The importance of IT in the new working environment means it will be even more important in 2023 to train employees in using the IT at their disposal in order to boost productivity and efficiency.
An IT training plan is the most effective way to plan for the IT training needed to equip the right employees with the right skills.
Why have an IT training plan?
Targeted training develops the right skills and ensures that key people have what they need to do their jobs well. This benefits their employer because it boosts production, builds a learning culture and engagement, drives innovation and helps retain a talented team. Ultimately, this investment in training increases revenue.
A training plan is the most effective way to ensure you have identified the skills that need developing and how they can be built into a business.
Key steps to creating an IT training plan
Here are our key steps for creating a successful training plan for the year ahead:
- Reflect on the changes happening in your industry, where you can build your competitive edge, and what your business needs to look like in the short, mid and long term
- Identify existing inefficiencies in the business and how to address them
- Understand the new technologies changing your industry, which you can adopt and how to assess the capabilities in your organisation to implement, integrate and use them
- Identify skills/knowledge gaps between the skills you have now and those you need to achieve strategic objectives
- Set learning objectives: what do people need to do after their training so that it is focused on getting the right return on the investment made? Set SMART targets (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time specific) to make objectives clear
- Ensure employees can relate their training to their work so they engage and understand why it’s important
- Define the appropriate means of training. Sitting in a classroom used to be the default, but technology lets us work in different ways, and it’s the same for training. Online options can be cost-effective and time efficient and are more comfortable than a classroom environment for some people
- Consider your audience. You are providing training for people who will bring their own experience and knowledge and can provide valuable input into what training is needed and how it may be delivered effectively. This is important for employee engagement
- Regularly review training plans. A good training plan reflects the skills in the business and business objectives, both of which are subject to continuous change. A training plan needs to adapt to changing needs to remain relevant and have a positive impact
365 can help create your IT training plan
We know that in challenging times, training can often drop down the list of priorities and we’ve already discussed 5 tips to make time for training in our blog, but the right training can help you build the talented team that drives your business success over the long term. A training plan focused on the right areas can deliver a return on investment.
Your training can have the same impact on your business as it did for this client of 365 Training Consulting, who said our training has: “given us countless tips and tricks that have made us so much more productive on things like Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Things that once took hours now take minutes.”
We don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to IT training. We offer a range of services to ensure the training you invest in has maximum impact. We make sure the training you plan is the training you need.
If you would like to talk to us about your IT for 2023 or want help in creating your 2023 training plan, then contact us. today for a no-obligation consultation.
