Conference on Linking Training to Organizational Goals

Overview:

Introduction:

This training program delves into the integration of training strategies with business objectives, emphasizing the development of effective training solutions and evaluating their impact.  Through it, participants will learn to align training initiatives with business goals and measure their return on investment.

Conference Objectives:

At the end of this conference, participants will be able to:

• Align training strategies with business goals to support overall company strategy.

• Develop focused training solutions using the systematic training cycle and appropriate learning methods.

• Build and present a comprehensive training strategy that adapts to organizational changes.

• Measure and evaluate the return on investment (ROI) of training programs.

• Create effective training plans with clear objectives, budgets, and action plans for personal development.

Targeted Audience:

• Management Professionals.

• HR Managers.

• Training and Talent Managers.

• Training Designers and Educators.

• Organizational Design Managers.

• Senior Training Coordinators and Administrators.

Conference Outlines:

Unit 1:

Business Strategy and Training:

• Introduction to training, development and learning.

• The need for training and how businesses set their strategy.

• The importance of aligning training strategy.

• The role of training in supporting business strategy.

• Champions and sponsors.

Unit 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, Prioritizing training needs.

• Validation and Evaluation.

Unit 3:

The Training Strategy:

• Research and analysis – TNA.

• Developing your customer base.

• Building a training strategy.

• Presenting strategy for impact.

• Organizations and Change – driving the need for training.

• Responding to organizational change.

• Training project to support major cultural change.

Unit 4:

Building The Value of Training:

• The providers of training.

• Developing partnerships and suppliers.

• Pilot programs for Validation.

• Evaluation for ROI.

• Evaluation and measuring Return on Investmen and Evaluation methods.

• What are we evaluating,  Perceptions or reality.

• Quality Control and Evaluation.

Unit 5:

Developing Your Training Strategy:

• Techniques for creating the training plan and 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.

• Action planning.

• Key learnings and personal development plans.