What Do I Know?

I hosted a session at work yesterday for the wellness committee that I am a member of. I was very disappointed in the trainer (brought in from outside the company) because I thought the delivery was very poor (i.e. read from the handout, monotone speech, etc.). I was surprised to see that the evaluations came back strong.

I started thinking the participants didn't know what they were talking about and I obviously did because I have a training background. Today I ran in to someone who was at the session. They and thanked me (the wellness committee) for the session because it helped them so much with recognizing the stress they have been dealing with.

Two Morals of the Story

1. I goes to show that I don't know anything. Just because I have a background in an area doesn't mean someone else can't have a contrary opinion to mine. It appears that I got caught up in a ego that I didn't think I had.
2. When it comes to receiving training, it may be more important how ready someone is to receive the training rather than how well the training is delivered