How you invest in Technical Learning and Professional Development sets you apart from your competitors and forms a cornerstone of your competitive advantage.

 

It differentiates you in the industry for your people, your clients and your competitors. 

It is a key feature of your business growth strategy and a fundamental component of your Employee Value Proposition to ensure you recruit and retain the best people in the industry.

 

It supports business growth, reduces risk, creates resilience and builds sustainability. 

By developing and retaining the best people in the industry, you will grow your competitive advantage and build a stronger future.

Business leaders recognise that there are always opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

 

The primary challenges encountered by business leaders running Technical Learning and Professional Development schemes include:

 

• excessive time commitment of senior people to manage schemes effectively and deliver the required mentoring, quarterly reviews and annual appraisals,
• insufficient key metrics and data analytics to measure performance, and irregular reporting in a clear and concise format,
• a lack of future targets with clearly defined owners, timelines and milestones, 
• reduced levels of engagement and enthusiasm by trainees and managers due to competing business demands and the perception that their efforts are not recognised, 
• poor integration with business growth strategies and career development opportunities, and
• missed opportunities to highlight the value of the schemes in internal and external corporate communications.

At Tech Ex Consulting, we can help you deliver cost-effective and sustainable improvements to take your technical and professional development schemes to the next level.

 

We have the skills and experience to drive change by creating an integrated process from data collection and processing, through analysis and interpretation, to presenting meaningful information with actionable priorities. This approach supports knowledge-driven decisions and ultimately delivers positive business impacts.  

 

The key benefits of adopting our structured approach to technical and professional development include:

 

• identification of key metrics and preparation of data analytics,

• regular performance reporting in a clear and concise format,

• regular pulse surveys to measure engagement and identify operational stress points and available capacity, and

• presentation of key metrics to provide data-driven insights leading to increased efficiencies and effectiveness.

 

With Tech Ex Consulting, you will be able to measure the return on your investment, release your senior people to focus on business delivery and create a new marketing and communications opportunity for your business, your people and your clients.

To help identify the opportunities for improvement, we undertake an initial business review by asking the following question. 

 

To what extent does your current investment in Technical Learning and Professional Development contribute to your business growth?

 

To gain a more in depth understanding of how Tech Ex Consulting can help, we explore the following areas with you to define a baseline, establish your ultimate goals and agree a path to success.

 

• Is it fully connected to your business growth strategy?

• How is the return on investment measured?

• Does it consistently deliver high quality results and the required business outcomes?

• Does it reshape quickly in response to changing business needs?

• Are costs commensurate with the delivered value?

• Does it provide access to the best resources to satisfy your needs?

• Does it provide a high level of service for everyone involved?

• Does it have clear accountability for performance and value for money?

• Does it use efficient and effective processes?

• Does it deliver significant contributions to your competitive advantage?