Project Management and the Future of Corporate Training

Andy Jordan is President of Roffensian Consulting S.A., a Roatan, Honduras-based management consulting firm with a comprehensive project management practice. Andy always appreciates feedback and discussion on the issues raised in his articles and can be reached at [email protected]. Andy's new book Risk Management for Project Driven Organizations is now available.

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Before I start this article, I should declare my potential conflicts of interest on this topic. In my past, I was a trainer for a corporate training company; as many of you know from my work here on ProjectManagement.com I regularly present webinars; and I have my first LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) course being launched in the next few weeks. I don’t believe any of that affects my thoughts here, but you have the right to judge for yourselves.

For as long as I have been in the workplace, I have heard regularly that people are an organization’s most valuable asset. That’s true of course, but it hasn’t always felt that way. However, today it is truer than ever before—employees are more mobile than ever with the average tenure in a position or organization continuing to fall.

At the same time, work is evolving so rapidly that even if you stay in the same job, the expectations of that job change around you. All of these factors combine to make it imperative that organizations invest in that most valuable asset and help their employees to learn and develop. Of course, individuals must also invest in themselves, growing their skills to compete and grow their careers.

The process for that learning and development is changing. There is a move away from the traditional multi-day course structure that has long been the basis of corporate training …

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