Letting Them Down Easy: How to Decline Training Requests
Rejecting training requests can be a little awkward. It’s especially so when the request is from a senior manager or if it’s not the first time this particular request has come through. Setting up meetings to explain each and every training request decision is a drag on time and resources, particularly for those L&D teams […]
Setting L&D Up for Success: From Training Request to Course Design
We’ve written before on the importance of standardizing training requests. But without an organized, proven process that aligns with the goals of the business, training requests remain haphazard and arbitrary. L&D need to find a way to structure their forms to facilitate an easy transition from training request to course design. But standardizing training requests […]
Is it a Training Issue? 5 Critical Questions to Ask Requestors
How often have you heard a manager utter the phrase “we need to get training for X”? Probably quite often. How often have you then developed a course as requested, only to find that there is little to no performance improvement as a result? Part of the remit for L&D teams is to analyze training […]
Aligning Training Project Intake to Business Strategy
With any employee being able to initiate a request for training project intake, the L&D department can quickly become overwhelmed. Nowadays, every employee feels empowered and enabled to seek training in order to do his or her job better. Knowing that L&D is considered a strategic resource within an organization, more employees and managers are […]
7 Tools for Creating Training Request Forms: a Comparative Guide
The jig is up for training intake. L&D teams are starting to realize that bottlenecks in the training design process begin in this very first stage, and it’s time to do something about it. Creating effective training request forms is the first step. Manual processes and ad-hoc requests are slowing down the prioritization of training […]
Why Training Intake Processes Are Failing L&D
Employees are more empowered than ever. They want to choose their own devices, physical work location, and other components of their work lives. They also want to choose their own training. But current training intake processes are limiting the potential for L&D to provide the best value possible to stakeholders. Traditionally, rank-and-file employees couldn’t make […]
Why Strategic Training Intake Processes are the Key to Success for L&D
Strategic training intake is more than just accepting or rejecting whatever training requests may come your way. The expectations on L&D to produce training that aligns with organizational goals and contributes to bottom-line results have been growing. In lots of ways, it’s a good thing. Budgets are higher and executive management is buying into the […]
