TAP Certificate in Leading the L&D Function
Overview
L&D is becoming far more strategic than ever before and important business and regulatory drivers are now leading many organisations to take employee training more seriously. At the same time, the rapid pace of business change demands constant monitoring and review of the L&D strategy. All of this is making the effective leadership of an L&D function highly important, yet also challenging.
Leaders are expected to help define, absorb and communicate strategic changes to their teams and to sustain team motivation and capability against a background which frequently involves organisational restructuring. They are also expected to adopt new learning technologies, operating models, procedures and processes, often without a great deal of support. They are expected to operate best-practice L&D processes and report results in a form that is meaningful to senior leadership team.
What's included in the course?
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Pre-course work
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Evening work
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Assessment
What the delegates will learn
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Understanding the role of an L&D Leader
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Developing an L&D Charter
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Improving quality standards
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Delegating
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Developing an L&D strategy
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Managing risk in a changing environment
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Managing performance
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Delivering efficient solutions
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Evaluating effectiveness
Next steps
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Designing a Business Driven L&D Strategy
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Digital Transformation
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Managing Learning Transfer
Objectives
Course objective
Delegates will be able to analyse their own L&D function to identify actions they can take to increase its effectiveness and efficiency in the following areas:
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Quality
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Strategy
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Change
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Risk
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Performance
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Evaluation
Assessment information
Delegates analyse their own L&D function to identify actions they can take to increase its effectiveness and efficiency
Outline
Session 1: Introduction to effective L&D management
In this session, we consider:
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Efficient and effective practices
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The L&D management model
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Identifying relationships
Session 2: Sharing the values
In this session, we consider:
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The L&D charter
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L&D charter elements
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Embedding the charter
Session 3: Improving quality standards
In this session, we consider:
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The benchmarking process
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The L&D benchmarking tool
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Delegating
Session 4: Developing the L&D strategy
In this session, we consider:
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The L&D strategy model
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Analysing stakeholders
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Raising the profile of L&D
Session 5: Managing risk in a changing environment
In this session, we consider:
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Change management
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Resistance to change
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The Kubler-Ross change curve
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Appropriate responses
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Risk management
Session 6: Managing performance
In this session, we consider:
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Team performance
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Effective team behaviours
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Management styles
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Effective management behaviours
Session 7: Delivering efficient solutions
In this session, we consider:
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Blended learning
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Examples of media
Session 8: Evaluating effectiveness
In this session, we consider:
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Evaluating the L&D function
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The Kirkpatrick model
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Effective results
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Return on investment
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Management reporting
Prerequisites
Any L&D Manager with responsibility to deliver on the training strategy. It will be particularly useful for recently appointed L&D Managers.
