the class is transformational and not just informational. Sometimes information can have transformational properties, but usually it does not. You really want to focus on training that is interactive and involves skits and exercises. Many people have studied the concept of win-win by reading books. The problem is that this resides in their conscious mind. They may think they believe in this concept but when it comes down to their job or budget, they start protecting their job and looking out for themselves first. This behavior is controlled by their sub-conscious. The only way you can change the sub-conscious is through an emotional experience. Great leadership training provides this experience.

Is the training connected to the result you are searching for? Companies from all over the world hire us for team building and teamwork training. When I inform them that leadership training is experiential they think that we will be doing an outdoor activity like river rafting. River rafting is fun and can help build a team but as soon that team is really tested the bond breaks. The key is to make sure the training is relevant to what result you are trying to produce. If the team has an emotional experience they can become much more connected and form a solid team that can withstand challenges together.

Take a good look at who else has completed the leadership training. The quality of people and testimonials can say a lot. I recently attended a leadership training conference not because of the speakers, but mainly because the quality of people attending. People like Steven Covey and many other well known players creates a large opportunity to build relationships with big players. Some may become friends and some could even become business partners. Another great thing to do is ask people in your industry who they go to for leadership training.

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