Four Benefits to Seek in Professional Development (1 of 4)
Coaching for Leaders
Dave Stachowiak
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Seek professional development programs with a structured process for behavior change. Look for time-spaced components, elements of coaching, and implementation of lessons in the workplace.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone Dave Stahoviac here, host of the Coaching for Leaders Podcast. I hope this finds you well. I'm coming to you this week with a bit more than normal. |
| 0:16.0 | This is the start of a four lesson audio course that I hope will help you make the best decisions |
| 0:23.4 | about which kinds of professional development |
| 0:26.2 | experiences you engage with. |
| 0:29.6 | It's also the opening of the Coaching for Leaders Academy. Applications are open through Friday, March 15th. |
| 0:38.4 | The Academy is an intimate cohort of participant leaders who work personally with me to accelerate their |
| 0:44.4 | leadership development and organizational results. You can find out a bunch more |
| 0:49.2 | by going over to coaching for leaders.com |
| 0:51.9 | academy. This is the first Coaching for Leaders. dot-Cademy. |
| 0:54.0 | This is the first lesson in this audio course this week |
| 0:57.5 | on four benefits to seek in professional development. |
| 1:02.0 | I get questions about this all the time. |
| 1:05.2 | I'm considering a certification should I pursue it. |
| 1:08.9 | Or my company is offering an internal leadership development program. Is that a good thing to do? |
| 1:15.0 | What about a graduate degree? |
| 1:17.0 | Should I pursue that? |
| 1:19.0 | Most programs are not inherently good or bad. |
| 1:23.6 | The bigger question is, is the program right for you right now? |
| 1:29.2 | I have spent the better part of the last 20 years, leading professional development programs, advising leaders |
| 1:36.0 | who are considering different kinds of programs, and of course attending them myself. |
| 1:41.8 | And I've come to the conclusion that there are basically four things |
| 1:46.3 | I think you should be considering to take away from a good professional development experience. |
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