Let's be honest, most training is full of knowledge, ideas, and "good stuff" but not much practice.
Paul wrote, "Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me - put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you" Philippians 4:9.
Too often, my problem is not a lack of knowledge; it is too little living out of that knowledge. Chinese philosopher Han Fei Tzu said it well: “It is not difficult to know a thing; what is difficult is to know how to use what you know.”
This is where Follow-Up Coaching comes in.
Read the full article here. Comment below.
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I teach in training events at OMF Thailand. So there is always the question: Do people what we teach when they are back in their busy routine after the event??
And as I try to implement a coaching culture in our organization, this article comes at the right time! I'm sure leaders can see this point!
Thanks a lot, Keith!
Excellent thoughts Keith. I have been working towards this process with the workshops I facilitate, but I think the missing ingredient for me has been the upfront intentionality of an ongoing process of coaching after the event. I have expected people to volunteer for ongoing coaching after the event, but it seems that it is better to articulate this as the status-quo process before the event even happens.
Another issue we face is that some of our facilitators move from one event to another and find it difficult while traveling internationally to continue this type of engagement. Is it possible that the follow-up coaching can be done by someone who is not present as a facilitator at the workshop? It seems that safety would be lost in this case.
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