CAD Manager's Newsletter #137

Changing Face of Training: A business-focused program will please users and management — and it's not difficult to develop

Changing Face of Training

A business-focused program will please users and management — and it’s not difficult to develop

In this issue of the CAD Manager’s Newsletter, I’ll tackle the topic of training. Training is an important responsibility for the CAD manager, but it requires the right perspective and the right tools to be effective. I have some advice that will help you develop training programs that benefit your staff as well as please your management. Here goes.

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Changing Training Landscape
CAD training has changed a lot in the past 20 years, and CAD managers must roll with the changes.  As CAD has become more commonplace and employees come already trained from technical and engineering colleges, the need for old-line CAD training has fallen off. Read more >>

:: CAD Manager's Q&A

I’ve got more to do than I can handle, and things are starting to get out of control.  How can I get back in control of the CAD management situation without losing my job?

Robert Green answers: Realize that you can’t do everything and that you may need some help.

The secret to management isn't how much you personally can achieve but how much you can achieve via management of an extended team of people.  After all, there’s only so much you can do in a given week, right?

As technologists, we like to do things ourselves so we know the job is done right.  This personality trait serves us well at times, but works to our disadvantage in the management realm because we tend to hate delegating.  And let’s face it: The only way to get more done in the same time is to leverage and delegate.  Read more >>

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