Learning at the Frank Sinatra School of Leadership

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When a dog lies down on command—that’s training. When Fido places an online order for a doggy bed, then lies down—that’s development. Training is about learning to do things; development is about thinking things through and deciding to do things differently. Another way to put it is that training is about “doing” while development is about “being”.

So is leadership trained or developed? Most people would say developed. If so, then why do so many employees attend leadership training courses? Is it only semantics?

Could it be that leadership training focuses mainly on external behaviors (think Situational Leadership), while leadership development focuses on acquiring the emotional and thinking skills needed to inspire and motivate others?

When organizations deign leadership programs they should think about training to “DO” and development to “BE”—or in the immortal words of Frank, “DOBE-DOBE-DO”.

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Ben Nash is the editor-in-chief of DailyHRTips.com. He is the founder and chief developer of the blog, providing tech/design support as well as tips and book reviews. Ben has held many interesting jobs in his professional career, including: barista, landscaper, public policy intern, barista (again), professional horse wrangler, ski lift attendant (aka "liftie"), political science teaching assistant, marketing and sales assistant, and an ecommerce/web developer. He also doubles as the Creative Director at Aspen Organization Development Consulting. Ben has interacted with many people, in many different organizations and offers some interesting insight on the human resources game. You can read his blog at http://www.DailyHRTips.com and visit his website at http://www.AspenOD.com.

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