As with anything else in business, those companies that use best practices in training have a plan for the training they are going to do. How do you generate a training plan? What are the steps to generating and implementing a training plan?

Step One – List all the training that is needed and wanted. Needs and wants are different. Needed training is the training that is required to accomplish current tasks and processes – required training. Wanted training is those skill increasing or new skill acquiring training – “it would be nice” training.

List every conceivable type or kind of training you want have done in your company, think big, be expansive, don’t discount anything. List the type training, who would give the training, who would receive the training, the skill attained or enhanced and the benefit to the business.

Step two – prioritize the training. Prioritize the training by an A, B, C List. That is list all training that is absolutely required and urgent to reach the business objectives this year (or what ever time period you desire), these would go on the A List. Everything that is nice, but not required would go on the C List. All others would go on the B List.