Getting your money’s worth out of training
Time & money spent on training can be seen as a cost, a necessary business expense that has to be kept to a minimum.
Or they can be seen as an investment, intended to bring benefits not only to the learner but to the business as a whole.
Michael Woodgate Associates works with both employers and training providers to ensure that training procured is relevant, appropriate and designed to be of real value to both the learner and their employer.
This approach is based on a recognition that there is more to developing people’s skills than just training.
Because even the best quality training will only be of lasting benefit if:
- there is a clear understanding of what it is for, what it is designed to achieve
- people are able and willing to identify what impact the training has had
- improvements derived from training are sustained by effective management
- managers are able and willing to manage the performance of others
Michael Woodgate Associates works with employers to help them make sure that all these elements necessary for successful skills development are in place. Employers who take the time to do this, rather than rely on a slickly marketed “training solution”, can turn their expenditure on training from a cost into an investment.
Michael Woodgate Associates works with training providers (FE colleges and private providers) to help them adopt approaches and procedures that make their offer truly “demand led”, thereby hugely increasing their volumes of repeat business, forming the basis of a successful business model and providing the foundation for achieving the Training Quality Standard.
