Introduction to Training Needs Analysis

Training needs analysis helps you get your organization’s learning and development priorities in order. Unfortunately, the importance of training needs analysis is often overlooked in developing a training plan for staff. Three of the main benefits are:

It will give you a clear view of what skills and experience your organization needs to get ahead and which of those are missing at the moment, hindering future growth. It allows you to create a learning and development plan based on facts, not assumptions.

Another benefit of creating a plan based on facts is that you avoid wasting time on training that isn’t relevant to your staff and isn’t helping your organization grow and progress. Instead, providing training where needed will allow you to save time and boost employee engagement.

Wasting a budget on ineffective or surplus training is one of the biggest money pits an organization can have. However, when you know exactly where training is needed within your organization, you increase your ROI (return on investment), saving money that would have otherwise been spent on ineffective training.