Going Mainstream

L & D professionals bemoan the unenvious position of being first on the budget slashing table when businesses need to cut back. We believe in the value we can offer to our organizations and yet, regardless of everything we've worked on to prove our value we still seem to be relegated to "nice to have" when push comes to shove. The problem lies squarely on our shoulders. It is up to us to remodel and re-engineer what we do as part of core business operations. To do this, we need to look at the tools we use, the assumptions we make and above all else we need to disperse and integrate.