New Day, New Lesson

I sat in on a DiSC certification with a major client and had a marvelous time watching light bulbs go off left and right as a masterful trainer took them to new leadership heights. The participants understood how their outward behaviors had served them well and how they could learn new and exciting things from those they work with and are around every day.

Perhaps the best part of all was the reinforcement that the desire to improve one's leadership skills is very much alive and well in 2009. Many companies have obliterated their training programs and budgets, while others have realized that to do so will leave them with mediocrity at best when the economy turns around and it becomes an employee market once again. That was not lost on the leaders in the class today. They understood their OD department had found value in sharing with them skills and knowledge that will strengthen their teams, increase communication, and bolster morale.

Workplace learning and performance still has ground to gain until we no longer have to battle and fight to demonstrate our ROI. How refreshing it was to know that my high "i" is valued and appreciated, and respected by my client as a driver behind the program that left their leaders refreshed and renewed to head back to the front lines.