Is Training Anything More Than Putting Lipstick on a Pig?

I just received notification of a new blog and this post immediately attracted my attention. Training is offered as a solution to the skilled worker shortages.  Unfortunately, as the post suggests,

Even when employees are fortunate to learn new skills in a training course, they are often rendered useless when employees leave the cozy classroom cocoon and return to their dysfunctional work environments.

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