Category: L&D strategy

7 tips to stretch the value of your training budget

     

    Do you have trouble achieving everything you want in your L&D department with the budget you currently have? If you answered yes to this question you are in the vast majority. With the current lean times continuing longer than most companies expected, very few L&D budgets are being increased after the cuts over the last few years (CIPD 2013).

    With expectations and costs increasing however, how do you keep hitting targets with what you have got? Here is our list of 7 things you can do to make your training budget go further. Continue reading “7 tips to stretch the value of your training budget”

    The Leitch Review

      The Leitch Review

      The following is a summary of a white paper written by learndirect called The Leitch Review. The full paper can be downloaded here and this is something we would really recommend as it is a great insight into the report. However below is a short summary you can read if you don’t have much time.

      In 2006, Lord Leitch explained his 14 year plan to make the UK a world leader in skills by 2020. Half way through this plan, we look to see whether the objectives are still relevant and achievable. Continue reading “The Leitch Review”

      Managed Learning Services: How to choose a provider

        Choosing the right Managed Learning Services provider is an important decision. You are entrusting the future development of your team to an outside organisation, and need to be confident that the provider you select will be the best for you and your company.

        We are working with companies who have chosen us as their Managed Learning Services provider and are aware of the challenges they have encountered. Therefore, we decided to create this guide to help you choose a Managed Learning Services provider for yourselves so that you don’t have similar problems. Continue reading “Managed Learning Services: How to choose a provider”

        What is a managed learning service?

          Managed Learning/Training Service

          A Managed Learning Service (or Managed Training Service) is when an outside company provides a service to manage some or all aspects of organisational learning.  The functions that a Managed Training Service provider may offer include the following:

          • Sourcing external training
          • L&D Administration
          • Supplier management
          • Reducing costs
          • Learning needs analysis
          • Management Information

          Continue reading “What is a managed learning service?”

          7 Top Tips for Making your Learning & Development Budget Go Further

            We all know that companies have felt the pinch and this isn’t an article moaning about that as the economy  – although you can see the L&D view of the economy from the latest CIPD report

            However as the training and learning budget is always one of the things that gets cut first it is still wise for companies to know how to make this budget go further.  So here are our 7 Top Tips for Making the Learning & Development Budget go  further. Continue reading “7 Top Tips for Making your Learning & Development Budget Go Further”