Peter Drucker, one of my inspirations on business and management, passed away on Friday. He was 95 years old. Elliott Masie sent out a few words in an e-mail on Peter Drucker, including this comment:
I had the privilege of meeting Peter Drucker almost fifteen years ago. We had a conversation about the role that "training" could play (or not play) in the development of effective leaders. He challenged me to ask 100 leaders how they became leaders and to listen carefully to their answers. He predicted that I would find that the leaders pointed to strong role models, mentors who were brave enough to tell them the truth and opportunties that allowed them to perform, rather than slickly packaged leadership courses.
In tribute to Peter Drucker, and his incisive mind, let’s continue to ask the tough questions. Is there a direct link between training and performance? Is there a direct link in the specific case that you are involved with?
Too frickin right!Too frickin right!
Outside of purely skills based stuff (and even then not exculsive of) unless training is facilitative of the kind of learning that he’s talking about then it’s a big ol’ waste of time.
Relationships, communication, authentic experiences… the man was in the wrong field!