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For Best Results, Ask Questions to Zero in on Priorities
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Learning consultants can work with stakeholders to weigh what’s most important.
Learning consultants can work with stakeholders to weigh what’s most important.
Tue Sep 03 2019
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Learning consultants can work with stakeholders to weigh what's most important.
Learning consultants can work with stakeholders to weigh what's most important.
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What do stakeholders want to gain from this project? That is a salient point when undertaking a learning project, write Chris Adams and Beth Hughes in “Focus First on Results." To ascertain this, ideally learning consultants will start by asking “What results are needed for the organization to be successful?"
What do stakeholders want to gain from this project? That is a salient point when undertaking a learning project, write Chris Adams and Beth Hughes in “Focus First on Results." To ascertain this, ideally learning consultants will start by asking “What results are needed for the organization to be successful?"
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To get to those organizational results, the consultant drills down, asking:
To get to those organizational results, the consultant drills down, asking:
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What performance results must be achieved to produce those organizational results?
What performance results must be achieved to produce those organizational results?
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What experience must learners have to create those performance results?
What experience must learners have to create those performance results?
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What products must be designed, developed, and implemented to yield that experience?
What products must be designed, developed, and implemented to yield that experience?
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And what process does the project team need to experience to successfully develop those products?
And what process does the project team need to experience to successfully develop those products?
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Desired organization results, for example, may mean reduced costs, increased revenue, or meeting compliance requirements.
Desired organization results, for example, may mean reduced costs, increased revenue, or meeting compliance requirements.
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Among the questions a learning consultant may ask the key stakeholder include:
Among the questions a learning consultant may ask the key stakeholder include:
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What measurable business results would you like to achieve?
What measurable business results would you like to achieve?
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What does success look like?
What does success look like?
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What are the risks if the organizational goals aren't met?
What are the risks if the organizational goals aren't met?
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What organizational goals or factors are most important to you?
What organizational goals or factors are most important to you?
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Are there any barriers to achieving the desired business results?
Are there any barriers to achieving the desired business results?
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Through asking questions, the learning consultant can help the stakeholder evaluate the identified set of desired results and balance in favor of those that are most important to the individual. That, write Adams and Hughes, provides a context for decision making across the project.
Through asking questions, the learning consultant can help the stakeholder evaluate the identified set of desired results and balance in favor of those that are most important to the individual. That, write Adams and Hughes, provides a context for decision making across the project.
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These tips were adapted from the September 2019 issue of TD at Work. Learn more at www.td.org/TDatWork .
These tips were adapted from the September 2019 issue of TD at Work. Learn more at www.td.org/TDatWork.
