Real Teambuiding is better than Management TrainingIn these cash-strapped times, we need to ensure that every penny invested in developing managers is going to make a real difference. We believe that Real Teambuilding will give you more measurable benefits for your investment than conventional management skills training. Here's why:
1: Training focuses on individual specific skillsThe old-fashioned paradigm of Appraisals, Training Needs Analysis, Skills Audits is based on the assumption that people are simply containers into which skills can be inserted - find out which skill is missing and send them on a course for it.
People simply don't work like that. More often than not, a problem within a team arises because of context, not because of competence.
By working with your teams within their real context, Real Teambuilding addresses the real causes and directly drives improved performance.
2: Training often takes you out of the work environment and contextPure economic need means that conventional training has to put everyone who needs, say, Assertiveness Skills into one room so they can benefit from their expert trainer talking about Assertiveness all day.
Being out of the workplace often costs more money than the course fee itself and translating the theory of the seminar room into practical actions is often very hard to do and has to be done entirely by the manager with no support.
Real Teambuilding works with your whole team within their regular work environment; skills are developed in situ and don't need to be transferred.
3: Training often relies on finding an expert who knows more than you do We often are asked to work with senior teams of very experienced managers. Like the top athletes, being at the top of your game doesn't mean you can't find ways to improve and stay at the top. Staying sharp and being the best requires that external input from a coach or mentor. We provide that outside perspective in a confidential and robust format. Real Teambuilding enables even the very best to improve thanks to its foundation in coaching and facilitation techniques.
4: Training is often a discrete event which starts and endsThe mass-production paradigm that underlies any public seminar or training course enables the cheap broadcasting of knowledge or information. The publicity materials will tell you: Knowledge becomes skills. This is only half true. Real learning, real skills involve changes in attitude and behaviour simultaneously, and this is best achieved by cyclical exposure to new ideas, not by immersion for a brief period in an out-of-work environment. By working with your team over a period of time, Real Teambuilding gives them the accountability and the confidence to develop, use and ingrain better habits and ideas.
Summary:- Real Teambuilding addresses the whole of the context in which your team operates, not jsut on individual skills of individual team members
- Real Teambuilding takes place within the team's work environment, ensuring that all learning is practical and practicable
- Real Teambuilding enables even the most competent teams and managers to strive for excellence
- Real Teambuilding sticks with you over time to ensure real, measurable, lasting improvements take place
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