Ryan Pringle & James Weighell attended a specialist introductory course to effective leadership in a first for the PCA Personal Development & Welfare Programme.
The one-day course incorporated a number of sessions to encourage personal growth and empower the members in attendance to improve their leadership qualities.
The pair underwent sessions on understanding the fundamental skills of good leadership and how to draw upon their own experiences to improve themselves both on and off the cricket field.
Each county was invited to put names forward with the PCA asking for counties to pick players who would benefit most from attending the course with the aim of implementing the new skills ahead of the new season.
Senior Trainer and Engagement Specialist Mark de Stadler delivered the course on behalf of Dale Carnegie and he explained the rationale behind the day.
“The real focus was about equipping players with a little more insight about how they can be more successful in leading and captaining teams themselves,” said de Stadler.
“Today is about self reflection, finding out about ‘who am I’ as a leader and as an individual and how we can work together as a team and not an individual within a team.
“We’re hoping to give players insight and techniques so they can go back to their teams and start to put what we’ve talked about into practice. With anything, practice makes permanent.”