The Training Development Cycle

Training programs represent a corporate investment, and the objective of these programs is to improve business performance. The Training Development Cycle may help you when assessing your corporate training needs. Stages of the cycle are illustrated below.

Plan, Design, Implementation, Manage and Evaluate

The biggest challenge with corporate training occurs at the planning stage.

Careful planning is required to:

• define your business objectives;
• accurately assess gaps in competency and performance;
• identify barriers to training;
• develop the training and management plan;
• evaluate the feasibility of various delivery platforms;
• develop the corporate communication strategy; and
• identify how the success of the training program will be measured.

Most importantly of all, you have to define the returns on investment that will secure management buy-in.

Once your organization has committed to making an investment in training, the design of the program becomes essential to ensure that both the learning and business objectives are achieved. The CRA Institute offers a number of services for designing training programs.

We specialize in designing coaching and mentoring programs that complement formal training sessions. We also specialize in the development of cost-effective distance education solutions including e-learning and correspondence courses.

The CRA Institute will work with you to plan, communicate, and execute the implementation of corporate-wide training programs.

We know from experience how much work is involved in coordinating programs that have to run simultaneously across multiple offices. We have successfully implemented training programs that have reached thousands of employees.

The CRA Institute has extensive experience in managing and evaluating learning initiatives within the public and private sectors. We can provide advice to help you manage and evaluate your training programs, or we can actually do the work for you.

The CRA Institute can provide the following services:

•  Manage and administer corporate-wide training programs;
• Conduct program evaluations and use metrics to recommend improve training programs as required;
• Help you to measure the returns on investment from training; and
• Evaluate learning outcomes and measure participant competencies.