“I don’t believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.”
Tom Landry
This quote from legendary football coach Tom Landry is a great reminder that your job as a trainers is not to motivate your people, it is to prepare your people. Your mission is to deliver training in a manner designed to instil competence and confidence in your officers. Your job then is to prepare them so that when they go out on the street they are prepared to perform at their highest level.
Does your training do that?
Do your officers walk away from your training sessions competent and confident in their knowledge, their skills, their tactics and their level of mental preparation?
Be cautious of making assumptions. Find a way to solicit anonymous feedback from your officers. Interview your field training officers and your street supervisors to get their opinion on the level of competence and confidence your officers possess as a result of your training. Based on that feedback determine what you need to do to make your training more effective.
Take care.
Brian Willis
Trainer, thought leader, author and a man with many questions
At Winning Mind Training we are driven by our dedication to inspiring the pursuit of personal excellence and our belief that every law enforcement officer deserves to experience awesome training.
If you like the Excellence in Training philosophy make sure you attend the comprehensive and one of a kind Excellence in Training Course. Check out our website at www.winningmindtraining.com for a list of upcoming dates and locations for the Excellence in Training Course.
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