This Tip lists aspects of training and consulting that I don’t like, including documents that are difficult to read or complete.
“Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.” George Bernard Shaw
Aspects of Training and Consulting That I Don’t Like
What I don’t like:
- Small fonts in corporate templates
- Grey letters on a black background
- Forms sent through the mail that have to be written rather than typed
- Proposals that receive no response
- Corporate clients who pay 45-60 days after invoicing
- The requirement to take credit cards in order to be able to have work with federal government agencies
- PowerPoint slide printouts as participant handouts
- PowerPoint slides filled with tiny print
- Banks and credit unions that charge service fees on business accounts
- Conferences that provide no speaker room for materials and equipment
- Participants going in and out of the classroom, taking phone calls
- Participants texting during class
- Training rooms with no windows
- Training rooms where the temperature cannot be controlled
- Room set ups that have half of the participants seated with their backs to the front of the class
- Delayed and cancelled airplane flights
- Having to race to get to my next plane
- Long airplane flights
- Tiny crowded seats on airplanes
- Losing my luggage
- Having to pay for wireless access in hotel rooms
- Having to move heavy tables and chairs to set up training rooms
- Not knowing the language of the country I’m visiting
- Cigarette smoke in hotel lobbies (in other countries)
What would you add to this list?
May your learning be sweet,
Deborah
