Two months after the training, I met with the Prime Minister, other official, and support staff to informally evaluate the effectiveness of the training program. We spent several hours reviewing the current status of the governing coalition's relation, as well as what worked well and what might be done differently with the training.Three point stood out. First, the training has had a sustainable impact on the coalition's motivation to collaborate.The Prime Minister reported that the oil pricing Excerise remains a haunting reminder of the kind of relations his coalitional government dose not want to replicate. Secound, the Prime Minister reported on the particular utility of three of the core concern: Appreciation, autonomy, and affiliation. The Prime Minister stated that,since the workshop, He has repeatedly emphasized to the ministers the need to understand and find merrit in the perspectives of both follow politicians and constituents. A key advisor to the Prime Imnister noted that this emphasis on appreciation has improved the general attitude of parties toward one another. In lerms of autonomy, the Prime Minister reported a noticeable increase in the government's practice of consulting before deciding. Awareness of autonomy has apparently increased the ministers' sensitivity to dangers of making decisions"behind another person's back." In terms affiliation, the Prime Minister commented on his increased urging of ministers to link about policymaking as a task of inclusion, not exclusion. He discussed his evolving approach to coalitional leadership, which includes building a strong personal connection with the ministers and empowering them. Third, Prime Minister stated the need for addination negotiational training. No signal, day-long training can fully change long-term habites, attitudes, and deeply embedded political divisions. Additional
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