The Business Of Learning

Stop avoiding tough executive decisions. David Vance explains how to run learning like a business.

Talent Development Reporting principles (TDRp): A Management versus Measurement Initiative

on June 17, 2013 · Comments · in The Business Of Learning

We  have learned over the last year that TDRp is best viewed and described as a management initiative rather than a measurement initiative. This is important not only from a conceptual point of view but from an implementation point of view as well. The vision of TDRp is to transform how talent is managed. In [...]

Stop Making Excuses and Just Start Measuring

on June 5, 2013 · Comments · in The Business Of Learning

Stop making excuses for not measuring the impact of learning and just get started. This was the consensus among the panelists at a recent Skillsoft Perspectives Conference in Orlando, Fla. The panelists were Laurie Bassi of McBassi & Associates, Jay Jamrog of i4cp, Kendall Kerekes of KnowledgeAdvisors, Patti Phillips of ROI Institute and myself, with [...]

Any HR Planning Is Better Than Nothing

on March 13, 2013 · Comments · in The Business Of Learning

We talked last time about carefully planning the learning, including the need to establish specific, measurable goals. Some of these goals like expected application rate and impact, number of participants and completion dates need to be established through discussion with the sponsor. Others like level 1 and 2 goals, internal development cycle times and internal [...]

Carefully Planning and Managing Learning Is Key to Proving Value

on March 5, 2013 · Comments · in The Business Of Learning

I continue to be surprised by how many organizations do not carefully plan and manage their key learning initiatives. By this, I mean taking the time upfront to set specific, measurable goals and then use a disciplined process to manage the deployment. Let’s look at the planning first. Every learning initiative should have a set [...]

Identifying Business Goals Is a Challenge, But Worth It

on February 26, 2013 · Comments · in The Business Of Learning

We just completed our first two-day Talent Development Reporting Principles (TDRp) workshop in Denver. Not surprisingly, we spent the most time on some key elements of running talent like a business, including identifying business goals and getting agreement on the expected, isolated impact of talent initiatives on those goals. Both of these are, of course, [...]