As any member of today’s workforce knows, an important part of every job requires varying levels of training. In this week’s blog from the esteemed entrepreneur and quintessential American success story, Nido Qubein, ‘Workplace Education or Workplace Training’, readers will discover the important differences between training your employees (“how to do” something) versus educating them (“how to think” about something). These two alternatives represent a 21st century choice facing today’s organizations on the topic of in-house professional development. When business leaders make the deliberate choice for investments in workplace education – rather than workplace training – they are doing a superior job of molding individuals (and teams) for greater innovation and results.
Workplace Education or Workplace Training
by Nido Qubien
L et me make a suggestion that at first may sound strange, coming from a management consultant. If your company has a training department, do away with it. Replace it with a Department of