New Training & Development Trends

As we prepare to close an old year and welcome the new, it seems appropriate to consider the old and new in training and development. We asked American Society for Training and Development leaders, staff, and training executives for their lists of old and new HR Department business terms. Here's the result.

Old	New
Trainee	Learner
Employee	Performer
Continual Change	Transformation
Quality improvements	Process reengineering
Hierarchics	Many organizational forms
The transfer model	The Social model of learning
Training events	Self-directed learning on the job
Big training departments	Outsourcing training
Monoculturalism	Diversity
Trainers as teachers	Trainers as enablers of learning
The invention of new training technology	The application of technology
Big companies	Small companies
Individual workers	Teams
Functions	Processes
Leadership	Stewardship
Control	Empowerment
Local	Global
Robert Mager	John Seely Brown
Supervisor	Coach
Loyalty to organization	Loyalty to profession
Program evaluation	Value-added contribution
Responsibility	Accountability
Workshops	Computer-based training
Direct	Facilitate
Evolution	Resolution
Lifetime employment	Lifetime employability
Competition	Collaboration
Performance appraisal	Performance management
Classroom	Learning center
Selling	Serving
Vendors	Partners
Work environment	Community
Off-site meetings	Teleconferences
Profits	Social responsibility
Matrix	Network
Mail	E-mail
Compliance	Ethics and principals
Training as a cost	Training as an investment