L&D Resource Guide

Training and strategic business objectives are not mutually exclusive. Ideally, there will be close alignment between the two – if an organization wants to get its money’s worth. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always happen, and it can be especially problematic when training is technical in nature. Technology changes so quickly, organizations can’t afford not to train their technical talent if they want to remain innovative and competitive. Most organizations also can’t afford to deliver training that is ineffective. Like most executives, learning leaders have to justify their department’s expenses. To do that they must set goals and meet them, and those who are working with limited staff – which is a good number – often rely on vendors to pick up where their internal resources leave off. It makes the training vendor partnership a critical one, and savvy learning leaders know how to navigate it well. That includes everything from ensuring…