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Overview ?

Introduction

In order for individuals and teams to consistently perform it is essential to equip them with the skills, knowledge and behaviours required for success. This is an ongoing challenge due to the rate of change that organisations experience. The impact and importance of training within an organisation can be measured and directly linked to the achievement of organisational goals and objectives.

This exciting and engaging training course explores the critical role that people development plays in moving a business forward and in the achievement of personal, team, departmental and organisational goals and objectives. Delegates will also explore how they can develop and promote the role of the training function within their organisation.

Highlights of this engaging course are:

How to produce focussed training strategies and plans
How to influence through results
How to explore many options for learning
How to get the best out of people through development
How to demonstrate added value and ROI

Objectives

By the end of this course delegates will be able to:

Describe the role of training within an organisation
Plan a transition from training to organisational development
Link training to organisational goals
Conduct an effective training needs analysis
Develop a training strategy
Identify learning solutions
Evaluate training
Promote value added training

Training Methodology

The seminar is based on a combination of interactive activities - group and individual exercises, case studies, skills practice and discussions - along with formal inputs. The environment will be supportive in which individuals with varying degrees of experience will be encouraged to share the approaches they currently use as well as try out new ones that they encounter on the seminar. The expert seminar facilitator will be on hand to answer any questions an individual may have and to act as a facilitator for building and applying new approaches.

Organisational Impact

Impact on the organisation from delegates attending this seminar includes:

Enhancement of a wide range of skills and competencies
Improved results from training within a business.
New techniques in training strategy that are essential in developing partnership with internal clients
Developed and convincingly submitting training plans
More focused training and development
Evaluation of training programmes to drive up quality and effectiveness

Personal Impact

Attendance at the seminar will result in individuals being better able to:

Implement a wide range of strategic planning techniques in the learning and development environment
Use enhanced interpersonal skills
Improve their ability to make training a more critical part of a business
Demonstrate how training budget should be seen as an investment
Able to use different techniques and approaches for effectively working through a training strategy
Apply new skills effectively in the workplace

Who Should Attend?

All Training Managers and Professionals
Training Co-ordinators
Senior Training Administrators
Training Designers and Developers
Those who have a responsibility for training others
Those who wish to move into training management
HR Management and Professionals with an interest in training
Line Managers with an interest in training

SEMINAR OUTLINE

DAY 1

Business Strategy and Training

Introduction to the course and individuals
Objectives
Introduction to training, development and learning
So why do we need to train anyway
How businesses set their strategy
The importance of aligning training strategy
The role of training in supporting business strategy
Champions and sponsors
Defining the training function

DAY 2

Developing a Focussed Training Solution

The Systematic Training Cycle
Learning and performance objectives
Personality and Learning Styles
Different learning methods – e-learning to classroom
Developing learning solutions and blended learning
Training design principles
Selecting the trainer
Prioritising training needs
Validation and Evaluation

DAY 3

The Training Strategy

Research and analysis – TNA
Training needs analysis
Developing your customer base
Building a training strategy
Presenting strategy for impact
Organisations and Change – driving the need for training
Responding to organisational change
Workshop – Training project to support major cultural change

DAY 4

Building the Value of Training

The providers of training
Developing partnerships and suppliers
Pilot programmes for Validation
Evaluation for ROI
Case Study - Evaluation and measuring Return on Investment
Evaluation methods
Evaluating what? Perceptions or reality
Quality Control and Evaluation
Tests and Assessments

DAY 5

Developing Your Training Strategy

Creating the training plan
Creating a cost budget
The use of Service Level Agreements
Reporting training activities against plan
Skills practice on personal case studies
Peer support in developing ideas
Post seminar peer network support
Action planning
Key learnings and personal development plans
Issue of course certificates

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