02.18.10
The Summit, Carl George and Leadership Training
Ben Reed is a guest blogger here at the Lifeway Small Groups blog. He regularly blogs for Life and Theology. You can also find him on Twitter HERE.
The Summit started out with a series of questions asked to each of the 9 guys who presented (10 experts were there, but Rick Howerton moderated).
Up third, Carl George. Here's the question he had:
How do you do leadership training?
It's a good distinction to keep in mind: training is different than coaching. Training has an educational and a behavioral dimension to it.
I always start with, "What do you want to learn?" Then, I take from them the places where they're "itching" for more knowledge and behavior improvement.
I've found that people who are willing to learn, and are willing to talk through upcoming stressful assignments that will take place in their leadership positions, are able to be trained well.
Can you answer the question, "What do you want to learn?"
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