Identifying Targeted Training Needs

This concise guidebook offers a process for understanding training needs for any audience by outlining the needs assessment process for you, step-by-step.

Introduction 1 Why Read This Guidebook? Who Should Read This Guidebook? When And How To Use It Determining Your Training Needs 7 What Is A Needs Analysis? Why Do A Needs Analysis? Planning Your Training Project 13 Understanding The High-IMPACT Training™ Model Using The High-IMPACT Training Model Planning Your Needs Analysis 19 Using the Six Steps Of The Needs Analysis Model Developing A Strategy For Success Case Study: Prosperity Bank Assessing Your Current Situation 31 Where Are We Now? Why Do We Think We Need Training? What Organization Issues Are Driving the Need for Training? Prosperity Bank: The Balance Sheet Envisioning Your Future 39 Where Do We Want To Be? What Would Success Look Like? Do We Have The Whole Picture? Prosperity Bank: Investing In The Future Gathering Information 47 Whom To Ask What To Ask How To Ask Prosperity Bank: Prospecting For Gold Sorting Your Information 61 Reviewing The Contributions Identifying The Issues Prioritizing The Issues Preparing The Information To Share With Others Prosperity Bank: Collecting Nuggets Sharing Your Results 71 What To Share How To Share Prosperity Bank: Sharing the Wealth Deciding Your Next Step 83 Determining The Actions Needed Distributing The Responsibilities Establishing A Timeline Prosperity Bank: Collecting Dividends Summary 91 Appendix: Reproducible Forms And Worksheets 93