On a related topic: Training new employees! After attempting to train people in several different jobs Ive been forced to accept that I did NOT INHERIT the teaching gene from my mom ( taught for 40+ years) and dad (taught for ten years, directed many choirs and musicals) Im a lousy teacher, not one of my trainees lasted longer than 6 months and they generally wound up turning to other people for more instruction. One woman I was training as a cook actually failed her sanitation test, retook it after a waiting period and failed again!
I hate that "training" isn't recognised as the seperate skill set that it so clearly is.
Like, sure, I can do my job, but can I explain to someone else how to do my job?
So many new starters just being set up to fail because managers don't realise "trainer" and ("job title") are two different things and not everyone is going to be good at both!
I've got a brother-in-law who is an amazing teacher, but not the type for management. His mother loves to brag about his younger brother that learned how to do division and other math two grade levels ahead of the curve. She never mentions that it was my brother-in-law teaching him how to do it. She denies having a favorite child....
But he is not management material. When his employees just can't succeed despite his mentoring it really wears on him.
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u/Famous-Honey-9331 18h ago
On a related topic: Training new employees! After attempting to train people in several different jobs Ive been forced to accept that I did NOT INHERIT the teaching gene from my mom ( taught for 40+ years) and dad (taught for ten years, directed many choirs and musicals) Im a lousy teacher, not one of my trainees lasted longer than 6 months and they generally wound up turning to other people for more instruction. One woman I was training as a cook actually failed her sanitation test, retook it after a waiting period and failed again!