No More Training
An astute VP at LSI Logic was concerned with the meager results of the company’s classroom training. He wanted LSI to focus more on building competencies and less on training events. Workers at LSI had been happy to pick and choose traditional training from a buffet of offerings. Taking away their choices would require extreme measures.
LSI shut down its training department. Cold turkey. Focus shifted from training to talent management. A talent management steering committee representing the Vice Presidents from each major function was formed and backed the plan.
In place of training, LSI put online development plans in place. Employees work with their managers to determine what competencies they must master. They agree on a path to get there: on-the-job learning, coaching, books, and other means.
Nearly four years later, LSI is letting some training creep back in. Compliance and certification had never really gone away. A new CEO favors management development workshops. Training is allowed, but other development options are encouraged first.
Excepted from Informal Learning: Rediscovering the Natural Pathways That Inspire Innovation and Performance, pp. 222-23
Product Details
- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Pfeiffer (November 10, 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0787981699
- ISBN-13: 978-0787981693
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