CREATING AN OPTIMAL TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

Free Workshop Offer:

A ½ to 1 day version of the 3 day workshop from Strategies for Training is available FREE. The workshop will be delivered by Frank Penson, Senior Partner of Strategies for Training whose sole focus is on strategic training & development assignments.

There are certain conditions attached (not onerous) and these are shown below.

We have worked with Frank Penson, Senior Partner of Strategies for Training, for many years now and have complete faith in his integrity and abilities. Feedback from clients is always very positive. The purpose of the workshop is to give you useful ideas, help and guidance in the subject matter chosen as well as to give you an opportunity to assess Frank's in-depth knowledge and ability as well as his style of working.

If you like what you see then of course you can opt for the three day workshop or take advantage of Frank's unique expertise in other ways. However please be assured that there is absolutely no obligation on you whatsoever and no 'sales' pressure is used.

The ½ to 1 day workshop can either be a summary version of the whole 3-day programme or can focus on one of the three themes:

Determining Learning / Training Needs
Ensuring Effective Training & Development Action
Optimising the Organisational Impact

3-Day Workshop Outline

Day 1	Day 2	Day 3
Determining Learning / Training Needs	Ensuring Effective Training & Development Action	Optimising the Organisational Impact
Linking training & development strategy to business strategy The value and strategic importance of a competency framework Diagnosing learning / training needs at four levels in an organisation Defining and refining learning / training needs Who should be involved in defining the needs Understanding the performance gaps Planning for development to be effective for both the organisation and the individual Agreeing success measures Learning preferences and styles	Key steps to successful performance management Setting effective performance & learning objectives Gaining leverage from competencies The importance of motivation in learning Evaluating the options available for learning Matching learning media to the needs Designing effective learning approaches Designing high impact training programmes Matching activities to objectives Optimising the transfer of learning Enhancing managers’ roles as developers, coaches and mentors	Managing the training & development function for added value Measuring the improvements How to calculate the financial benefits Building potent internal networks Developing effective external partnerships How to audit training & development activities and make comparisons against best practice Continuous improvement processes Linking training & development to other Human Resource systems How to build an effective learning culture

This 3 day workshop has been run in the UK, Middle East and Africa.

Conditions:

The “Free Workshop Offer” is being made on a trial basis.
The free workshop is only available to organisations employing more than 200 people
The free workshop is for a maximum of 12 delegates
The free workshop is available only once to any one organisation
The date of the workshop must be by mutual agreement
The workshop must take place at a location in mainland Britain
All venue costs and any delegate travel costs will be for the account of the commissioning organisation
In exceptional circumstances, Strategies for Training may suggest an alternative consultant to run the workshop.
In exceptional circumstances, Strategies for Training reserves the right to decline to deliver the free workshop.

If you wish to take advantage of this unique opportunity please visit www.strategies4training.co.uk, telephone 01245 222894 or email Creating an Optimal Training and Development Strategy