What Learning Leaders Need to Know About Training Intake, Resource Planning and Improved Productivity
Planning your training team’s resource needs and the correct allocation of those resources can be such a headache. It’s rarely accurate and often doesn’t take into account all those unexpected surprises that can crop up, from budget freezes to staff turnover. So, if you haven’t managed to get your resource planning down to a fine […]
How to Optimize Capacity Planning for Stronger Learning Outcomes
We’ve written previously about capacity planning as it relates to L&D. From strategic planning to cost reduction to skills management, benefits abound. However, capacity planning is certainly not without its challenges. Many L&D teams have become overwhelmed recently with sudden business disruptions and shifting business priorities. Below are a few suggestions to help learning leaders […]
Why Strengthening Your Training Intake System Leads to Better Planning for L&D
Productivity and how to maximize it is top of mind for many L&D leaders right now. With the demand for training skyrocketing due to unforeseen world events in 2020, training teams have had to quickly pivot with shifting priorities. Not only that, but they’re often having to manage these challenges with frozen budgets and staff […]
Why You Should Encourage Employees to Submit Training Requests
Wouldn’t it be amazing if there was some way you could demonstrate to senior management that L&D is not a group of order takers, but rather a team of analysts and evaluators on the pulse of EVERY learning experience under consideration across the organization? Does this sound too good to be true? It’s not, and […]
Tweaks to Your Training Request Process That Will Increase Learner Engagement
You’ve worked so hard to build a training intake system. But apart from delivering you more requests, is it making your learners more engaged? We’ve written extensively before about the need to streamline the training request process. Not only does a well-planned, automated system reduce paperwork and headaches, but it also increases learner engagement, helping […]
The Strategic Importance of Training Intake to Corporate Learning
As executive interest in the impact of the learning and development function grows, training teams are trying to find better ways to align their training programs with strategic business initiatives. Where some teams are still lagging behind is the training intake process. From the moment your learners realize a need for training to the kick-off […]
Training Intake and Project Readiness: Advice from the Experts
Last week, we welcomed Laura Doerr, Senior & Lead Project Manager at eLearning Brothers, for a webinar called “Transforming Your Training Intake Process for Successful Course Launch.” Laura shared her framework for setting your training project team up for success long before project kick-off – a framework she calls “Readiness.” Many L&D pros experience similar […]
9 Training Intake Metrics You Need to Start Tracking
Learning and development have been a little late to the party in terms of big data, analytics, and implementing data-driven strategies. But as interest in the function grows, especially among executive management, learning pros are looking for bigger and better ways to report on their organizational impact. Training intake metrics are some of the most […]
Rejecting Training Requests Doesn’t Have to be All or Nothing
We realize that you cannot do it all. Previously in this blog, we’ve covered how to decline a training request. We’ve also discussed what questions to add to a training request intake form so that you can, early on, have a better idea of which training you will most likely need to outsource. So when […]
Evaluating Requests for External Training Solutions: When You Can’t Do It All
Evaluating training requests can be overwhelming—even when you have to say no. While there can be a process for declining training requests, you should also have a plan in place to provide contingency training: those external resources that would make for a perfect fit for your employees when the L&D team simply can’t develop the […]
