Great comments John!!
Thanks for your insights...
Related to training requests that clearly aren't training needs I have
asked these questions:
1. What would you like to see happen as a result of the workshop?
2. What do you see in the workshop that will lead you to reach your outcome?
3. How receptive are you to other approaches?
These seem to help pull folks off "fixing" people and focusing on the
problem 1st.
On Wed, 15 May 1996 JOHNWFIELD@aol.com wrote:
> It is sometimes possible to ask the client questions like this:
>
> o If you understand what needs to be done, why haven't you been able to do
> it so far?
>
> o If you understand what needs to be done, why do you need a consultant?
>
> o Or, perhaps less pointedly, and with a naive stare: what is it that you
> think that I bring to the table other than the ability to follow
> instructions?
--Bill Hendry | work e-mail: sfidba@thpl.lib.fl.us Organizational Development Consultant and Trainer Hillsborough County, FL (813) 276-2727, fax (813) 276-2197
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