Assessment puts your training needs in priority order, which helps you avoid common pitfalls such as doing what is easiest, least expensive, or hot this month. More often, the person charged with staff development hears the obvious technical training needs, or the most recent performance gap. An individual development plan, part of a training needs assessment, is one of the best structural elements an organization can have to promote employee ownership of his or her professional development. An assessment also helps you meet training needs that change over time. It s challenging to plan for the future and meet today s demands at the same time.
Time is tight.
Budgets are tight. Organizations need to plan 12 to 18 months ahead for training or risk time or budgetary constraints compromising your efforts. A training needs assessment is a structured way to identify what you want in performance, to detail what you ve got now, and to map the best way to get from one point to the other. We ve worked with over 150 companies and organizations. We understand the fears, concerns, and opportunities that are a part of this process, and we ve developed ways to address them.