Strategy and Planning
Every company has spent the time and paid their dues to develop a robust strategy for any and all aspects of their business. In today’s highly competitive and unforgiving market, many organizations are finding that these strategies are under tremendous pressure. Developing and implementing a strategy that can withstand the challenges of the current marketplace is dependent upon:
- Identifying the key initiatives that will drive the strategy
- Developing a way to measure the progress toward completing the key initiatives
- Communicating the strategy to all levels of the organization
- Linking the strategy to individual performance
The strategic plan will remain just a document if it does not take into consideration important internal and external factors impacting the company such as:
- Competition and Market Trends
- Talent Management
- Process Improvement
- Systems Optimization
- Asset allocation
We consider all the elements that make up a well-constructed strategy. Whether it is a strategic planning process for the whole company or to develop focus for a particular business unit or function, we have the experience and expertise to take your organization through the steps that lead to success.
We offer a complete package that will provide your company with a framework for establishing or re-engineering your strategic management process. The package includes:
- How to develop Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
- Setting up scorecards and dashboards to track your KPIs
- Change Management Model to support your efforts
- Management and control reporting system to oversee your process
E-learning/Blended Learning Strategy Development
Creating or revising a comprehensive, organizational e-learning strategy can be rather difficult. Brandon Hall Group would be happy to be part of your e-learning strategy team and assist in streamlining the process. We have a well-defined, systematic process for creating a written e-learning plan that includes assessing current training methods and taking inventory of existing assets.
This plan can be used to create a real strategy, evaluating your corporate technology infrastructure, developing a Return On Investment (ROI) analysis, setting expectations and success factors for the project, writing Use Cases for how e-learning can be used throughout the organization, and assessing areas where technology will have the biggest impact.
In addition, we can help develop a proposed budget for establishing an e-learning plan, creating a staffing plan, and making some preliminary recommendations for technologies that come closest to matching your needs (Short Listing).
Learning Objects: The Smarter Way
Some early adopter organizations have leveraged “learning object” technologies such as an LCMSs (learning content management systems), CMSs (content management systems), and even proprietary systems to optimize their enterprise learning model, evolving from a desktop publishing model to an enterprise-wide publishing model.
We’ve seen some great successes in this area but also some dismal failures. What’s the difference between the success stories and the failures? What role does the technology play in creating the problems?
In some ways the technology has out-paced our ability to use it wisely. The biggest problem is developing a learning object plan that does not relegate the responsibility of managing reusable learning content to the technology but, rather, makes “learning objects” a real part of the process and the culture.
Brandon Hall Group has developed reusable learning object strategies for some of the highest profile innovators in the area of enterprise learning. We’d like to help you in this capacity as well.
Learning 411: Consulting On-Demand
Have you ever dialed 411 for e-learning advice? Now you can.
If you have a specific question that requires specific, expert advice about an e-learning topic, pick up the phone and dial. While there may not (yet) be a need for a task force of e-learning consultants manning a 24-hour call center, we're offering the closest thing – short, easily scheduled phone conversations to answer your specific questions about e-learning.
If you need to know specifics about standards or compliance issues, details on an authoring tool's capabilities, advice on best practices – or just need someone who can explain a big picture e-learning concept to your CEO – help is just a phone call away. We recognize that not all consulting needs to be comprehensive and extensive. Sometimes, you just need someone to help you unlock one piece of the puzzle.
As part of our process of collecting information on almost 1,000 e-learning products and services and assisting hundreds of organizations in selecting technologies that match their learning strategies, we can harness and share a wealth of information and best practices according to your specific questions, issues, and needs. The purpose of this service is to provide timely advice and recommendations, as you need them.
During the virtual meeting(s), you will work interactively with one of our analysts, to receive the information you need.