Comments on: Back to School (Training) https://cporising.com/2010/09/02/back-to-school-training/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=back-to-school-training Analyst-led research and intelligence for the procurement community. Sat, 13 Jul 2024 01:06:49 +0000 hourly 1 By: Andrew Bartolini https://cporising.com/2010/09/02/back-to-school-training/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:50:00 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=2349#comment-101 Kirk –

Thanks for the comment

You ask a great question and you make a great point. I love the approach you have taken with your team. I think that because it is not a core job duty or responsibility, it is easy for managers and employers to push training off to a time when “we’re less busy” or “we’re not under the gun with a specific project” which of course is never.

]]> By: Kirk Eberhart https://cporising.com/2010/09/02/back-to-school-training/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:44:22 +0000 https://cporising.com/?p=2349#comment-100 Andrew,
Why is it that training if often overlooked until we have an obvious deficiency in one or more skill sets? I like the ‘over arching training theme’ the one CPO takes with his staff and I suspect it breeds synergies amongst their direct reports. Training should push our purchasing resources to refine existing skills while also developing new skill sets that make them more efficient and strategic. I routinely tell my team that if they think they’re top quartile today and do nothing to add new skills to their tool box, they’ll be bottom quartile in 3-4 years and ‘obsolete’ shortly thereafter.
Kirk

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