Moonwalk: The journey of a man from twilight to full moon and from full moon to twilights

A lesson on when to give trainings

Human lives are far from perfections, and these imperfections are what make them worth living! Our lives are like roller coaster rides, wherein some days you are climbing heights and on others you are into free fall mode. It’s same like the journey of moon, wherein someday your days and works are so bright, that each person notices you and adores you, while on others you’re into twilight mode, wherein people are not even comfortable being with you, and are afraid of your coming. This is the part of the journey, part of our lives.

Even in our organizations, we go through the same journey, each one of us does. But here, the reason for exhilaration are not just limited to the hard work of the person, but the factors such as motivation from work, inputs provided by peer and seniors, the working environment and freedom, etc. also come into the play. Similarly, the twilights or the downfalls are influenced by factors such as the happenings of the personal lives of people, their expectations and outputs from the job, their journey and satisfactions on the path. The important point to be noted is that we do not live in an ideal world, but we live in intertwined world, wherein, our personal lives are impacted by our profession and so are our professional lives impacted by the workings of our personal lives.

All our lives are marked and masked by this journey from twilight to full moon and from full moons to the downfall. The Corporate leaders should understand that no change is permanent and there’s no certainty that today’s downfall would not lead to a huge leap in near future and today's leap is permanent and people would just keep on rising. As corporate leaders, we should play the role of supporters and anchors, wherever needed. When the person is down and out, it’s better to be empathetic and to understand his or her needs and to understand that the person is capable of getting out of this fate. No amount of sympathy or lessons or anything done at this time would help, and anything done out of pity would just throw him into the cocoon, and coming out will take more time. All the lessons should be given in bright, sunny days, rather than in the dark!

This especially outlines the learning and development needs. Teach and train people in happiness. For e.g. giving stress management training when people are happy is more advisable than giving same training when people are already in stress. Here, the training will itself be seen as a stress and the impact won’t be as much! It would be seen as another attempt to get more out of them. Moreover, preventions are always better than cure!

So a final word, never train or teach in the dark, don’t even bother with unwanted advise, but trust them that they’re capable and empower them to handle it. “If we know the way to downfall, we certainly do know the way out.” Keep all the trainings and advices and lessons for good times, when receptiveness is much much better!

By: Asif I. Moorani, Training Manager, CUNIX

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