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Tips for Trainers
The purpose of this section is to provide you with some guidelines and suggestions
that can make facilitating the exercises in this series even easier. You can begin by
reading this section thoroughly. Remember, your effectiveness as a facilitator will, in
large part, determine the success of your program. Here are some tips that will help
make your job easier:
1. Commitment
The first step in the preparation phase is to ensure that top management is fully
committed to the training program. Management must set the stage by emphati-
cally and enthusiastically expressing its position that the training program is both
needed and desirable. Without this endorsement, acceptance and cooperation at
lower levels may be only half-hearted. ...