Troubleshooting for Trainers

Description

Let’s face it, regardless of what you call the function in which you work—talent development, L&D, training—it is a support function. That is, it is not (usually) revenue producing (though I have been in entrepreneurial TD departments that are), and its members don’t always get a seat at the table from which you can contribute broadly to organizational strategy and initiatives. You may feel that your budget will be the first hit in a downturn, or that anytime something goes wrong with a training rollout, your department will be subsumed into another organizational function with less of a priority on learning.

Solutions

There are organizations ...