What is the difference between training and development?
Quick answer: Training builds specific skills for someone's current job; development grows broader capabilities for future roles and the long term. Training is immediate and task-focused, how to use a tool, follow a process, meet a standard. Development is forward-looking, leadership, strategi…
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Training builds specific skills for someone's current job; development grows broader capabilities for future roles and the long term.
Training is immediate and task-focused, how to use a tool, follow a process, meet a standard. Development is forward-looking, leadership, strategic thinking, career growth. One makes people effective now; the other prepares them for what is next. Effective L&D deliberately balances both so performance and the talent pipeline improve together.
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