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7 Things No One Tells You About Being Thrown Into a Training Role

7 Things No One Tells You About Being Thrown Into a Training Role

You’ve been tapped to build a training program. Here’s what you didn’t see coming—and how to handle it.

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Duane Lester
Jun 25, 2025
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7 Things No One Tells You About Being Thrown Into a Training Role
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You were great at your job. Maybe too great.

Now leadership wants you to train others to be just as good. Maybe they gave you a new title. Maybe they just handed you a project plan and said, “Can you throw something together?”

Either way, you’ve been tapped to build a training program. Maybe even a department.

There’s just one problem: you’ve never done th…

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