How
to Design Your Personal Training Program
Would you like
to earn more than you are currently earning?
There are a few options available: 1. Rob a bank 2. Marry a
rich woman (or man) 3. Somehow get into the testament of a
rich, old and terminally afflicted uncle 4. Bring a small,
unnoticeable digital
camera to the next office Christmas party and capture
evidence, for blackmail purposes, of (drunk) coworkers
engaging in shockingly inappropriate behavior 5. Train
yourself to become more productive at work.
If, like most people, you are sane and have a minimal sense
of morality, you probably would go for option #5. (I tried
the other options but they don't work).
The key question then is, “How do you develop a personal
training program that will help you acquire and refine
skills that will lead to better performance and, ultimately,
to increased earnings?”
That's a great question and I have absolutely no clue as to
how it can be done.
But wait, I just remembered about a powerful framework that
instructional designers are using to create effective
training programs. It's called the A.D.D.I.E. Framework:
- Analysis
of learner's needs
- Design
of the training program or course
- Development
of the course or seminar
- Implementation
of the course or program
- Evaluation
of training outcomes
As usual, I like to provide my unsolicited two cents, so
I've added a “P” to the acronym so it becomes
P.A.D.D.I.E. (great, now this acronym belongs to me):
- Performance
analysis
- Analysis
of performer's needs
- Design
of personal training program
- Development
- Implementation
- Evaluation
How does this work?
First, you identify the one task you do at work that
produces the key outcome for which you are paid. It can also
be a set of interrelated tasks.
In general, 20% of the tasks you do every day contributes to
80% of the value you produce.
Next, you identify your current level of mastery for each
key task. For example, if you're a public speaker and the
best in your field scores a “10” and you score, in your
own self-evaluation, a “5”, then you know you have to
improve to a “6” or a “7.”
To do this, you design (on paper) a personal training
program and develop it (with tangible tools and equipment
and control charts) and finally implement it over the next
few weeks.
To continue with our public speaker example, you might want
to practice for 15 minutes every day using an MP3 recorder
and reviewing your audio recordings for self-evaluation and
improvement.
For example, early in his career, Anthony Robbins practiced
his public speaking skills at home for two hours every day.
And look where he is now!
Finally, you
need to have a way of evaluating how effective your training
program is. It's important here to be objective. For instance,
you can ask clients or coworkers if, in their opinion, you
have indeed become better at the major tasks involved in your
work.
Or you can design performance indicators that will objectively
tell you how your performance has increased, as a result of
the training.
The key to success is to develop a personal training program
that is systematic and based on a sound framework, such as the
P.A.D.D.I.E. framework above. Once you succeed in
systematizing your personal training, your rise in the
corporate world is virtually guaranteed and great success will
come as surely as night follows day.
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