As time goes on I've noticed a really distinct trend in professional training. Keep in mind that the purchaser for most professional training in the employer. Sure, many people pay for their own training, but much Megacorp professional development is training offered in-house, or is training offered to employees where most are reimbursed (or their training prepaid) by their employer. The trend I've noticed is training compression.
One of my jobs in my first career was the development and delivery of professional training within a Megacorp environment. Among of the things I learned from that professional experience were the proper pacing of training, the important of reinforcement, etc. The principles of effective training that I learned back then are now regularly ignored, probably in the interest of money.
Cloud technology is a big buzzword in Megacorps these days so offering Cloud technology training should be lucrative. Let's say you and your competitor offer Cloud technology training. You offer a professionally paced 4.5 day course. Your competitor offers a two day course, for slightly more per day, but of course a lot less in total. Who gets the business from Megacorp?
My colleagues are taking internal training today. Megacorp didn't bring an expert trainer in. They sent one person to the commercial training course and are now having him re-present the training, but in one day.
How effective will the training be?
One of my jobs in my first career was the development and delivery of professional training within a Megacorp environment. Among of the things I learned from that professional experience were the proper pacing of training, the important of reinforcement, etc. The principles of effective training that I learned back then are now regularly ignored, probably in the interest of money.
Cloud technology is a big buzzword in Megacorps these days so offering Cloud technology training should be lucrative. Let's say you and your competitor offer Cloud technology training. You offer a professionally paced 4.5 day course. Your competitor offers a two day course, for slightly more per day, but of course a lot less in total. Who gets the business from Megacorp?
My colleagues are taking internal training today. Megacorp didn't bring an expert trainer in. They sent one person to the commercial training course and are now having him re-present the training, but in one day.
How effective will the training be?