Have You Ever Taught Someone How to Drive?
I would consider myself a fairly good driver. Safe, responsible and more importantly I know what I’m doing behind the wheel. As a matter of fact, I know it so well, I generally start, stop, turn, drive, etc. without even thinking. It’s an everyday, non-emotional event (exception – beltway driving).
However, teaching someone to drive, especially a teenager, is another story altogether. How do you teach someone something that is truly second nature to you?
That’s a tricky one. But I did learn some things in the process:
1. Teaching a teenager to drive was more stressful than giving birth to said teenager.
2. The realization that cars can be death traps will:
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Hit you the second you hand your teenager the keys.
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Intensify when he/she tries to back out of the parking spot.
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Hit a crescendo the minute you hand him/her the keys to drive said death trap on his/her own.
3. There’s a reason why your car insurance rates double.
4. What is second nature - really isn’t.
So, how do you teach someone to drive? Easy, you buy them lessons (lots of them) from a licensed driving school to teach them the essentials and then you work with them to reinforce those essentials.
That’s right, using a professional who is not only trained to teach but also understands the unique training challenges of their students is far better as a “basic” skills teacher than a nervous, crazed and anxious parent. In essence, a combination of formal and informal learning proved to be more effective.
Sound familiar? In the HR world, many times we say that on-the-job training works well for reinforcing and expanding skills, but it isn’t a substitute for formal training and education.
What are your employees training needs? Why not contact The HR Team to help you figure them out.
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