One Knight in Product Jenny Wanger's Hot Take - Training Courses Are Useless If You Don't Engage Your Team Afterwards (with Jenny Wanger, Product Consultant & Coach)
Sep 7, 2024
In this engaging discussion, Jenny Wanger, a product consultant and educator known for her Reforge course, shares her hot take on the ineffectiveness of training without team engagement. She argues that product leaders often send teams for training but neglect to foster ongoing support, leading to minimal changes. Jenny emphasizes the importance of integrating training with organizational backing to ensure lasting impact and critiques the checkbox mentality prevalent in many companies. A must-listen for those looking to transform training into actionable outcomes!
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Training Alone Doesn't Change Behavior
- Sending product managers to training alone rarely changes how they work.
- The issue is usually what managers do or don't do after the training, not the training quality itself.
Integrate Training Within Systems
- Managers should evaluate if product managers have knowledge, time, and systems to apply new skills.
- They must integrate training within company systems to enable behavior change.
Make Training Practical and Supported
- Course creators should provide practical templates and real-world examples for immediate use.
- Companies can hold follow-up meetings to discuss and apply course learnings together.