We get better results faster. A six-month project might take only three or four months now. Collaboration builds trust. Open-book companies like ours deal with issues of trust all the time. People want to know where the company's going and how it's going to get there.
Training helps build trust because it helps create a safe place to introduce and develop new ideas.
It creates a work environment where people feel valued. On a personal level, it's about getting focused. The sessions helped our leaders get their acts together, which helped employees find their own focus. On a business level, it frees us to make decisions based on financial returns rather than emotion. Our budgets used to be products of wishful thinking, but now they re more grounded so we have more confidence in them.