We’re all very busy
so often when management requests
we attend a training session,
we look for a reason, any reason,
not to attend.
When I worked for a big beverage company
however,
we ALL attended the training sessions.
Why?
Because we knew the management team,
ranging from the CEO to our bosses,
were attending these same training programs,
and they always asked who bailed.
Yes, sometimes
they had additional management training sessions
but they always attended
the employee training sessions also.
As Bill Catlette and Richard Hadden,
authors of
Contented Cows Still Give Better Milk,
share
“There should be no executive parking spaces
when it comes to training.
Managers must participate enthusiastically
and, more important,
be able to demonstrate the skills
they expect everyone else to learn.”
If possible,
all employees of a company
should attend training sessions,
even management.