Are you considering formally establishing a training or organizational learning function within your organization? Perhaps you wish to better align your training/organizational learning function with the company’s business goals and objectives. Or, you may be considering the consolidation of a decentralized training operation. If so, either or both of these services will help you accomplish your objective.

Establishing a Training Function

What this service addresses:

• Plans and designs the training function for growing companies that are establishing a training function on either a part-time or full-time basis.
• Works with training personnel to establish policies, procedures, and standards.
• Helps identify and select needed resources, e.g., facilities, materials, personnel, etc.
  

Benefits:

1. Is training new to your organization?
2. Does your training meet benching marking standards for your industry?
3. Do your employees assume responsibility for their own growth and development, i.e., are they self-directed learners?
4. Do you have a person/department formally responsible for training?
5. Does your training staff have a desirable balance/mix of training and operations/field experience?
6. Does upper management truly support training?
7. Does any of your staff have degrees in such fields as adult education, teaching, instructional design, etc.?
8. Are representatives of the training function included in executive management councils, task forces, standing committees, etc.?
9. Do your training personnel make an effort to stay on the cutting edge of their field?
   
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Developing a Strategic Training Plan

What this service addresses:

• Looks at the strategic business plan and assesses the extent to which the training function is aligned with the organization to achieve business goals and objectives.
• Recommends strategies for aligning training with the rest of the organization to achieve business goals.
  
  

Benefits:

• Eliminate chaos from your training efforts
• Set the direction and tone of your training effort
• Align training with your business goals and objectives
• Bring reason, cohesiveness and clarity to your training effort
• Monitor the progress of your organization in achieving its training goals

1. Do you have a strategic training plan?
   If yes, is your strategic training plan aligned with your organization's business plan/goals?
2. Have you assessed the overall training needs of your business?
   If yes, is the assessment current and up-to-date?
3. Are your training needs/goals prioritized?
4. Do you have a plan/strategy for migrating from instructor-led/classroom training to high tech (CBT, Web-based, etc.) training?
   
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