New Staff Training: An Introduction
After months of preparation, the weekend finally arrived! 6 of our newest staff rolled in for 3 days of focused talks and activities to introduce them to a 2-year long training program that is being launched in Spain for all new staff. Since this is the first time that a New Staff Training Program of this sort will be implemented here in Spain, we as a design team decided that it would be worth investing in some face-to-face time, together with their trainers, to lay out the elements and details of the training program. And it's a good thing we did. After the first session on Friday night there had been some blank stares and confused looks. We found out later that these new staff had mistakenly thought the the training consisted of this weekend gathering, when actually the weekend gathering was just an introduction to many months of articles, discussions, activities and projects to help ensure that all of our new staff receive a solid foundation of walking with the Lord...