Extraordinary Training Needs Analysis

Who Should Attend

• Training professionals wanting to quickly acquire superior needs analysis skills usually demonstrated only by seasoned training professionals and performance improvement specialists.

• Trainers wanting to learn how to conduct training needs analyses in an environment “as close to real as you can get.”

• Courseware designers, instructors, facilitators, training managers, and directors wanting to align training with the business of the organization.
   

How You Will Benefit

1. There’s a reason Needs Analysis is the first step in the training process. It’s the most important. Do it well and you have the foundation for making accurate and credible recommendations regarding the need (or not) for training, to your executive management, senior managers, or supervisors.

2. Needs Analysis also provides the single-most important information you need for making good decisions in the each of the next steps of the training process. Design, development, delivery - all require decisions that are based on the findings, recommendations and training objectives that are the process and the result of training needs analysis. Excellent training STARTS with a well-executed Needs Analysis. Training results usually fall well short of expectations when the needs analysis step is compromised.

3. Many trainers who excel at Training Needs Analysis morph into performance consultants in OD or Performance Improvement or are promoted into training management. It is clearly THE step of the training process that brings training into alignment with the organization’s business and accelerates trainers’ careers.

4. Needs analysis isn’t just about the plan, the procedures, the tips, the checklists – it’s about using these tools when interacting with others to gather data, validate findings, make recommendations, and creating stakeholder support for implementing your recommendations. You will learn to Plan and Conduct needs analyses that are meaning-full, information-rich, and highly valued using real-world processes, techniques and communication skills. Hands-on learning the first day will become “applied learning” on the second day when you will conduct a complete needs analysis. You will role-play with Real People who will join us to play their parts as internal clients, managers, and employees. You will have the opportunity to practice and polish your skills in a real-world training environment before plying your skills in your own workplace.

You Will Learn To

1. Plan and conduct a Training Needs Analysis.

2. Analyze performance problems.

3. Gather good data quickly from many sources, using many methods.

4. Validate your findings with the client.

5. Propose cost-effective solutions to the performance problem.

6. Determine if training is (or is not) an appropriate solution.

7. Calculate costs/benefits of various solutions.

8. Project ROI of training solutions.

9. Create the Needs Analysis Report.

10. Successfully navigate the inherent politics and landmines.

11. Interact effectively with people at different levels of the organization.

12. Create support for implementing your recommendations.
     

Our Approach

We model and use the very concepts and applications being taught in each course.
Learning is hands-on, practical application and focused on the unique challenges you face in your workplace. We ensure that you can apply your new skills immediately in your organization and over the long-term.

Support continues after the workshop. We’re here to help you achieve YOUR ROI in the training program! Call, write, or come by to discuss particular challenges you’re facing. And, no, there’s no charge – we’re colleagues sharing a passion for success in training and human performance technology.