Needs Analysis - The Service and Benefits
With so many solutions and providers now around it is easy to forget the importance of identifying the exact development need. Even where this is recognised time constraints restrict this element. There are certain practices you have in place which cover the essence of needs analysis so do you need to provide that difference of taking a more focused and structured approach?
To increase the skills of any member of your team or yourself you first need to identify the actual skill, behaviour or competence that needs improving - and this involves looking at the root cause and not the apparent problem. Accurate needs analysis allows for any training to address the key issues and focus on the goals of the individual, team and organisation. By working with the individuals concerned to achieve this you will also increase retention of learning and change in behaviour.
When a gap in performance has been identified for a current or potential role, you may even find on further analysis that an apparent issue cannot be resolved through training. Whatever the problem or concern that has been raised, by delivering a range of learning or organisational solutions that are specific to identified needs you can ensure that any action taken is relevant to the needs of the organisation as well as the individual. So to save time and money you need to ensure that the need and its resolution is accurately identified.
Leading Legends provides a needs analysis service as many managers and training departments rarely have time to carry out anything other than a surface level analysis. Where line managers are responsible for identifying needs and have not been trained in how to clearly establish the exact cause of performance gaps, the potentially positive action of providing training can in fact have a demotivating effect if it is not appropriate for that individual. A needs analysis is rarely carried out in a structured manner except in yearly appraisals, when in the majority of cases individuals will pick from a list of courses to help them grow during that following year. Leading Legends supports both your organisation and your team to grow in a more focused and beneficial way by designing a needs analysis process for you and training individuals in how to gain maximum impact from that process.
The Difference
Very few training providers will encourage you into considering your needs analysis in more detail. Leading Legends either carries out the needs analysis for you which is based on your team's needs and not to where we can gain additional business, or we design a process tailored to the level of analysis that you require and according to whom it will be carried out by.
Leading Legends provides this service as a stand-alone aspect - it is not attached to a bigger programme of review, unless required. This allows you to have a focused training schedule where you can guarantee money spent is on the right individuals and in the right areas to improve their own and the organisation's performance.
