Linking Training to Organizational Goals

Start Date End Date Venue Fees (US $)
10 May 2026 Cape town $ 4,950 Register
16 Aug 2026 Dubai, UAE $ 3,900 Register
13 Dec 2026 Roma, Italy $ 4,950 Register

Linking Training to Organizational Goals

Introduction

In order for individuals and teams to consistently perform it is essential to equip them with the skills, knowledge, and behaviors required for success. This is an ongoing challenge due to the rate of change that organizations experience. The impact and importance of training within an organization can be measured and directly linked to the achievement of organizational 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 organizational goals and objectives. Delegates will also explore how they can develop and promote the role of the training function within their organization.

Highlights of this Engaging Course are:

  • How to produce focused 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 organization
    • Plan a transition from training to organizational development
    • Link training to organizational goals
    • Conduct an effective training needs analysis
    • Develop a training strategy
    • Identify learning solutions
    • Evaluate training
    • Promote value-added training

Training Methodology

This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practices. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations. The online course is conducted online using MS-Teams/ClickMeeting.

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

Course 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 Focused 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

DAY 3: The Training Strategy

  • Research and analysis – TNA
  • Training needs analysis
  • Developing your customer base
  • Building a training strategy
  • Presenting strategy for impact
  • Organizations and Change – driving the need for training
  • Responding to organizational 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 programs 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 the plan
  • Skills practice on personal case studies
  • Peer support in developing ideas
  • Post-course peer network support
  • Action planning
  • Key learnings and personal development plans

Accreditation

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