Whether it is management training, soft skills or sales training, you can bet that in the current economic situation it is being reduced or cut altogether. Many of you will find this frustrating, to say the least, and will probably wonder why the company doesn’t see the reduction in training as an extremely short sighted option. After all, the better trained people are, the more efficiently and economically they will work.

There is of course no easy way to deal with this problem. However, by applying some positive thinking, you may be able to improve the situation.

The first thing to do is realise that you’re not going to be able make the money that is needed to pay for the training magically appear. Indeed, the best thing to do is accept the situation as there is no point in making yourself frustrated.

Consider what you can do to make up for the shortfall in training. Maybe, you can run your own lunchtime sessions. Get different people in the organisation to run courses that will enhance productivity. It’s amazing what you can come up with if you are prepared to be creative and think outside the box.

At least whatever training you manage to put together will be better than no training at all.