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If you missed it, you’ll benefit from getting the background with <a href="http://careerjolt.net/how-to-leverage-training-pt-1-make-it-a-whole-team-activity/" target="_blank">How to Leverage Training (Pt. 1) — How to Make it a Whole Team Activity</a>. This sets the stage for what’s in this segment.</p> <p><span style="color: #003366;"><strong>We’ll report on our progress incrementally<br /> </strong></span></p> <p>When I decided to write about our shared training experience I figured I would let it all play out, and then report on the outcome. That changed when I mentioned it to some people who said<strong> they had never seen this particular strategy implemented</strong> before and wanted to know how we were doing.</p> <p>There really are several story lines that evolve during a program like this, and you rarely get all of the detail and context in a wrap up report, so we’ll roll it out as we go. There may be a few bumps along the way, but that’s part of the game.</p> <p><span style="color: #003366;"><strong>Quite often it’s the simplest of things that matter</strong></span></p> <p>The event we attended was about leadership, and was heavily slanted toward creating or improving relationships. Your training may be about a better process to develop the ultimate widget. That’s fine, because <strong>this process works with any type of course or learning</strong>.</p> <p>In our first session we rediscovered the importance of smiling when we talk. It’s so simple and means so much. Most people don’t do it or, worse, grin for an instant and then get back to their “business face” as soon as they can.</p> <p>Try to walk around all day long, putting a consistent smile on your face as you talk with people. This is not just in the office or plant but with clients, the dry cleaner, grocery store, restaurant — everywhere. See if you don’t notice a difference in your tone, as well as a difference in how others respond to you.</p> <p>A few of our team members had done it and one, Jordan, said that he was excited <strong>when he saw that his smile had affected others</strong>. It reinforced in him the importance of reflecting a positive and upbeat attitude.</p> <p><span style="color: #003366;"><strong>The success of others is contagious</strong></span></p> <p>Just because we produce training workshops doesn’t mean that everybody on our staff is a walking, talking embodiment of every principle we promote. Some people are less comfortable than others in trying things, and we have the same challenges that our clients do.</p> <p>We work with people to nudge them forward, but sometimes those breakthroughs take time.</p> <p>I can give my training to our team until I’m hoarse and blue, and people will smile and nod — but no change is guaranteed. However, having Jordan discuss his success and enthusiasm could impress a coworker to give it a try <strong>INSTANTLY</strong>.</p> <p>Though I try to give everybody as much room as possible and constant encouragement, I’m not seen as a peer. I’m a lot older than others on our staff and there is some feeling that it’s easier for me to conduct business because of my experience or years in the public eye. Jordan is seen as a peer so his experience is the same as theirs. <strong>Thus, in this instance, his input has much more impact</strong>.</p> <p><span style="color: #003366;"><strong>What are you grateful for?</strong></span></p> <p>Our second session brought out the concept of gratitude. What are we grateful for? Each person at the table expressed their feelings and in some cases the list was long. People gave their thanks for a relationship with God, their family, good health, their job and coworkers, and numerous other things they thought were valuable to them. Just saying these things out loud was meaningful.</p> <p>Nobody was fidgeting or otherwise distracted. Everyone’s attention was fixed on each person, as we went around the table.</p> <p>While the discussion was indeed valuable we’re going to go a step farther. <strong>Each of us will write down what we’re grateful for and then we’re going to have the lists laminated</strong>. We’ll be able to remind ourselves on a daily basis, and I know there’s great value in that because we all have a tendency to forget in the rush to get things done and when we’re under pressure.</p> <p><strong>It’s easy to forget what’s good in our lives</strong>. This visual reminder should change that.</p> <p>I’m also encouraging everyone to post their gratitude lists at their desk, where anybody can read it. Why? Because knowing each other on that level is important. <strong>If I know that you value some of the same things I do, then we have extra bonds between us</strong>. Understanding and compassion grow from that knowledge. This will help bolster relationships that are already good.</p> <p>This is one of those intangible benefits that come out of a program like this. Often, those are worth more than any technical breakthrough or great idea that may be generated.</p> <p><span style="color: #003366;"><strong>Anticipated payoff<br /> </strong></span></p> <p>I think we’ll come up with a few of those ideas as we brainstorm in these sessions and I’m confident that it will have a positive effect on our productivity.