The Manager's Pocket Guide to Training

Training Department or Corporate University

This is so blatantly obvious it is scary, but let me tell you what is scarier: when you go out and spend money on an outside consultant, not realizing that you have a similar program in-house (almost free). I have seen so many situations where executives or leaders needed something and neglected to ask the Training department because they assumed it couldn’t help. Here are some ways the Training department can help you:

Design and development. Training department people are usually delighted to help. They’ll assess your needs and design a custom training program to meet those needs. I worked in these departments for 17 years, and let me tell you something: this is the kind of work that thrills the training ...