Well, as it turned out, he had been directed by the European office to attend a top management training program in Switzerland.
“That’s nice” was my reaction.
“That’s not nice” was the Chairman’s correction to my reaction.
“Why Sir?”
As I recall, the debriefing included the following guidelines:
- You will be attending this top management training program and be expected to absorb the content from a trainer’s paradigm.
- Next, you will be required to replicate the training for your senior managers. The senior managers will in turn be required to replicate the training for middle-level managers. The quality of training must remain undiluted.
- Your role when senior managers conduct their respective trainings will be that of a coach to each of these senior managers.
- As a first step, please get familiar with the course materials contained in this packet.
I now understood this young Chairman’s predicament. Even though he was a recent Ph.D.
Random Thought:
The attributes of an effective Leader are;
- Trainer
- Coach
- Counsellor
- Facilitator
- Recognizer