Creating an L&D strategy with the questions-Part 3
This is part of an ongoing series on how to create a learning and development series. You can read the previous article here. Dave told them that though there are six questions that need to be answered, he will only ask them one more question. The last two questions will be answered by the learning […]
Creating an L&D strategy with the questions-Part 2
This is a continuation from a previous article which you can read it here. Dave writes up the first question for them to discuss which is: What are the most important priorities the organisation wants to achieve this year? Each group has flipchart and paper. They have 10 minutes to answer the question. After 10 minutes […]
Creating an L&D strategy with the questions
Datr is a company that specialises in providing cloud hosted data analytics. They currently need to rebuild their online platform which uses dated technology that has been in place for ten years. The Head of People Development is meeting with the leadership team to discuss how learning and development can support the project, which is currently […]
Six Strategy Questions – Questions four to six
This is a continuation of my series on how to create a learning and development strategy. In previous posts I wrote about how to gather information for a learning and development strategy using what I refer to as Six Strategy Questions. The previous post dealt with how to answer questions one to three. This post deals with how to […]
Six Strategy Questions – Questions One to Three
Question one is: What are the most important priorities the organisation wants to achieve this year? This question is about finding out what the most important priorities of theorganisation are. They can include goals that have been set out in the organisation’s strategic plan, changes that need to happen or challenges that must be overcome. […]
Creating a learning and development strategy
A learning and developed strategy should be aimed at supporting the most important priorities of the organisation within a specific period. A learning and development strategy can also be created at the divisional and team levels. Learning and development strategies at divisional and team levels should be aligned to the learning and development strategy at the […]
What is a learning and development strategy?
A learning and development strategy is an action plan that clearly identifies what the learning and development team or function in an organisation will do to support the organisation to achieve its strategic objectives. In other words it outlines actions that the function will take to align learning and development with an organisation’s priorities. Having […]
Learning and development strategy, not again!
The topic of this post reflects how I feel about writing on the subject of learning and development strategy, not because so much has already been written about it, but about how disappointed I am with myself. A couple of years ago I started writing a series of posts about this subject, but never completed […]
Strategies to sell training courses
Which strategies do you currently use to market your courses and which do you find the most effective? This useful guide looks at strategies specifically for training companies including: PPC SEO Social media Content marketing Let me know your thoughts! Which strategies do you currently use to market your courses and which do you find […]
Evaluating a Training Program Like Kirkpatrick
Are you aware of the success of your training programs? Professor Donald Kirkpatrick asked this question in 1954 and developed four levels of training evaluation to answer it. They are more relevant than ever, now that they have been updated. How would you evaluate your training program based on these levels? Level 1: Reaction According to […]
Are you holding your learners accountable?
Towards Maturity and CIPD’s recent study ‘Preparing for the Future of Learning’ made for insightful reading. It found that organisations and business leaders are ‘focusing more and more on productivity and adaptability,’ with greater expectation that their L&D teams will deliver these innovative learning solutions in order to support these outcomes. Refreshingly, the study also […]
6 signs telling you it’s time to innovate your sales training
The importance of a sales training programme can hardly be overestimated. Subsequently, a lot is spent on it: more than a billion dollars each year worldwide. Most training programmes are, however, still exactly the same as ten years ago, with the same worthless results. Is your sales training up to date? If you recognise any […]
Consequences of not effectively tracking your training
At its best, corporate training is a great way to build skills, morale, and loyalty in your workforce and position your organization to achieve its strategic goals. At its worst, corporate training can be a minefield of wasted money and missed opportunity. Every organization has at least one war story about a training initiative that […]
Can you really prove training ROI?
Earlier this month, we took part in a Twitter chat run by HRZone, the subject was 'Can you really prove training ROI?'. We were one of around 15 particpants during the Q&A, and as well as the answers to the questions, there was also a lot of interesting conversation around attitudes to training, challenges for […]
The Learning Strategy Story – Introduction
Learning and development is a crucial part of medium to large organisations as there is a core belief that the most important resource in an organisation is the people. The aim of learning and development is to ensure people have the required skills and knowledge to do their jobs. This also ensures that if people […]
Five ways to guarantee value from your L&D budget
A recent report by Towards Maturity, ‘Preparing for the future of learning’, highlighted some interesting research around L&D investments. Contrary to popular belief, investing more money and increasing the size of your L&D team does not guarantee a better output. That’s not, of course, to say that it won’t help achieve that, but results showed […]
Training and Development strategy for a member association
Hi all, I have taken over a new role in a trade association that represents its members in the automotive industry. Membership of our association is subscription based and as part of that membership this gives access to industry specific training, such as technical knowledge and compliance. Members themselves are small to medium businesses but […]
Why You Need To Invest In Leadership Training
Organizations that invest in leadership training can retain employees and reduce costly recruitment expenses. Quality leadership is a combination of the right qualities and the right training. Why Leadership Training Is Worth Investing In It is said that effective management has the biggest impact on business success. Managers set the tone for behavioral standards and […]
The mismeasurement of talent must stop
The measurement of talent is a rapidly expanding field, often devoted to measuring aspects of an individual’s personality, identifying their strengths, their preferences, or their type. All of these approaches characterise different dimensions of the human condition, however the measurement often fails because it doesn’t help individuals to develop their capabilities; it just pigeon holes […]
Setting clear goals
What do you hope the outcome of your training programme will be? Are you just going through the motions, ticking the boxes in order to fulfil some kind of internal agenda; or do you see training as the conduit through which your employees become so skilled and energised that they will transform the organisation? Pessimist […]
