Management Training Matters

Tuesday June 16, 2009

Management development is one of the critical tasks organizations face and management training claases are one option. Not everyone has the luxury of a local consultant who knows your staff and your business and can customize management training for your group.

You can develop such a relationship and then, provide management training that targets individual needs, in my favorite approach to management development.

You can also send managers to management training classes offsite. You take some chances with quality and content, but often, for small and mid-sized companies this management training is a viable option.

I’ve also worked at a major corporation with thousands and thousands of employees. We had training departments at the local, regional, and national level. Their job was developing and customizing training for the whole corporation. They also ran the apprenticeship programs for skilled trades, assessment centers to evaluate management potential, and hired national consultants to train managers in topics such as Situational Leadership and listening.

With all three company sizes in mind, I’ve put together a recommended management training curriculum. Take a look and then, notice the opportunity to add what you believe is important to develop managers and help them succeed. Both management training course ideas and other thoughts about developing managers are welcome.

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