My team leader always says he is too busy to train me. I am constantly reminding him to train me. What should I do to ensure that he does train me? My supervisor and his manager are aware. My supervisor tells me that I should follow through. What should the first step be?
The Team Doc Says…
It’s unclear to me whether you are talking about basic training to do your job or training to improve your skills and move up to a better position in your team.
If it’s basic training to do your job, I believe it is your supervisor’s responsibility to help you become an effective member of the team. If this is the case, sit down with your supervisor and develop a plan of action to ensure you get trained. This is your responsibility.
If this is about skill improvement training, I believe it is the responsibility of each team member to determine an individual development plan, get the team leader’s stamp of approval and then move forward with it.
In this day and age, you are in charge of your career. As you have discovered, waiting for someone else to make it happen means that it surely does not happen.
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As reading this post one does wonder on who’s responsibility is training. If your direct supervisor is “Too busy” to train you although his boss is aware of this. It sounds like people know and now it is your responsibility to train yourself. Find to manuals observe – take responsibility for your future. If this is not an option and you feel slighted because they are not training you – this will only lead to – victim mentality or taking revenge – both are negative and will only feed a negative reinforcement.