Top 5 Ways to protect your training and Development budget

n today’s turbulent economy, is your organisation questioning the value of training and development? Has your organisation put training and development investments on hold? Training and development programs must be tailored to today’s economic realities and deliver results quickly. Eliminating or cutting the training budget is short-sighted and will put your company at a disadvantage when the economy does turn around. Now more than ever, organisations must assess the talent they have in place, their skills, and the needs of the business. Training and development provide the foundation to fill the gaps in talent, skills, and business needs. Organisations would be wise not to withhold training and development costs but instead look at these programs as an investment in the company and your employees future.

In an interesting interactive webinar, Claire Schooley, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research provides us with the top 5 ways to protect your training and development budget:

* How to identify training & development initiatives that are mission critical
* How to turn training & development into a revenue generating product for your company
* How to improve your operations to get the most out of your budget

Any training or development leader trying to protect budget in a downturn or adapt organisations to new economic challenges won’t want to miss these timely insights.

To listen to the POdcast go to: http://www.plateau.com/ne/webcal.htm