In many cases, a person’s heart’s inclination is to receive personal, one-on-one help tailored to their needs.
The thought behind this makes sense, I will have a place to process, think, and ask, all in a comfortable and intimate way.
Also a kind of “making the most of time to my advantage.” And that’s great!
Many managers think that in order to promote a person, personal meetings and promotional processes such as personal training for managers are necessary.
Definitely an important, significant, influential and contributing move.
But there is another point that is very, very significant in my experience that does not apply one-on-one and is very much present in a professionally guided group, and that is the possibility of seeing different points of view, hearing things I had not thought about, or hearing a position that until now I thought was illogical through another person takes on an interesting meaning.
Hearing my opinion through others, understanding the way I manage to convey my thinking, hearing my words and their implications out loud is only possible in a group. Sharing in a group has enormous power in understanding ourselves even if we haven’t spoken, even if it wasn’t always ours.
The fear that accompanies such a move sometimes stems from the fear of “what if I suddenly say something that reveals weaknesses, maybe they’ll use it against me later,” etc. These fears are understandable, but with proper professional guidance and appropriate work goals, the value that the group provides to the individual and to the group as a whole is very significant.
What is important is to adapt to the need, to the point in time, and to understand what will have the most significant effect in the face of the challenge. So individually or together? Alone or in a group? One of the most significant parameters is what the challenge is.
Does it belong to just one person, for example, specific personal behavior, or are these issues related to the culture of discourse in the organization, to the perceptions that govern the group and produce behaviors that harm everyone’s progress?
Whether you are a manager who keeps your cards close to your chest or not, your behavior as a leader will affect the behavior of the group, and over time, this will be established as the culture of discourse and the way of conducting oneself in the group.
