{"id":20458,"date":"2010-11-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/global2020prd.wpengine.com\/insights\/trust-me-im-a-trainer\/"},"modified":"2020-03-21T08:30:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T08:30:12","slug":"trust-me-im-a-trainer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/trust-me-im-a-trainer\/","title":{"rendered":"Trust me, I’m a Trainer"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Rod Farnan, Consultant and Director<\/a>, Global Integration<\/em><\/div>\n

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Rod Farnan, Global Integration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All training, learning and development demands trust: without a degree of openness and honesty, it\u2019s hard to get to the root of, and therefore resolve, problems. My perfect customer is one who trusts me to work with them to get the best result for them: training works best when we learn about, and understand, each other.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

There is a balance though: I trust the companies I work with to provide me with a decent location to train in and to get their people there, to pay for my time and skills, and meet my travel costs. In exchange it\u2019s important that they trust me with the right information to deliver appropriate and effective training.<\/p>\n

I have worked with my longest starting client for ten and a half years, and the \u2018value-add\u2019 is constantly changing. Initially we had the \u2018wow!\u2019 factor \u2013 big institutional changes from a standard course, tailored but not deviating much from material that\u2019s really well understood within Global Integration. \u00a0This included matrix working, virtual teams, cross cultural training \u2013 the things we\u2019re great at, and well known for. For the first five years, this was really rewarding, and we witnessed changed internal behaviour.<\/p>\n

Since then, our relationship has moved on, and whilst I still tailor the more basic courses for this customer, the team now calls me to say \u2018we have a problem, how can you help?\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

This has, at times, included everything from training the CEO of one of their businesses along with his direct reports in the US and subsequent roll-out of the program for the whole organization. Whilst some might argue that I\u2019ve simply become a hard habit to break, the relationship for me, the trust we\u2019ve built, is great. \u00a0To have a company place that much trust in me is hugely rewarding.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an old-fashioned value, but trust is hugely under-rated.<\/p>\n

Rod Farnan has been training and consulting with Global Integration almost since it’s inception. He has particular expertise on working within international\/global organizations and can be contacted by email (rod at www.global-integration.com). Rod has notably worked with and within a number of healthcare and pharmaceutical organizations and has lived in both the UK and the USA – and is the only Scot on the Global Integration training and consultancy team. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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