Business Management

Training your people effectively can reduce costs and improve profits - learn HR management skills.

Are you wasting money on training?

Did you know that a lot of training in a business is a waste of time and money? That the only thing it often adds is a cost to the company ledger? Knowing how to create training that works will help you increase profits and increase the value of the staff you have in your business.

Effective training?

So how do you know if your training is going to be effective? How do you know if it will actually help you develop your staff and deliver a result that adds value to your business? Good training delivers tangible and measurable benefits. Bad training just costs a business time and money.

Teaching method:

This course is a collaboration between Mark Timberlake and Stephen Mather. Stephen has developed the ProPeC system of business improvement after spending many years in the business improvement sector. It is a revolutionary, yet simple system, that will give you business improvements fast. It is this system that we will use to help you improve your own training systems.

What will you learn in this course?

• One of the key problems with training is that organizations often do not link training to specific business goals and it becomes something that is just bolted on as an afterthought, in this course, we will help you understand why you are training your workforce.
• You will learn the difference between “must-have" training, “added value" training and “nice to have" training.
• We will also help you understand what training actually does for your business.
• You will understand and learn how to run a training needs analysis and how to choose appropriate training.
• Learning how to plan and prepare training is also covered in depth.
• You will understand how to measure return on investment when it comes to training.
• You will learn the different methods of training you can deliver through different teaching and learning styles.
• You will understand how to run a training needs analysis for your organization.
• You will also understand how to create a training matrix for your training objectives.
• Creating a personal development plan is also covered in this training course.
• And probably most importantly of all, you will learn how to measure the effectiveness of training and judge if it is giving you value for money.

What am I going to get from this course?

• Understand why you are training your people
• Understand what training actually does
• You will know how to run a training needs analysis
• You will understand how to choose appropriate training
• You will know how to plan and prepare training
• You will understand how to measure return on investment
• You will learn the different methods of training you can deliver
• You will understand how to do a Training Needs Analysis
• You will learn how to create a training matrix
• You will know how to create a personal development plan
• You will learn to measure the effectiveness of the training delivered

Who should take this course?

• This course is suitable for business owners who need to invest in training but want to know how to do that without wasting money
• This course is suitable for managers who need to deliver training objectives in their organization
• This course is suitable for HR personnel who are tasked with overseeing training needs
• This course is suitable for CEO's and Directors who want to understand how to target training that meets high-end business objectives
• This course is also suitable for managers or HR personnel who want to improve their employment viability
• This course is suitable for private sector business
• This course is suitable for public sector organizations
• This course is suitable for charities who want to improve the training of team members
• This course is not designed to show you how to develop or deliver a single course - it is not a "train the trainer" programme