Leaders: Embed apprenticeship values into training and development

 

The interest and coverage that Apprenticeship Week 2012 received last week showed me how much importance is being placed on continual development in the workplace – and not before time. While the country remains in a tricky economic period it is crucial that businesses constantly look for new ways to create environments that support learning and development, and while Apprentice Week may have passed for another year, I hope the values embedded within the traditional apprenticeship scheme are causing leaders up and down the country to consider just how effective and sustainable their own approach to development is.