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What Works in Training Today: Strategies, Options, New Thinking
Bob Weinstein is a journalist who covers technology, project management, the workplace and career development.
Even though many IT pundits think that they’ve come up with the panacea training solution, it’s doubtful that there ever will be a prototype or template training program that works for all companies.
Yet we do know that there are a number of approaches that consistently work. That’s largely due to the fact that there are more sophisticated options available than there were in the past. We’re going to look at a few of them and get the inside track from their practitioners.
One of the most significant business paradigm shifts in history has been washing over us like a giant tsunami since the mid-1980s, observes David Samuel, a former CIO and now president of LFG Performance, an Atlanta-based IT consulting firm.
“As the world has flattened and the business mission has changed from ‘make-and-sell’ to ‘sense-and-respond,’ it is very clear that the CIO agenda has also shifted,” he explains. “CIOs are much more focused on enabling a business to be innovative and responsive. This means that IT skill sets must also evolve.”
Samuel says he’s identified the skill sets and attributes that are necessary in IT departments. In fact, they have ascended to become business realities that will dictate how we train tomorrow’s leaders. The new realities are grounded in the …
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