Working with Dad!

I finally went ahead and did it. Worked with my dad. He is a trainer (leadership, teamwork, etc.) and had a rather large and important client who needed a team building workshop. Told me to help him with the whole thing and I did, and let me tell you it was awesome! Working with your parent wherever possible is something that I hope everyone does, simply because of the sheer exponential learning and surge of confidence you get from the experience.

The program that we did was spread over three days. We had conciously decided to make it a no presentation, no classroom lecture training. Instead we had games that simulated real world learnings in a very non-descript and fun atmosphere. What is different about our program is that unlike a lot of the other programs out there, these games are neither extremely challenging physically nor are they classroom based strategy sessions.

The major challenges for me were creating the environment, getting 26 total strangers who were older than me and more technically capable than me to respect me and trust me. These things come naturally to my father who had total command over the audience as soon as he started. To me, however, this was a first

What this also means is that I will be taking up more of these programs as and when they come with my father and can easily say that I am really confident in taking these up now.

So personal pat-on-the-back for me