We Can Change
A client of mine asked a question a few days ago, after a few hours of our second requirements gathering session, “what is your success rate, I mean do you have sure fire way to change human beings..”. This client was expressing a feeling most have when it comes to investing in themselves or their staff. “Will I really change?”, “Can old dogs learn new tricks?” others might ask. You at the bottom of these questions are long held beliefs that it is difficult to quantify investments in training, especially in programs or processes that involve change in human behavior. But the good news is that old Dogs can learn new tricks and it takes about 28 days to begin to see evidence that adults have learning new behaviors. The process as Samuel Smiles reminds is in forming new ways of doing things and overcoming the old ways that maybe working against us. The quotation now made famous by the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People program, Samuel Smiles says the following: “Sow a thought,...