3 Training Assessment Basics Not to Skip

One of the ways to look at training and development is by assessing not only the needs and the desires but also what is missing. If you really want your company and the leadership to “buy” into what you propose for learning, consider this:

• Approximately1/3^rd of the buying decision relies on what is “needed”
• 1/3^rd depends on what is “desired”
•  And the remaining 33% accounts for what is “missing”

So in designing your training needs assessment services, plan on covering the above three basics.

Here is how it can work:

1.     Assess the critical few worker skills needed in order to improve specific business results

2.     Figure out what the leadership truly desires in terms of key priorities for the business

3.     Analyze what is deficient in the overall picture…what are you missing…Resources? Executive backing? Manager support? Employee willingness to change? Clarity of message on the specific benefits of training for employees and company alike?

Be sure to factor in all three basics for your training initiative to succeed.