Most leaders would agree leadership development is important. I would agree as well, but not the way most of it is trained.
Many times leadership training is nothing more than what I like to call “Pay, Spray and Pray.” The participant pays to show up. The trainer then sprays what they have to say. And then at the end of the course the instructor prays that each participant retains and applies what they learned – this of course assumes the instructor even cares. The result? Very little is retained and far less is ever transferred to the job of the leader.
Several years ago I wrote a popular post on this very topic. I would like to revisit four of the things every good leadership...
