Before going along to a training session it’s useful to have a good idea why you are going.

Last blog post “Dear Ann” had some ideas on the conversation to have after training, here are some ideas to consider before the training.

Here is the email from Ann, Tiffany is to attend the training and Ann is her boss.

I wonder if a meeting with an agenda like the one suggested and preparation along the lines suggested would help participants – and therefore their employer – extract more value from a training session? What do you think?

 

Hello Tiffany

An invitation

I’m writing to invite you to sit down with me and go over how we might get the most value from our investment in “Supervising Your Team”.

Here are the points I’d like us to review, and you may have some other thoughts to bring along too:

1. How can I best support you?
2. Let’s talk over and agree the results the training is expected to deliver and how those results are useful and important to contributing to our goals.
3. How a ‘day at the office’ will be different once you can successfully apply the skills learned during the training.
4. Let’s agree times for you to check in and talk through applying the skills, identify what I can do to help maintain your enthusiasm when progress seems to be frustrated.
5. Let’s agree the progress milestones to effectively apply the skills learned to the workplace.

6 thought starters

Here are some points to consider before we meet and you might want to email our trainer your responses to these questions too – let’s make our expectations clearer.

1. What did you like most about other Supervising programs you have attended?
2. What did you like least about other Supervising programs you have attended?
3. What areas of supervising would you like to strengthen?
4. How might your expertise in supervising affect your future employment and promotion opportunities?
5. What actions do you plan to take to make this program successful?
6. What will make this program in supervising stand out for you?

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