Ultimate checklist for L&D assessments
Learning and development is critical, especially in the context of digital transformation. Employee training and development requirements are changing at a rapid rate, as is technology. And the L&D team should be helping employees gain new skills to stay relevant.
What plans do you have in place to ensure training effectiveness?
Here’s a checklist to help you stay on track.
Ultimate checklist for L&D assessments
Training Needs Analysis
- Determine business goals
- Identify training goals based on business goals
- Identify the what, why, & who of training
- Set up skill assessments to identify gaps
- Arrive at skill-gaps & evaluate improvement areas on an individual level
- Research on learning styles & plan personalized learning journeys
- Explore different modes of delivery & select the ones that suit your learner & organizational requirements
- Repurpose existing or previous training programs content where possible
- Identify possibilities of cross-skilling
- In the case of customized self-paced or blended learning, train the delivery partners
- Set up KPIs & metrics for training that will reveal the success of the program
New Hire Induction
- Outline company’s goals
- Explain team’s & individual KPIs
- Provide job-specific tools
- Provide FAQs & resources
- Schedule one-on-one meetings
Virtual Employee Training
Before First Day
- Share a first-day agenda
- Share virtual meeting invites
- Share employee handbook
- Share FAQ document
On First Day
- Outline company history
- Set manager-employee meeting
- Present business objectives
- Explain team’s KPIs
- Brief employee roles & responsibilities
- Provide product demonstrations
- Set up learning journey
- Enroll to LMS or assign courses if already enrolled
- Set milestone assessments
- Set end-of-training goals & assessments
Assessing Learning Impact
- Track KPIs & objectives of training
- Include quick assessments & milestone assessments
- Evaluate if assessments are helping learners progress
- Put skills into practice with hands-on labs
- Work with internal stakeholders
- Identify skill retention by tying learning with performance
- Get feedback from learners
- Use LMS assessment tools
- Curate the learning analytics
- Review L&D programs
