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Have you ever managed training managers? Walk me through your management style and why it works for you.
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Maria Cheryl Harkins is a Talent Development Consultant with over a decade of experience in sourcing, qualifying, interviewing, testing, onboarding, and training.
When you're managing trainers, you will set expectations around their work in training. For example, you check ongoing training classes, observe and give feedback, and review their training results. However, when you're managing managers, you would need to do all those things around management. The interviewer will want to hear the different management activities you associate with managing training managers. Talk about the different expectations you will set for them and the various methods you employ to help them become successful in their role.
Maria Cheryl Harkins is a Talent Development Consultant with over a decade of experience in sourcing, qualifying, interviewing, testing, onboarding, and training.
"Fortunately, training managers are very experienced in the practice of evaluation, which really helps with them having an open mind when it comes to being evaluated. The key to managing training managers is clear communications. I will set expectations up-front of what the business defines as good management and my own expectations as the Learning Director. I will utilize the same process for evaluating trainers. So, I will be observing managers when they're evaluating or coaching trainers. I will also give them thorough feedback from my observation and work with them on action plans."
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