Ensure your Learning & Development activities are providing value by delivering on organizational goals.
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Without a Learning & Development strategy:
Piecemeal initiatives are put in place, creating duplicated efforts and wasted resources.
Programs aren’t created or evaluated holistically, creating gaps in learning.
L&D initiatives might not line up with organizational initiatives.
With a robust Learning & Development strategy in place:
Programs are easy to evaluate against organizational objectives.
All initiatives are working towards the same goals.
There is clear understanding between all employees as to why training occurs and how it can be implemented most effectively.
Module 1: Determine Future and Current State of Learning & Development
The Purpose
Understand
the rationale for creating an L&D strategy.
Develop
a vision to guide the strategy creation.
Analyze problems, gaps, and weaknesses affecting
the L&D department.
Key Benefits Achieved
An
understanding of the pain points that result from not having a strategy, and an
understanding of the key benefits achieved from implementing one.
A
vision statement created.
Problems identified so that they can be
addressed.
Activities:
Outputs:
1.1
Establish your project team for crafting the Learning & Development strategy.
Defined project team.
1.2
Review strategy documents to highlight key themes and understand the future goals of the organization.
Draft list of strategic themes.
1.3
Determine how to seek stakeholder input effectively.
Strategy for collecting stakeholder input.
1.4
Write a Learning & Development vision statement.
An L&D vision statement.
1.5
Perform a SWOT Analysis to uncover internal and external factors impacting Learning & Development.
Identified issues affecting the ability of the L&D department to succeed.
1.6
Use the SWOT analysis to form L&D strategies that address your organization’s needs and weaknesses.
Strategies that address weaknesses and issues.
1.7
Perform a needs assessment.
Completed needs assessment that identifies the key competencies and/or KSAs required for the success of the organization.
1.8
Prioritize issues to be addressed using dot voting.
List of prioritized issues to be addressed by the strategy.
Module 2: Establish and Apply L&D Strategic Principles
The Purpose
Establish L&D strategic principles.
Apply the strategy across the Learning & Development function.
Key Benefits Achieved
Customized strategic principles established.
Methods formulated for ensuring the strategy is applied successfully across all current and future programming.
Activities:
Outputs:
2.1
Establish your core strategic principles for Learning & Development.
Custom strategic principles established.
2.2
Confirm that your key principles align with the vision and the prioritized issues that were uncovered.
Aligned principles.
2.3
Prepare to ensure adherence to L&D strategic principles by cataloguing your current L&D initiatives.
Catalogue of current L&D initiatives.
2.4
Review each strategic principle you established and formulate methods for its achievement.
Methods to ensure success of strategic principles.
2.5
Create a timeline for your L&D initiatives to build out a three-year strategy.
Three-year strategy timeline.
2.6
Determine and communicate the key stakeholders’ responsibilities for L&D strategy implementation.
Defined list of stakeholder responsibilities.
2.7
Finalize evaluation criteria and measure baseline metrics.
Baseline metrics measured and evaluation criteria established.
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