Management Leadership Training Courses - Preparation and Expectation

By Wayne Messick

The real purpose of any well conceived and professionally delivered management leadership training course is to help managers and leaders at every level of the organization crystallize their internal and external values. The objective is to understand more clearly the difference between where each person sees themselves as going and where the collective organization sees the company itself going in its efforts to realize its true potential.

Every well respected organization wants to be better and do more and do it more profitably - while at the same time helping its employees be more fulfilled as individuals and well as team members. Employees will be happier and the company will be more profitable as a result of management leadership training courses that address their core needs.

Management leadership training programs are not designed to "fix" troubled employees, or at least they shouldn't be. They are for those who are already on board and want to be more of what it is possible for them to become as individuals - for their own personal benefit as well as for the company.

When you put groups of people together they will naturally learn from each other - maybe more than from the management leadership trainers directing the program. Learning from our peers is one of the most valuable ways to gain actionable knowledge with immediate benefits to everyone.

There are three principle components found in excellent management leadership training courses. The curriculum may not address them specifically - although when you boil down all the bullet points and lump the elements of the trainers presentations together they are there. Whether they are stated or not it comes down to this.

Naturally we all expect the program to be a transfer of knowledge. We believe that the trainers and the contents of the program contain knowledge we do not already have. Otherwise why would you spend your money and time as a participant or sponsor of the program in the first place?

Knowledge really begins with what we bring to the program. Our life experiences as well as our formal education play an important part of our total knowledge as does the osmosis factor - the way we've always done it both on the job and off. We all know that there is no substitute for doing our homework and the preparation and knowledge we bring to the table, based in our street learning is an important part of it.

That knowledge is part of who we are as individuals - our sense of self, our self-images directly relate to our performance on the job, especially as leaders and managers and should be addressed in the management leadership training process. The subconscious views of who we are, our deeply held convictions about ourselves in this or that situation, under these or those circumstances, and with one kind of person or another are vitally important when it comes to explaining our behaviors.

Our beliefs about ourselves are both personal and private as well as public. We all know people who appear one way at the office and much differently at the pub after work. You've seen one sort of behavior at the budget meeting and quite another at the ballpark. You'd never recognize them as being the same person.

Management leadership training courses must connect with the attendees on the subconscious level - so the persona they display at work is consistent with what the organization and its customers expect from them.

That doesn't mean you shouldn't paint your face in your school colors for the Homecoming game. I am suggesting that it's part of the mandate of your management leadership training to align the public self-images of your leaders and managers toward those that make the company a place people want to work and where customers receive consistent and predictable products and services.

Management leadership training courses help us grow by changing the way we see ourselves on the job. When we change our self-perception we ultimately and inevitably change our performance. When our performance changes we enhance our self-image which increases our productivity. And around and around it goes - we don't know how far, until we optimize our personal potential and make the greatest contribution possible to our organizations.

Management leadership training programs must inspire our commitment to growth. When we modify our self-image we work harder and smarter, we become committed to getting more information and knowledge. We begin to understand more completely that what we bring to the management leadership training process is at least as important as the information and printouts the trainers bring. If we expect the trainers to have all the answers we'll be disappointed. If they had all the answers they'd just email them to us.

The conclusion of the program is actually the beginning of its value to you as an individual and as a member of the leadership and management team. What's important is your commitment to personal and business growth with the contents of the management leadership training course acting as a roadmap for you and your people today and tomorrow and tomorrow after that.

Since the beginning of time, management leadership development has meant many different ways to encourage followers. Today's leaders know that being a leader means to inspire others to follow them, during good times and bad. The skills necessary to become a 21st Century leader can be learned through a management leadership training program Visit the http://www.FamilyBusinessManagement.com blog and participate in the discussion.

Business owners who think strategically, plan comprehensively, and execute flawlessly will almost certainly eclipse those who simply set goals and hope for the best. They understand the importance of developing leaders and growing managers to insure their long term success as well as its impact on their profits. They realize that the valuable impact of a management leadership training program can help them focus on what is important to them and the business for years to come.

Just like you, Wayne Messick is concerned about the continuous refinement of his strategies for productivity in these challenging times. He is the author of dozens of articles for mainstream businesses, emerging professionals and association executives and now in phase III of his career spends hours each week creating articles from his experiences.