Comments for ASTD Pensacola Blog http://astdpensacola.org/blog The official blog of the Pensacola Chapter of American Society for Training and Development Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:00:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Does Your Training Support the Mission? by Wendi Ochs http://astdpensacola.org/blog/?p=144&cpage=1#comment-222 Wendi Ochs Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:00:43 +0000 http://astdpensacola.org/blog/?p=144#comment-222 I agree that this is a time when training really needs to be in line with an organization's goals. there's just no room and no budget for anything extra or anything that doesn't solve a specific issue or help add to the companie's bottom line. Training that survives in an organization needs to be truly relevant to the company. And...Every training professional needs to be a business person; needs to truly understand the culture and goals of the organization. So..what are you doing to get to the point where you really understand that stuff??? In my opinion - There is true value in mentorship. find someone in the organization (could be someone older, more experienced - but doesn't have to be) who knows how things work, and has the influence to help you gain that institutional understanding and help make things happen for you. Yes, you could try to capture this knowledge all by yourself. Maybe you go to lunch with others or participate in lots of your company's social networking (if your lucky enough to have that at your job) however, that's no substitute for a human being who knows the score and wants to provide you with some one-on-one coaching. A good mentor can help you to understand the needs of the organzation (better) so that your ideas for developing training can more sense to upper levels of management. What do others think??? I agree that this is a time when training really needs to be in line with an organization’s goals.
there’s just no room and no budget for anything extra or anything that doesn’t solve a specific issue or help add to the companie’s bottom line. Training that survives in an organization needs to be truly relevant to the company. And…Every training professional needs to be a business person; needs to truly understand the culture and goals of the organization.

So..what are you doing to get to the point where you really understand that stuff???

In my opinion – There is true value in mentorship. find someone in the organization (could be someone older, more experienced – but doesn’t have to be) who knows how things work, and has the influence to help you gain that institutional understanding and help make things happen for you. Yes, you could try to capture this knowledge all by yourself. Maybe you go to lunch with others or participate in lots of your company’s social networking (if your lucky enough to have that at your job) however, that’s no substitute for a human being who knows the score and wants to provide you with some one-on-one coaching. A good mentor can help you to understand the needs of the organzation (better) so that your ideas for developing training can more sense to upper levels of management.

What do others think???

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