Well it is one excuse for not getting your work in on time! As you know I deliver accredited programmes for both the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) and the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) and in order for the delegates to gain the qualification they have to complete assignments or homework.
I recently sent a chivvying email to a number of these delegates to encourage them to complete the assignments. The variety of responses can compare with all the excuses that teacher friends of mine get on a daily basis. It is also interesting how many people just ignore my email in the hope that I might go away!!
It is just such a shame that many people do not complete the work as they lose out on the qualification. I wouldn't mind but in most cases their companies have paid for them to attend and the government have part funded the programme to encourage the development of managers. I appreciate that people have pressures both personal & professional but there is also a responsibility of the delegates manager to encourage this development.
Part of the role of a line manager is to develop the people in your team, in fact you should be trying to develop your successor. You also have budget responsibility which is wasted on people who do not complete the qualification and this is not a great demonstration of leadership! So how are you being measured? How are you measuring your people. If all you measure is 'yes' they have attended the course that does not mean that the learning has happened it just means that the person attended the course. What you should be doing is ensuring that whatever has been learnt has met the originally identified training need.
If you complete the circle like this I will be a lot busier marking work that your people have completed!
Thanks for your time, Suzanne Unsworth
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