It's Important To Learn And Properly Use Correct Techniques

The best professional athletes realize that they must constantly hone their skills, to optimize their results. That is why top golfers hire swing coaches; gymnasts have coaches; football, baseball and basketball players all have coaches, etc. If athletes understand the need to use the best possible technique in order to be the best they can be, why don't all of the rest of us stress using best methods and techniques in all they do.

When I was the Executive Division Coordinator, as well as Director of Training for an investment company, we emphasized that all our representatives continuously reviewed and "role played" so that their techniques would be as close to perfect as possible. Even when you are optimally trained and ready, something can always go wrong, so doesn't it make sense to give yourself the best chance by working on your techniques and fundamentals.

For the past three decades, as I've conducted training sessions, management training, self-help seminars, and leadership training, etc., I have emphasized the need to perfect technique, and understand the necessary basics. I am to this day befuddled that there are individuals who ascend to leadership roles, who feel that they "know it all" already, and need no enhancement to their skill set.

The more in denial a leader is about his own limitations, the less possibility he has of being effective. Effective leaders always seek more knowledge, training and expertise, so that they are as well prepared for any eventuality as possible. I refer to leaders that do not wish to enhance their skills as "arrogant," and believe that if organizations actually qualified their leaders according to professionally prepared criteria, that many of the "arrogant" individuals would never be considered qualified to ascend the leadership ladder.

Leaders require varied skills, and those willing to accept that they don't know everything about everything are almost always far more effective in their positions and their decisions.