{"id":16834,"date":"2017-05-18T13:22:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T11:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.targettraining.eu\/?p=16834"},"modified":"2018-06-06T12:29:17","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T10:29:17","slug":"key-tips-english-phrases-next-lessons-learned-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.targettraining.eu\/de\/key-tips-english-phrases-next-lessons-learned-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Key tips and English phrases for your next „lessons learned“ meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Life is about continuously learning. We sometimes learn from our mistakes, and we can also learn from our successes. This was first brought to my attention early on in my career. After the successful completion of a tough project, we had a meeting with our team leader where we were questioned on both what had we done well and how could the project have gone smoother. Today, in the international automotive company where I work as an <\/strong>InCorporate Trainer<\/a> training business English, Lessons Learned<\/em> meetings are an integral part of any project.<\/strong>
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What happens in a \u201clessons learned\u201d meeting?<\/h2>\n

Like my team leader a long time ago, the project managers I train are convinced that, after any project, it is important to reflect on what could be learned from the experience. Annette, a manager who regularly uses me for on-the-job training<\/a> explained that \u201cFor us the lessons learned meeting is especially important if the project was deemed to be a success. In this way, best practices are identified and flow into subsequent projects. And feelings of complacency can be avoided. At the same time, it is important to understand what stood in the way of a project being even more successful. It doesn\u2019t really matter how successful a project is, there is always room for improvement.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

She then went on to explain how her project team has time to consider their performance as well as that of the team as a whole, And that in new teams, or established teams with new members, this was typically tough the first few times \u201cI do see pushback from new colleagues for various reasons, despite how obviously important these meetings may be. Some people feel there is no reason to speak about the past since we cannot go back and change things. Other times people may feel that it isn\u2019t good to talk too much about the past but to focus on the future. My goal as the team\u2019s leader is to show that being open about one\u2019s mistakes allows others to learn from them! In German this is not easy but when we all do it in English we see that things are harder \u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Use we<\/em> to be tough on the mistakes, but not on the individuals<\/h2>\n

Most of us don\u2019t enjoy talking about our mistakes, and when discussing mistakes it is important to be both accurate and respectful. One way to do this is by asking questions using the collective \u201cwe\u201d rather than assigning specific blame. After all, you are a team!<\/p>\n

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