"We now have a virtual training team which gives us the flexibility to respond to the peaks and troughs in demand for training." Orange |
Alignment Assessment
What is alignment?All too often, learning is developed and delivered without considering how and where it contributes to business goals. A common assumption by training professionals is that training is 'a good thing' and the more we do, the more it helps the business. But experience and business budget holder expectations tells us that's not necessarily so. So, when budgets are tight, it's vital that learning activities are carefully prioritised. Tight alignment of learning to business goals:
Achieving this is not just a matter of establishing best practice within the L&D community - it's about building the right links with the rest of the business. Relationships at all levels up and down the business are important to ensure that L&D understand the needs and provides the right interventions at the right time, to the right people, on budget. |
Alignment of learning to business goals is increasingly recognised as the vital factor in helping L&D make a demonstrable impact on your organisation's bottom line. The CIPD's 'Value of Learning' research, carried out by the University of Portsmouth Business School, concluded that what really matters is the 'Alignment' of learning: if you get alignment right, everything else falls into place.
KnowledgePool can assess the current alignment of your L&D provision to business goals and make recommendations on how to tighten the alignment, to make training more effective in supporting your business. It's a compelling up-front alternative to the retrospective justification of learning through ROI.
Benefits
- Better workforce productivity through more targeted training.
- Easier to demonstrate the impact of training.
- Easier for L&D to gain buy-in from the business.
