001 - DEVELOPING CRE8NG COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT ENTIRE ORGANIZATIONS AND CORPORATIONS

DEVELOPING CRE8NG COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT ENTIRE ORGANIZATIONS AND CORPORATIONS

DEVELOPING CRE8NG COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT ENTIRE ORGANIZATIONS AND CORPORATIONS For 35 years I have aught or made leadership development focused sessions from keynote speeches to breakout sessions to workshops ranging from 1/2 day to full day to week long (40 hrs in a week) to training programs that lasted a week or 7 days over months or 3 integrated programs (Level I, II and III) or masters degree programs that lasted a week, 5 days 8 hours a day but unfortunately there was never this type of evaluation done to show true growth and development. What has been the missing element looking back over all of them. I truly would have loved to have been part of a program or gave a program I had evidence produce such results for the participants and the companies. Instead I have immediate evaluation form feedback, testimonial letters or follow up emails or face to face interviews with random graduates, which I have done with a few hundred out of 1500+ alumni of the masters degree program I was involved with over 15 years for CSU and the Georgia Police Chiefs Association. Not being an official in-house trainer or training director for a corporate training department or leadership development program, nor an active ATD member that was rarely part of my program. Over the two year period when I was seriously trying to become one of Bob Pikes external consultants as those I got to know in the mid-90s I did learn from one of his longest consultants and colleagues Lynn Solem a TRAINING for IMPACT MODEL that she and Bob had created for planning training programs that produced true, measurable results. Though I only did a few programs for Bob and CTTI I have used the 9-cell model with some clients who I generated who wanted to develop a significant results producing training program, plus I shared the model with every class or program on Leadership Development from 1995 onward. Alas none of my clients were willing to spend the time and money to do benchmark measurement: quantitative or qualitative; and follow-up measurements of growth, development and application of the principles or lessons of the courses. Looking back at my 35 years, especially the first 17 prior to my focusing mostly on creative thinking skill development and working mostly internationally I now question the validity of much of what I supposedly did or accomplished. Basically I see what I saw in the mid-80s when I was focused mostly on keynote speaking or weekend retreats....I was mostly SPEAKER-DU-JOUR who made interesting and funny speeches or made introductory learning fun Though for many years from 10 to 15 to 20 and in one annual Executive Development Program's case, this year 33 years in a row I have been asked back again and again and again. All this is why I truly would be interested how Shelden truly does analyze company's programs and truly measures their results. Over the 15 years I was an external consultant and member of the training team for the Management Development Division of the UGA Institute of Government we talked about this issue over and over and eventually created tests, final exams for our 6, 7 and 12 day long programs (Level I, II, & III) put never any true follow up to assess true growth and development. Oh well....BACK TO BEING SPEAKER TO DU JOUR. During the past 21 years since 1998 I have focused on creative thinking development, primarily doing annual creativity conferences as a key presenter each year with a small mix of individual corporate clients in different countries but... still like SPEAKER DU JOUR who comes in and does 90 minutes, 2 to 4 hrs or in some cases an entire day still not truly part of long-lasting skill development program though that is what I have talked about from the platform or front of the room and written about now for over 15 years. DEVELOPING CRE8NG COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT ENTIRE ORGANIZATIONS AND CORPORATIONS OR S.P.R.E.A.D.ng Cre8ng & Creative Thinking from the Front Door to the Top Floor. Hmmmm?! Oh well back to the drawing board or ivory tower to think and try again in 2020.