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It should never imply or demand "you do it this way or the highway"!
Not sure I ever said that was the case? Perhaps you have read too far into my parallel with EEO training, which is not intended? In fact at the soul of CRM is recognition of the fact that procedures and regulations cannot account for every single possibility we face as pilots. That is the point where we rely on top notch CRM to allow a pilot's (hopefully) superior judgement and abilities to operate in a team environment.
CRM training in its current form may only achieve what you say, but comments on this thread suggest that said training is not "good", and I believe that in order to be properly effective it needs to achieve more.
You can "improve aircrew understanding" all you like, but if they don't demonstrate good CRM by their actions on the line all day, every day, then it was wasted effort.