>What should I spend it on? Leverage your training budget to show your personal goals are aligned with your employers overall business goals. It might be inst

>What should I spend it on? Leverage your training budget to show your personal goals are aligned with your employers overall business goals. It might be instructive to start surveying different company stake-holders, from their perspective what works well or what needs improvement? What are their challenges? That feedback is Gold. Those assorted needs & wants might inform the sort of training you seek. For example, the marketing department might want next generation Big Data Analytics & SEO. While, the operations group might be concerned about Security & Fraud issues. Imagine if you could show how your training interests are aligned with company priorities-- that might earn a bigger budget allocation. And makes you even more valuable to company.