It’s hard to learn something without studying, and it’s hard to get good at anything without practicing.
· Learning is a participative sport.
· You must get engaged to be any good.
Throughout my active HR career, I taught lots of management classes to our managers and supervisors. Many of the participants spoke up that their managers needed to take those same courses so they knew what it was that was being taught and should be reinforced. That to me is the essence of corporate learning – that supervisors get actively involved in coaching, mentoring, and reinforcing the things they want their subordinates to get good at. Those same actions are also the essence of employee relations – where managers and their direct reports work together, understand each other, and are aligned in the things that matter to the company. If you have employees that are taking classes, reading these messages, or learning new things in other ways – find out what they think, ask them questions to determine if they understand the material, watch their work to see if they know how to use the new things they learned, and coach them as needed to practice. Don’t wait for them to fail – that’s the worst thing you could do. Get involved to help your peeps learn to be all they can be today.
Thomas Zachariah Glazer (1914 – 2003): American folk singer and songwriter
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