Positioning your training for maximum impact within the organisation
Because millions of dollars are wasted on training every year!
In many of today’s successful organisations the development of our employees is recognised as a necessary contributor to staying at the top. The days of ‘menu-driven’ training seem to be fading fast... The new-style approach demands a shared understanding of how training and development can best support the organisation’s business strategies.
This tightly-designed workshop starts from the premise that training must be linked to an organisation’s purpose/mission; training actions are a direct response to its strategic needs and objectives.
The workshop is driven by the belief that the role of the people development function is to help create a culture where training actions are effectively transformed into measurable performance improvements.
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Anyone concerned about how the training budget is spent!
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Training managers
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Human resource managers with training responsibility
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Consultants
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Line managers
During the workshop you will receive a full Focus on Training Memokit, a step-by-step Participant Workbook, the Human Resource development checklist, a CD-Rom containing master copies of all the training instruments used in the practical exercises, and a copy of the Training Evaluation pocketbook.
During these intensive 3 days...
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you will learn how to create a human resource development plan by collecting evidence of the organisation’s needs
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you will then learn how to monitor and evaluate training design and delivery in order to make sure that courses are relevant
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above all, you will discover the importance of managing the training transfer environment in other words, making sure that the skills, knowledge and attitudes learned during training get turned into measurable progress back on the job
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you will be working in small teams on a host of practical exercises (many of them based on our unique ‘Airtrain’ case study)
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you will learn how to introduce the Strategic Cascade, the 4 Levels of Evaluation and the 8 Ps of the Learning Transfer Bridge into your own organisation’s approach to training
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before you leave, you will have completed your own Human Resource development function checklist, and have identified an action plan to take back to your workplace.
Day 1
Icebreaker, gap, needs
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The role of HRD
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Brainstorm of activities
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The HRD Job’ case study
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Individual piechart
Training Strategy
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Video case study + discussion
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The ‘Strategic Cascade’
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The model
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25 questions they thought you’d never ask
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AIRTRAIN Part 1
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Strategic training exercise
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Team presentations
Day 2
The training plan
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How to create a training plan
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AIRTRAIN Part 2
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Training plan exercises
Training needs analysis
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Surveys and questionnaires
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Skills and competencies
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AIRTRAIN Part 3
Training design
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Learning objectives
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Design model
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AIRTRAIN Part 4
Day 3
Training evaluation
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The 4 levels of Kirkpatrick
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Clustercards exercise
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Instrument design workshop
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Small team presentations
Managing training transfer
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What could go wrong?
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The 8 Ps
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AIRTRAIN Part 5
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The Bridge Game
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Design model
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THE TRANSFER BRIDGE INVESTIGATION
The function checklist and action plan
Please see our website for dates of our public programmes, or contact us if you would like to organize a Focus on Training workshop (or any other event) exclusively for your company.
The participation fee is €2500 which includes all handouts and material, lunches and refreshments including the famous sweetie jar!
