It’s all about alignment. We all know that great strategy cannot produce great performance without great planning and implementation. Yet, many organisations fall short in meeting its desired outcomes. Why? Reasons could be any of the following:
- Unrealistic long-term plans
- Lack of leadership commitment
- Inability to respond quickly to the changing opportunities and threats
- Inadequate monitoring
- Actions for implementing strategies are not clearly prioritised and/or defined
- Accountabilities for implementing strategies and goals not clearly defined
- Strategies and policies poorly communicated
- Policies and procedures do not support strategies
- Lack of consequences for failure and/or rewards for success
- Illogical reporting / process relationships;
- Separate departments of HR, Training & development, etc and the lack of communication and/or too many operational tasks to be able to see the big picture and of how the efforts of each department could synchronise to better meet the needs of the organisation and its business goals.
The above list clearly indicates opportunities for Human Resource Development / Learning & Development practitioners. Perhaps one way to begin with is to start thinking and planning like a business…..
Written by Elaine. Extracted from published article “Link L&D to Strategic Planning” in Training and Development in Australia, Vol. 32 Number 6, December 2005, pp 16 – 17. Australian Institute of Training & Development (AITD).
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