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  • Police officers attending a classroom training session while an instructor presents material at the front of the room.
    Breakdown

    Why some training changes behavior and some does not

    I’ve been through a lot of training over the years. Some of it changed the way I worked. Some of it gave me a certificate, a few pages of notes, and absolutely nothing else. The difference wasn’t always the instructor or the subject. I’ve seen organizations spend money sending employees to training, only to have…

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  • Police sergeant reviewing a report with another officer during a one-on-one coaching conversation.
    Perspective

    What being coachable actually looks like

    When I’m trying to decide whether somebody is coachable, I don’t put much weight on whether they nod, agree with me, or thank me for the feedback. I’ve seen people handle a correction perfectly in the moment and then do the exact same wrong thing on the next call. Coachability shows up after the conversation….

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Michael Saad is a law enforcement veteran whose career has taken him around the world and eventually back to where it started.

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