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In todays business environment, how do you describe to colleagues what you do? Do you call yourself a trainer, an HRD specialist, a facilitator, a consultant, or a coach? Chances are, if your career trajectory has been anything like mine, you have or will use all five of those titles at some point in your career as an HRD professional. That's because with any successful career comes increasing job responsibility, organizational accountability, and demands on your professional skills. More important, in the current business world the needs of the organizations we serve grow more demanding every day, requiring us to assume roles that are increasingly complex and consultative.
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In todays business environment, how do you describe to colleagues what you do? Do you call yourself a trainer, an HRD specialist, a facilitator, a consultant, or a coach? Chances are, if your career trajectory has been anything like mine, you have or will use all five of those titles at some point in your career as an HRD professional. That's because with any successful career comes increasing job responsibility, organizational accountability, and demands on your professional skills. More important, in the current business world the needs of the organizations we serve grow more demanding every day, requiring us to assume roles that are increasingly complex and consultative.
Fewer calls are for canned, off-the-shelf training programs. There's more demand for HRD practitioners who can act as content experts, process consultants, and developers of customized training packages. Members of our profession are involved in every kind ...See the full content of this document
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