Organizational Resolutions: Determining Needs in 2013

Determining Needs in 2013

Lose weight?  Eat healthier?  Spend more time with family and friends?  Focus on your professional development?  Each of these is a noble resolution for the New Year . . . but what about the continued improvement in performance, engagement and development for your organization? 

Business is rapidly changing before our eyes.  Along with it, so is the Workplace Learning and Performance (WLP) profession in the 21^st century or, at least, it should be. 

The practices that many of us in the profession have long relied upon are also evolving and adapting at a rapid pace.  Such is true for how we engage our internal and external clients to determine our strategic plans for the performance year.    

This interactive engaging workshop, participants will:

• Focus on creating a common definition for an Organizational Needs Assessment

• Contrast the difference in academic-based vs. performance-focused approaches to Organizational Learning 

• Examine a model for partnering with business functions to determine Organizational Needs

• Compare the Organizational Needs Assessment model with the ASTD Competency Model to explore its alignment

The time is now!  Staying vital in your chosen profession is mission-critical to your own individual performance, the performance of the organizations you support, and most importantly, for the continued credibility and growth of the WLP profession!

Facilitator: Barry E. Altland

Barry E. Altland is a Talent Strategist and WLP professional with more than a dozen years of thought leadership in Organizational Development/Workplace Learning and Performance.  Barry has driven learning and organizational performance initiatives at several mid- and large-sized companies in the central Florida area in a wide variety of industries, including hospitality, theme park/resort destination, real estate development, agribusiness, supply chain, financial services and not-for-profit healthcare. 

He is a national member of ASTD since 1999, and has previously served on the Executive Board of the Central Florida Chapter of ASTD for five years, including being the 2006 Chapter President.  Barry has also been a featured speaker and facilitator for the ASTD Chapter Leaders Conference (ALC), and has designed and led ASTD local chapter professional development events throughout Florida and nationwide.   

Mr. Altland also served from 2009-2011 on the National ASTD Chapter Leaders Conference Planning Advisory Committee (ALC PAC), including the Chair role for the 2011 event.  Mr. Altland also served as an ASTD National Advisor to Chapters (NAC) in 2011 for the Sunshine North area chapters in Florida.

Barry currently resides in Winter Garden, FL, a quaint suburb west of Orlando. 

Connect with Barry on LinkedIn at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/barryealtland