Skills for needs

Just wheeling out last year's training programme is no longer enough. HR departments are now designing their development policy so that it serves corporate strategic deployment.

A good development strategy is one that helps the company acquire vital skills for its future business and attract and keep essential talent; and one that helps managers embrace strategic needs, enhance their operational performance, and adapt approaches and values to create a shared culture, all of this on a worldwide scale.

• Because it is vital to be responsive
• Because you have to reach more people in more countries
• Because you have to respond to the needs of each individual
• Because you have to meet all these challenges on a constant or shrinking budget

'e-Deployment' in training is gradually gaining ground, both as a concept and as a practical solution.