L&D tools: Building your business case – a practical pathway
Follow this pathway of practical tools to build and present an evidence-led business case for learning. Work through the three structured stages, one step and one conversation at a time.
Use our HR workshop facilitation tools to engage your team and wider stakeholders to plan HR’s strategy to drive organisational productivity and performance.
Use these tools to help you run a workshop with your HR team to:
• undertake an analysis of your current level of impact and influence
• develop an agreed strategy and action plan to add value, and
• create metrics to measure impact.
Below, you’ll find a proposed structure for the workshop, plus a facilitator’s guide, template slides, and handouts.
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You may find it useful to also refer to our other resources on performance and productivity, including our tools to develop HR strategy, when preparing for this workshop.
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