Less than 12 hours before starting a 2-day Leadership Development workshop, the client told me that they need to take the first 1 hour away from the workshop. The new country head as the sponsor will introduce an ‘Action Project’ to the participants. The first thought came to my mind was that it may not be a good idea because:
· The ‘Action Project’ means demanding work for the participants in the coming few months. Introducing it in the beginning would probably take away the participants’ attention from the workshop
· The country head is new to most in the room. We have little idea how his speech and his project will be in the line with workshop
· Last but not the least, the participants did not know in advance that they need to work on an ‘Action Project’ at all!
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