</p> <p>More than that, I can see that it already has drawn us a little bit closer. Whatever we lost that day by closing the office should be returned to us in multiples over time and, as stated, <strong>the reward will be in more ways than just money</strong>.</p> <p>To be continued…</p> <p><em><strong>Comments? Observations? 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There is much to learn along the way! All too often people look at training as a once and done kind of thing. That may be true of training but not so of learning anything new. Your point about the importance of peer participation and encouragement stands out for me. That is key to taking anything from concept to reality in an organization. It’s also hard to bring something back to our peers when we have gone off on our own - our peers are more likely to just tease us about “drinking the coolaid” rather than show a genuine interest in what we learned.</p> </div> </div> <div class="comment wrap" id="comment-210"> <div class="col-left"> <div class="inside"> <img src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=0490e2e6b8aa592d60b7bfe318b9ff81&rating=X&size=70" alt="" /> <p>admin<br /></p> </div> </div> <div class="col-right"> <p>You’re right, Susan. Your reference to “drinking the coolaid” is spot on. </p> <p>You’ve seen what I have, people who come back from a seminar with the speaker’s words on their lips, only to find that when push came to shove they fell back upon old habits and beliefs. </p> <p>There’s usually so much information given in a training session I always tell people to try to come away with no more than three ideas they can use right away. If they have more, then come up with the first three, the second three, and so on.</p> <p>Then, prioritize the three and act on them.</p> <p>This eliminates overload and forces the individual to choose — the hardest thing for all of us to do.</p> <p>Lord knows if we just implemented ONE idea from each such training — and did it EVERY TIME — we’d all be a lot farther down the road than we are.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div id="form_wrap"> <h2 class="lc">Leave a reply</h2> <form action="http://careerjolt.net/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform" class="wrap"> <div> <div class="col-left"> <input type="text" name="author" id="author" tabindex="1" value="Name " onfocus="if (this.value == 'Name (required)') {this.value = '';}" onblur="if (this.value == '') {this.value = 'Name (required)';}" /> <input type="text" name="email" id="email" tabindex="2" value="Email " onfocus="if (this.value == 'Email (required)') {this.value = '';}" onblur="if (this.value == '') {this.value = 'Email (required)';}" /> <input type="text" name="url" id="url" tabindex="3" value="Website (optional)" onfocus="if (this.value == 'Website (optional)') {this.value = '';}" onblur="if (this.value == '') {this.value = 'Website (optional)';}" /> </div> <div class="col-right"> <textarea rows="9" cols="10" name="comment" tabindex="4" onfocus="if (this.value == 'Type your comment here...') {this.value = '';}" onblur="if (this.value == '') {this.value = 'Type your comment here...';}">Type your comment here...</textarea> <input type="image" name="submit" tabindex="5" src="http://careerjolt.net/wp-content/themes/busybee/styles/blue/img_leave_comment.gif" class="sb" /> </div>  <input type="hidden" name="comment_post_ID" value="625" /> <p style="clear: both;" class="subscribe-to-comments"> <input type="checkbox" name="subscribe" id="subscribe" value="subscribe" style="width: auto;" /> <label for="subscribe">Notify me of followup comments via e-mail</label> </p> </div> </form> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-right">  <div id="sidebar">  <div id="widgetized"> <div id="search_main" class="block"> <form method="get" id="searchform" action="http://careerjolt.net"> <div> <input type="text" class="field" name="s" id="s" value="Enter keywords..." onfocus="if (this.value == 'Enter keywords...') {this.value = '';}" onblur="if (this.value == '') {this.value = 'Enter keywords...';}" /> <input type="image" src="http://careerjolt.net/wp-content/themes/busybee/styles/blue/img_search.gif" class="submit" name="submit" /> </div> </form> </div> </div>  <div id="tabs" class="block"> <ul id="idTabs" class="wrap tabs"> <li><a href="#pop">Popular</a></li> <li><a href="#comm">Comments</a></li> <li><a href="#tagcloud">Topics</a></li> </ul> <div class="inside"> <ul id="pop"> </ul> <ul id="comm"> <li> <img class="thumbnail" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2d9fdbf9b0ff0835a5d0bdecd06977f9&size=35" alt="" /> <a href="http://careerjolt.net/effort-vs-production-%e2%80%94-getting-people-on-the-correct-page/#comment-3420" title="on Effort vs. Production — Getting People On the Correct Page"> Success Mindset: I Like to read about success mindset.Got your page... </a> <br style="clear:both" /> </li> <li> <img class="thumbnail" src="http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=0490e2e6b8aa592d60b7bfe318b9ff81&size=35" alt="" /> <a href="http://careerjolt.net/kids-and-working-we-need-to-get-to-them-earlier/#comment-1637" title="on Kids and Working: We Need to Get to Them Earlier"> admin: @Scott — Exactly. 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