The Shocking Secret about Leader and Team Development

The Shocking Secret about Leader and Team Development

“Because of how development programs are usually implemented, improved skills aren’t integrated into long-term memory. So there’s little or no change in performance, and the investment in these programs is mostly wasted.”

In five brief audios, Dennis E. Coates, Ph.D., explains this challenge and what you can do to get a payoff from leader and team development programs.

Audio #1:
“Reality #1 - Learning is Physical” (6:34)

“Participants typically enjoy the programs and many come away enlightened and motivated. But in most cases, months later, there are few if any noticeable changes in behavior to justify all the expense and effort…”

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	Audio #2: “Reality #2 - Repetition Ingrains Behavior” (5:04) “The more complex the behavior, the more repetitions you’ll need to connect the neural pathway. That much practice may sound like a big commitment, but without this 95%, you’ll never actually acquire the skill…” *Click to listen...*
	Audio #3: “Reality #3 – Why It’s So Hard to Improve People Skills” (6:32) “When it comes to people skills, we’re not talking about learning them for the first time. We’re talking about changing the way we’ve been doing them for a long, long time…” *Click to listen...*
	Audio #4: “The 95% Solution” (6:09) “Most executives believe that excellent training will do the job, when in fact, all training can possibly do is introduce the skills. It’s only the first 5% of the learning process…” *Click to listen...*
	Audio #5: “An Economical Way to Reinforce Leader and Team Skills” (7:34) “There are tools and techniques available to help you and if you implement a realistic, cost-effective plan for focused follow-up after training, you can get the return on investment you wanted from these programs…” *Click to listen...*

Dennis E. Coates, Ph.D., is co-founder of the Train-to-Ingrain alliance and CEO of Performance Support Systems, publisher of the award-winning versatile 20/20 Insight GOLD feedback system.

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