12 Needs Assessment Tools & Techniques to Support Them
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Learning and development professionals use tools and techniques to help them identify the skill and knowledge gaps in their organizations. Many training needs assessment techniques still rely on tried-and-true methods such as questionnaires, focus groups, job mapping and interviews. However, increasing numbers of needs assessment tools for corporate training are now based on technology that […]
How to Conduct an Optimal Training Needs Analysis
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Think about it. In almost any situation, analyzing where you are, where you want to be, and how you plan to bridge that gap is a good thing. For example, if your short cut to avoid heavy traffic leaves you on a back road no GPS recognizes, then taking stock of the situation helps more […]
5 Training Needs Analysis Templates (Excel, Word, and PDF)
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Needs Assessment Templates to Guide Your Learning Solutions You can operate on hearsay when it comes to understanding the training needs of your organization – but hard data is always better. That’s where training needs analysis comes into play. By standardizing the way you understand the skills gaps in your organization and the training […]