Five pillars of successful training
When organizations deliver training as a stand-alone event and fail to link it to strategic initiatives, the true value of training and developing people is lost. Ken Blanchard - Author, 'One Minute..' series and 'Raving Fans'
According to the Blanchard group of companies, five key factors are critical to the success of any training initiative. As the Learning Alliance, we work with you to address the factors they have identified right from the beginning of our relationship.
Getting to the heart of the matter
Uncovering the true business need is one of the most important steps in our process. Often the real need is layers below the perceived issues. Once we are clear that we've identified the real problem, we make sure that the training design drives your organization's strategic objectives, and aligns critical tasks and competencies so that your people are equipped to make a difference and know where they can contribute most effectively
Getting Top Management Buy In
We show senior executives why they have to set the tone and create passion and buy in for the training initiative. Brinkherhoff has determined in his ground-breaking book The Learning Alliance that lack of buy in from Top Management dilutes the effectiveness of the training delivered by as much as 90%.
Effective Training Delivery
Training must be an ongoing process in order to fully maximize the payoff. Our uniquely designed 'outside in' process is two-to-three times more effective than standard training delivery. 'No more Bullet Points' helps, too.
Demonstrating Tangible Value
It is critical that your training initiative pay off where and how you want it to. We work with you to determine the changes and impact your organization wants to achieve from training.
Focused Follow-up and Reinforcement
Organizations must spend 10 times the energy reinforcing training than they do in the delivery. Follow-up and reinforcement help bridge the gap between learning and doing to ensure that your people quickly and effectively internalize and apply what they've learned. This is echoed in Brinkerhoff's work, too.